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Othello

            Shakespeare used many different character traits to compose full-bodied characters that we can still relate to today. These characters are similar to those that we would perhaps see in a current action movie in that they have the same traits as our villains and protagonists. Having been introduced to almost the full cast of the play in the first scene, we can clearly understand the intentions of most of the characters. Even though we cannot exactly see the aspirations of some characters in the story until later on, it is quite plainly laid out for the audience to see what kind of person each character is.
             Commencing with Roderigo, we are introduced to this character in the very first lines of the play and undoubtedly the audience is immersed into his plot to steal Desdemona away from Othello. We learn that Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him woo Desdemona and direct her away from Othello but Iago tells Roderigo that it is too late and Othello has married Desdemona. Upon hearing this Roderigo begins to provoke Iago's hatred for Othello by backing up Iago every time he mentions of Cassio's promotion instead of his own. This particular scene which happens at the opening scene of the play is imperative in judging Roderigo. We can see he is persuasive and more importantly determined to win Desdemona's heart even after the discovery of her eloping. Even more peculiar than Roderigo's persuasiveness is Iago's, especially when used against Roderigo.
             Iago is perhaps the character I trust the least in the character but perhaps the most exciting. He is the most manipulative, heinous villain who plans all of the sneaky plots and from the second scene of the book, appears to be the most persuasive and in control character. When we discover that Iago thinks Othello is sleeping with his wife, we can assume that Iago is even slightly not in the right mind or completely sane. It is Iago's plan to approach Brabantio in the middle of the night and tell him he has been robbed by thieves.


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1. An Othello Bibliography

Heilman centers his argument on how critics have long called Othello's personality "simple," when it really is complex. He uses the murder scene in great context of Othello's personality. ... "(7) These are all the major reasons for Othello's anxiety about his blackness which lead to his downfall. According to Bradley, Othello is the "most painfully exciting and the most terrible" play of Shakespeare's. ... "(2) which led to Othello murdering his wife. ...

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2. Othello

Was Othello a Good Man? In the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, Othello had both some positive aspects and some negative aspects about him. ... Othello trusted Iago, an ensign to Othello. ... Othello's flaw was his trusting nature. ... One of Othello's negative aspects was that of jealousy. ...

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3. Othello

The character of Othello plays the role of both the protagonist and the hero in the play of Othello. ... We see Othello regain composure during his speech in Act 5. ... Othello easily fits this definition as he is the General of Venice. ... In Act I, Scene Two, Othello and Brabantio have a brawl, yet we see Othello remain calm and collected in reaction to Brabantio's speech. ... This line displays the astonishing power of Othello's words. ...

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4. Character Analysis - Othello

Othello starts the play on top of the world. ... Othello is proved to be an extremely gullible person, as Iago never offers Othello legitimate proof of the affair. ... In the last few acts of Othello, the evil side of Othello's character is finally unleashed. ... Did the pressures of society get into Othello's head? Or was Othello really just good on the outside? ...

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5. Logical Fallacies in Othello

An example of illogical reasoning and thinking is present in William Shakespeare's play, Othello, where Iago, who is Othello's most trusted advisor, plans and acts out his revenge on Othello, who is the good and noble general, because he is jealous over a promotion he did not get. ... A situation where Othello commits this error in reasoning is when he demands Desdemona to give him his handkerchief: OTHELLO. ... OTHELLO. ... Othello then uses the fallacy of automatic rejection again by ignoring Desdemona when she implores him to explain why he thinks she is unfaithful: OTHELLO. ... ...

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6. Othello Vs. Oedipus The King

This is set up in Othello by long monologues by Othello's antagonist outlining his evil plan to ruin Othello. ... Othello's tragic flaw comes out first when the evil antagonist Iago says he will frame as lovers Othello's wife and Cassius, whom Othello has just stripped of lieutenant. ... Ironically, around Othello, Iago seems to do the opposite- for example, Iago tells Othello, "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!... Iago points out to Othello every time his wife and Cassius have a conversation, and provokes Othello's wife to plead the issue of Othello stripping Cassius of ...

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7. Othello's Tragic Flaw

He has hatred towards Othello for giving Cassio the lieutenant title instead of him, so he plots revenge to get back at Othello. ... Hamartia is a fatal flaw that leads Othello to his downfall. In this play, Othello's hamartia is jealousy. ... Another characteristic that Othello checks off is that he is blind to reality. ... Since Othello an Iago are watching from afar but are not able to hear what they are saying, he gives Othello the idea that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. ...

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8. Othello

Othello trusts in Desdemona until the third scene of the third act when Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona could be messing around with another man, Cassio. ... After saying these words, Othello takes his own life. ... How one, Desdemona, can be so pure and innocent that when Othello is lied to by the devil, Iago, Othello could find infidelity and dishonesty in her. Othello truly exemplifies the fault and free will in man. ... Othello is man....

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9. Iago's Ill Intent in Othello

In Shakespeare's Othello, Iago successfully manipulates others through treachery. ... Iago exploits Cassio's weakness against alcohol in order to remove him from the role of lieutenant, and Iago subtly insights suspicion within Othello through insinuating lies about the person Othello cares most about. ... Iago lies to Roderigo, claiming that Othello is being sent to Africa, and that the only way to prevent Othello from taking Desdemona to Africa along with him is to eliminate Cassio. ... Iago is cleverly suggesting that Desdemona will eventually become disloyal to Othello. ... Iag...

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10. Othello - Relating to a Modern Day Audience

The play Othello has succeeded in achieving that. ... Iago was the main reason for jealousy in Shakespeare's Othello. ... This shows how jealousy in Othello relates to a modern day audience. ... While Iago played an important role in convincing Othello to think that Desdemona and cassio were having an affair, essentially it is Othello's own demons that made him that way. ... Iago himself, on the other hand, is a very different character from Othello. ...

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