... Shakespeare's play Othello involves 3 main themes. These are Jealousy (this involves Iago and Othello), Love (Othello and Desdemona represent this) and Friendship (Once again this concerns Iago and Othello). In the tale Iago adopts jealousy because his close friend Othello has promoted a soldier called Cassio to the position of Lieutenant. Iago had the idea that because he and Othello ... he is telling Iago that Desdemona could of chosen any man to fall in love with but she decided to choose him. Othello's attitude towards jealousy changes dramatically when Iago convinces him to believe ...

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... Nature of One Man Iago is arguably the most deceitful character known to literature. While Shakespeare's Othello is full of devious acts of immorality, Iago is behind each one of them. By way of his deceptions Iago is able to entrap Othello into believing that his wife is sharing a bed with Cassio. Through many suggestions and ... not if't be true; / But I, for mere suspicion in that kind / Will do as if for surety" (1.3.369-371). It is Iago's hatred of Othello and his own insecurities that delude him into taking for fact what he has no idea is true. Upon arriving in Cyprus Iago sets int...

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