... of his gullibility in the play. How could the author of a book depict the hero of this book in a racist way? Throughout the early parts of the play Othello was only referred to as "he", "The Moor", and "his Moorship" by Iago, Roderigo, and Brabantio, the three "bad guys" of the play. They also ... "the bad guys" and the audience isn't suppose to agree with what they say. By having these three men describe Othello in such a way, Shakespeare is telling the audience "since these guys despise Othello so much, Othello is good, and anything they say about him is biased because their evil". Th...

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... It is ironic because at no point in the play was Iago honest to anyone. He will continue to lie to Othello throughout the play to successfully contribute to his downfall. Othello believes that Iago is a honest and noble man because he is mislead that Iago is a trustworthy aid. However Iago ... this most goodly book,/ Made to write "whore" upon? What committed!/ Committed! O thou public commoner!(IV, ii, lines 71-73) In this passage Othello calls Desdemona a "whore" and it illustrates how he was mislead by lies from Iago and how oblivious he is to the truth. He even doesn't believe ... or...

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... natural that the centre emotion felt by most of the people in the story, jealousy, is a main contributor to this atmosphere. Readers and viewers of Othello feel a mood of suspicion, bitterness, and forced to feel surrounded by cloud of hate. "I hate the Moor And it is thought abroad that ... the play. A man engulfed in such rage that he cannot tame, forces him to irrationally and eventually hurts those he loves. The purpose of Othello is to portray a tragedy, and the atmosphere parallels this purpose, driven by the emotion of jealousy introduced in this story. Secondly, the jealousy ... ...

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... plans all of the sneaky plots and from the second scene of the book, appears to be the most persuasive and in control character. When we discover that Iago thinks Othello is sleeping with his wife, we can assume that Iago is even slightly not in the right mind or completely sane. It is Iago's plan to approach Brabantio in the ... same wicked character. Brabantio has only played until thus far a small and fairly unimportant role in the play. Already however, we have seen some decisive actions taken by Brabantio against Othello, hinting at the type of character Brabantio might be. Even th...

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... the daughter had all rights in the say of whom she shall marry. When Desdemona left the house of her father, Brabantio, to wed the Moor, Othello, it seemed to be her first step in redefining her role as a women. Instead of asking her father's permission, Desdemona went and wed on her ... so much duty as my mother showed to you, perferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor my Lord"( Othello Act.3 Sc. 1 Li.182-187). Desdemona talks about her duty to her husband and this duty is to obey him and respect him. She describes her position ... her husba...

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... kills an innocent women. Samuel Taylor Coleridge describes Iago's plan as "motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity" (413). Iago seems to be overbearing and tries to hurt Othello. He appears a great deal in the play and is rather unpredictable. Iago is 28 years old in the work and also a Venetian. He has a wife ... in such attempts. Many have seen this character as evil, but what is Iago's motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. Yet, he seems to be somewhat proud and enamored of himself. Iago is not the most honest individual, but he is able to get along with ... ...

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... 's capable of killing an innocent woman. Samuel Taylor Coleridge describes Iago's plan as "motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity" (413). Iago is overbearing and tries to hurt Othello. He appears a great deal in the play and is rather unpredictable. Iago, a 28 year old Venetian man is, by all accounts, quite ordinary. Yet, beyond ... happen through manipulation. Many have seen this character as evil, but what is Iago's motivation? It could in fact be that he is envious of Othello. Yet, he seems to be somewhat proud and enamored of himself. Iago is not the most honest individual, but he...

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... 's love. He is well spoken and takes control of many situations that occur in the play. Brabantio's opinion of Othello is quickly changed once he finds out of the marriage. He did admire Othello for being a good military man, but when he finds out he can only believe that she would do such ... him in front of her father. She feels that she is more obligated to do this as his wife than to defend her father as his daughter. Othello, when accused of not deserving her, defends himself by saying: "But that I love the gentle Desdemona I would not my unhoused condition Put into ... circumscrip...

