... in this play is none other then Othello. The other main character is Iago. The bad guy, the one that has to cause trouble. Yet why does he do it? Does he feel any remorse, or does he do it for the pure pleasure? One may argue that he does it because he has no heart, and that he is acting from a deeper ... source. Iago knows what he's doing, and he loves it. The first evil thing that we see Iago do is to get Cassio kicked out ... of the army. The simple reason for why Iago does it, is because it wasn't him. If ... in his way. He knows what he wants, and he doesn't even know why. Why wou...

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... contaminated by Iago whose aim was to destroy Othello along with Cassio. Othello's perception of Desdemona changed numerous times throughout. In the beginning Othello loved Desdemona with all his heart and would not let anyone take his love from him, including Brabantio, Desdemona's father. "She wished she had not heard ... had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake; she loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them. " (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 161-167). This speech made by Othello, ...

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... contaminated by Iago whose aim was to destroy Othello along with Cassio. Othello's perception of Desdemona changed numerous times throughout. In the beginning Othello loved Desdemona with all his heart and would not let anyone take his love from him, including Brabantio, Desdemona's father. "She wished she had not heard ... had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake; she loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them. " (Act 1, Scene 3, Line 161-167). This speech made by Othello, ...

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... be merely purchased with gold and silver? Does money guarantee the power to own anything of one's heart's desires? In the case of Othello, it doesn't. As Roderigo and Iago alerts Brabantio that his "daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs- [1.1.116], Brabantio states "In honest plainness /My daughter is not for [Roderigo]- [1.1.97-98] yet upon realizing his daughter had ... married the Moor, Brabantio changes his mind and says "O, would you had ... catalyzed Emilia's confrontation and standing up to her male patriarch, Iago, to whom she was expected of by Venetian...

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... own murder and comes forth to tell the truth about the villainous Iago. PLOT (Structure) The structure of Othello is in the classic form for a Shakespearean tragedy. Act I constitutes the exposition of the play, where the audience is introduced to the time and place of the drama, to the major characters, and to the situation that will be developed in the plot. The conflict is developed through the rising action found in Acts II and ... is adept at provoking self-hatred and jealousy in others because he suffers from them himself. The Theme of Appearance vs. Reality The theme of Appearanc...

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