... is no chance in breaking up the marriage, but Iago assures him that "blood is made dull with the act of sport," she will lose interest in Othello and seek sexual satisfaction elsewhere. (II.i.222) Iago leads him to believe Des will cheat with Cassio, to deter this Iago tells Roderigo he must start ... content you. /I follow him to serve my turn upon him." (Act I, Scene I) In this story good does prevail and Iago is killed in the end. In Othello, Shakespeare uses many different types of irony. In many of the situations he uses verbal irony, when a character states one thing but means anot...

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... flaw that proves fatal. The concept of tragedy and its significance to the individual is explored in a number of texts including the play Othello by William Shakespeare, and the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The representation of tragedy within each text differs according to the ... Gatsby's tragic fall is inevitable. Another element of the genre of tragedy is the catastrophic flaw in the tragic figure. The development of Othello's character centres on the expanding jealousy of the antagonist as the catalyst with which his tragic flaw procures his downfall. Shakespeare's...

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... because of the modern setting, that people understand the tragedy more. Many of Shakespeare's "tragic hero's- displayed qualities which are held against Willy as being ignoble. For instance, Iago uses Othello's superficial goodness to strip him of all his self respect and confidence and Macbeth was nave in thinking that he could take over Scotland unchallenged. One of the major arguments ... , for tragedy is more allied to optimism than pessimism. A decision or a mistake is tragic precisely because man could have chosen otherwise." Therein he is tragic hero, not inspite of his flaws, but...

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