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... handkerchief may seem to be just a piece of cloth, whereas in reality, it has an immense amount of sentimental value to Othello. The handkerchief belonged to his mother, who used it to make herself desirable and to help her "subdue" her husband. It is a symbol of ... be defined as insanity. Therefore, Iago is not just a man; he is symbolic of the evil, jealousy, and hatred in all people. Desdemona and Othello are the complete opposite of Iago. They are symbolic of the goodness in all people. However, the outcome of the play makes them not only symbolic ... embody it. One of the other th...

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... . Act 1 has great importance for the play, as it introduces the vital attributes of the play being characterization, plot and themes. The development of characters in the first Act of Othello proves vital for the rest of the play, as the nature of many of the characters alter as the play progresses. However, Act 1 leaves many charactrers unresolved and undeveloped. First ... impressions are made by appearance only in the first scene, as the characters aren't revealed internally. In the first Act of Othello many of the themes that colour the play are presented. As the play opens, the audi...

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... no worse a place" (act 1 scene 1). Iago's jealousy grows throughout the book with each twisted scheme he creates. Othello doesn't show his jealousy until the middle of the book. Iago creates his jealousy. Othello get jealous because Iago makes him think Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio. His jealousy is often turned into anger because of iago ... into anger. The result of his anger is the ending of the play when he kills Desdemona. His jealousy over-took him and turned into anger. Especially when Othello says, "hang her!" And " I will chop her into messes" (act 3 scene 4). Bianca is jeal...

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... Iago brings out all of the other characters" secrets and confessions. His great cunning, manipulative abilities, and almost supernatural perception mean that he is a very formidable foe, and this makes Othello's fall seem even more inevitable and tragic. Shakespeare clearly brings out the importance and irrelevance of the major and minor characters, respectively. Thus, the audience is able to distinguish exactly ... what occurs, and is able to spot signs of foreshadowing, which is another excellent aspect of the play Othello. Obviously, the transition of each event to another is excepti...

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... realize it only after the consequences are irreversible. Iago not only causes chaos between characters, but he brings about inner corruption as well. He went so far as to cause Othello to hate Desdemona, something that seemed nearly impossible. Furthermore, his perception of Desdemona goes from "the divine Desdemona"" to "monstrous, monstrous!" Imagery of hell and damnation also recurs throughout, ... especially toward the end of the play. When Othello becomes preoccupied with the religious and moral judgment of Desdemona, and after he has learned the truth about Iago, he refers to devi...

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... believes are responsible for his misfortunes. Prejudice, although not mentioned or expressed directly in the play, becomes a big underlying theme within the plot. The simple fact that Othello is a Moor, a general in command, with a predominately caucasian cast sets a stage for a very prejudical theme. For my play I will be using the ... a member of the German Secret Police, the Shutz Staffel. Over time Iago would become increasingly jealous of Othello and his envy would turn to hatred and prejudice. In the end, he would hurt Othello where it hurt most, his relationship with his German bri...

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... medium by which the drama is conveyed: in this play language is action". What she means by this is that the tragedy depends upon language. Othello falls because he is manipulated to such an extent by Iago's language, the characters are illustrated through their use of it, and their power is ... in his conversations with Roderigo. However, he also utilises another style; elegant and noble blank verse, a parody of Othello's idiom, and this can be seen, for example, in III.iii.465-72. Othello's idiom on the other hand, is dignified, measured blank verse befitting of his role as the noble a...

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... many reasons to do what he does. For example, he is angry that Cassio was promoted to lieutenant over him and he suspects both Cassio and Othello have slept with Iago's wife, Emilia. While any of these may have the possibility of being Iago's true motive, through his actions and thoughts, ... distrust of women. Iago's first alleged motive that begins him on his path of evil scheming and planning destruction, is his resentment over the fact that Othello promoted Cassio to the position of lieutenant instead of Iago. He felt that he had more experience in battle than Cassio, so this move w...

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... whites, which gets destroyed because most people think that the relationship is wrong due to the fact of jealousy, power, and hatred. The play "Othello" written by William Shakespeare showed us a great combination of three. Moreover he showed us how evil can corrupt the good. Thru his writing we learn how ... things can be planted in your mind and how you drive by those emotions on which you have no control over. Othello was a great lesson of mistakes and it provide us with many examples of mistakes made by character that a reader can learn from. The main ... self, "Were I the Moor, I...

