... Cassio about his assailant, but Cassio can provide no explanation for what has happened. Iago suggests that Roderigo is to blame. Cassio says that he does not know Roderigo. Attendants carry off Cassio and Roderigo's corpse. Emilia enters, and Iago tells her what has happened, adding the explanation, "This is the fruits of whoring" (V.i.118). He and Emi! lia chastise Bianca ... loved him. Graziano returns to find Othello armed and defiant, mourning the loss of his wife. They are joined shortly by Montano, Lodovico, Cassio, and Iago, who is being held prisoner. Othello stabs Iago, woundi...

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... Iago in a fit of rage, but he must be commended for his action. Othello then kills himself and proceeds to die next to Desdamona and Emilia. Iago is left as a prisoner of Cassio, to live with what he has done. This story is not the story of Othello, but rather the story of Iago and how he plays the other characters ... ...

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... giving Cassio the position of lieutenant instead of him, which has a lot to do with why Iago hates Othello so much. One thing in particular he does, in order to carry our his revenge, is to make Othello believe that Cassio is sleeping with Desdemona.   This is definitely not the truth, but Iago is so convincing that Othello has no choice ... ...

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... ? In Shakespeare's Othello, Iago, the villain and instigator of trouble in this play, employs manipulation and deceit to gradually gain power over Cassio and Roderigo, which in turn helps him carry out revenge on Othello, and ultimately leads to Othello's tragedy. The main weakness of both Cassio and Roderigo, which proves to be the leading factor in the unfortunate conclusion of ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... giving Cassio the position of lieutenant instead of him, which has a lot to do with why Iago hates Othello so much. One thing in particular he does, in order to carry our his revenge, is to make Othello believe that Cassio is sleeping with Desdemona.   This is definitely not the truth, but Iago is so convincing that Othello has no choice ... ...

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... satisfactions. He will never stop being deceitful as greed is an insatiable desire which can never be controlled or stopped but has to be satisfied which will motivate him to carry on with his evil ways. He is a monster to himself who is disproportionably overgrown, signifying his own downfall will be his own misguidance. The audience could interpret Iago's flawless plans ... ...

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... one way or another throughout the book, seemingly without care if any innocent people get caught in his treachery. This is how he uses Cassio, Roderigo, Emilia, and Othello to carry out his plan for getting revenge. He uses Cassio as the instrument of hate to drive Othello, Roderigo as his tool basically, Emilia steals the handkerchief which is unquestionably one ... ...

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... ? In Shakespeare's Othello, Iago, the villain and instigator of trouble in this play, employs manipulation and deceit to gradually gain power over Cassio and Roderigo, which in turn helps him carry out revenge on Othello, and ultimately leads to Othello's tragedy. The main weakness of both Cassio and Roderigo, which proves to be the leading factor in the unfortunate conclusion of ... ...

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... of the people who died was his own wife, but he could have cared less about that as long as he succeeded. If Iago was not around and did not carry with him the animosity, hatred, greed, and selfishness, none of those inimical things would have happened, but then, there wouldn't be a play either. Bad characters are needed in plays and ... ...

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... giving Cassio the position of lieutenant instead of him, which has a lot to do with why Iago hates Othello so much. One thing in particular he does, in order to carry our his revenge, is to make Othello believe that Cassio is sleeping with Desdemona.   This is definitely not the truth, but Iago is so convincing that Othello has no choice ... ...

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... is to follow people who are of a higher rank then himself. So Roderigo is the perfect type of person to believe Iago's lies. Thus Roderigo is the perfect henchman to carry out Iago's evil plans. Although Roderigo is not fundamentally evil, because he follows along with Iago's evil plans to eliminate Othello, Roderigo is an evil person. This goes to show ... ...

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... everything, Iago. Yet, despite Roderigo's tragic end, Cassio coincidentally rises above becoming general at the end of the piece. Although one ends off better than the other, both characters still carry the same weakness of reliance. From what has been said, Roderigo and Cassio are two that despite their many differences are in fact similar. Both characters find themselves in situations ... ...

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