... Othello. He is a complicated character that real intentions are in layers of deviance and deception that forms his false visage. He sets a series of heinous crimes to achieve his unfathomable desires. Without Iago as a character in this play, it would have turned out to be a simple romantic drama. Iago is a villain who we hate; he is the maker of the play ... to kill Desdemona. It shows how the wickedness of Iago leads to not just the breaking up of a relationship but the tragic end of Desdemona. Iago's insecurities formed by his subconscious moral can be the main reason that motivates ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... Desdemona to death. Contrasting Iago, who had no consciousness of good, Macbeth began with doubt in his ambitious plans. His doubts were stimulated by his subconscious recognition that there was no possible way to integrate his desires with the proper order of things.8 He wanted to be king, but he knew it wasn't his place to be one. "If chance will have ... values, and the fact that he persisted in the face of this awareness, demonstrated a profound moral disorder.15 "Stars, hide your fires! Let now light see my black and deep desires: the eye wink at the hand; yet let that be which the...

• Word Count: 1655
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... to take great pleasure in preventing Othello from enjoying marital happiness, and he expresses his love for Othello frequently and effusively. It is Iago's talent for understanding and manipulating the desires of those around him that makes him both a powerful and a compelling figure. Iago is able to take the handkerchief from Emilia and know that he can deflect her questions; he ... to his indiscreet actions. Cassio is smooth, polished, elegant, handsome, and cultured. Many of these traits are direct opposites of the foreign Othello. Innately, Othello admires Cassio's character, but...

• Word Count: 2512
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School