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... this rumour to be true. Already, even in this first scene, Iago's true colours are shining through. I also personally believe him to be jealous of Othello's marriage to the beautiful Desdemona. Iago seems determined to break up this marriage even before his later, more detailed and clever plans are formed, and he ... army. This also shows us of his privileged position in society even though he is black - basic background knowledge which we need. Brabantio's warming to Othello also weakens our opinion of their chances of happiness "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:/ She has dec...

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... the final act, chaos erupts leaving many characters disorientated and or dead. Emilia realizes that it was her own husband who had planted the suspicions of Desdemona's unfaithfulness in Othello's head. "You told a lie, an odious, damned lie, / Upon my soul a lie, a wicked lie. She false with Cassio? Did you say ... with Cassio?" (5.2.187-189). Emilia was correct in her suspicions of a villain filling Othello's head with false accusations about his wife. It was to her utter dismay that her husband was the culprit and evil villain in the play. In a final ... attempt to quiet his wife Iag...

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... one day he will become king of Scotland. Macbeth becomes infested with ambition brought on by other characters, which leads to his eventual downfall. Othello tells the story of a Moorish general is deceived by his ensign into believing his wife is unfaithful. To Cinthio's story Shakespeare added supporting characters ... or unwillingness to express his true motivation "makes his actions all the more terrifying. He is willing to take revenge on anyone "Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, Roderigo, even Emilia "at the slightest provocation and enjoys the pain and damage he causes. Iago is often fu...

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... atmosphere of the play and reinforce the main themes. Through this, the audience is able to grasp a better understanding of the play. Throughout Othello, images relating to poison frequently occur. These references are predominantly made by Iago. This seems appropriate for Iago who exhibits the characteristics of ... poison; they being fatal and deadly. There are several possible explanations to what motivates Iago: being overlooked for the lieutenancy, the belief that Othello and Cassio had committed adultery with his wife, though this is never really proved; class differences present i...

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... of Shakespeare's writings. Iago is a principal deceiver, and all the other characters in the play are is victims, he deceives, manipulates them and uses them to accomplish his own ends. Othello, Roderigo, Cassio, and Desdemona are all victims of Iago's deception. Roderigo is constanly deceived by Iago. Since Iago has a grudge against him, he decided to work against him and bring ... felt that it should have been him. So he tarnishes Cassio's reputation by creating a doubt in Othello's mind that his wife Desdemona and Cassio are lovers. Of all the characters in the play, Othello is the m...

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... , the play in its entirety truly begins once King Hamlet's ghost appears and commands his son to avenge the wrongful death of the king. In Othello, although there are no actual spirits looming, one symbolic handkerchief sets Othello into a jealous rage leading to chaos. These three Shakesperian plays contain supernatural figures or events that foreshadow or control the entire plot of each ... that brought forth in the beginning influenced the outcome of the play. The most subtle, yet clearly significant supernatural aspect of the three plays appears in Othello. The drop of a mere handker...

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... key problem that drives and links the scenes in the whole play is jealousy. The two major characters, showing the opposite of each other, the hero Othello and the villain Iago are both controlled by jealousy, changing from the "Lord" position into a "monster" driving each other's position down, exactly as ... character is Roderigo, who loves Desdemona very much and is able to do anything to gain her love. His jealousy to the love between Desdemona and Othello almost drive him mad. His mind is absolutely eaten by jealousy. This leads him to believe Iago and to follow his plans, whereas at ...

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... the social niches of women as being either angels or whores. Shakespeare enhances this classic stance by challenging this hegemonic view and introducing the element of a woman being neither. In Othello the female characters of Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca are each assigned these roles. Desdemona's is the angel with her obedient and submissive nature, Bianca is the whore with her promiscuous ... " and Desdemona exclaims to Emilia "we must not now displease him." The submissive actions of Desdemona show her loyalty and obedience, which further highlights the view of women as tamed. Othell...

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