... 's heart and mind are held in a vice, experiencing the extremes of pity and fear, sympathy and repulsion, sickening hope and dreadful expectation."" (Bloom's ) Most will agree that the theatrical Othello is the most tragic of Shakespeare's to readers of today. Since the first time man and woman met, the human being has been aware of sexual jealousy. Solomon described jealousy in ... human feelings."" (Bloom's ) The ever-manipulative Iago lies to Othello consistently to achieve his revenge, using the faithful devil's tool of sexual jealousy. Through out the play Iago is "silent in his res...

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Jealousy is defined as a feeling of envious resentment of someone or their achievements, in the play Othello Shakespeare demonstrates this emotion abundantly. Through the use of the main characters of ... irrational decisions, an example of this comes from the very first act where jealousy plays an instrumental role in the decisions made by Iago. When the decision is announced that Michael Cassio would be named lieutenant and Iago, "his Moorship's ancient" (I.i.33), it brings out Iago's "green-eyed monster" (III.iii.166 ... that Iago invokes consumes Othello like wildfire, Othello announces ...

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... to serve my turn upon him". The audience becomes aware of the fact that Iago may not be who he is first perceived to be as they heed to Iago's plainly spoken warning, "I am not what I am". Indeed, as the first act unfolds Iago begins to reveal the malevolence of his character and his ... performed so that no characters within the play can see what he is doing. His insight into the behaviour of others allows him to adapt to the personality of whomever he is with. However, there is no doubt that Iago is a skilled actor, for he is able to successfully present a contrary appearance and get aw...

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... and schemes in order to meet his own selfish ends. On the surface it may seem that Iago has 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, it is obvious that these reasons are only to justify his actions and they serve as a disguise to mask his insecurities, racism and innate distrust of women. Iago ... 's first alleged motive that begins him on...

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... Hamlet, the tragedy occurred when Hamlet did not act fast enough in his revenge leaving time for Claudius to reek further havoc. Hamlet's weakness was that he was unsure of what to do. Had he acted faster he could have changed the course of events greatly. In Othello, Iago resents Othello because he believes the moor tried to cuckold Iago and ... and foolishness that caused the death of Desdemona. Although this occurs and helps the audience sympathize with Othello, it is still terrible to see that Iago maintains control by not speaking to tell Othello why he did what he did. Demand me n...

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