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Comparing Iago And Othello

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Othello and Iago are two very comparable men. In the great written novel “Othello” by William Shakespeare, Othello is known to have more of a considerate side than Iago, they both depict jealousy and they permit that suspiciousness to take over them. While reading the novel Iago is recognized as the “villain” of the play and Othello is known to be inoffensive, receiving more information into the novel the reader can detect added traits between Othello and Iago. While readers get to the conclusion of the book they observe the evil features in both Othello and Iago, but overall Othello is a more of an enhanced person than Iago. Othello and Iago both share a communal feature that is feared in the world today. Both Othello and Iago let their resentment …show more content…

“I do perceive here a divided duty.” (Act 1 scene 3 line 179) Desdemona does not only have a duty for her father but for Othello too. Desdemona adores Othello with all her sentiment and this woman would do everything for him. This expresses the love and reverence Desdemona has for each and everyone around her which typically in a persons life they put their parents first and their lovers next, but Desdemona here shows us that she provides respect to Othello because she dears him. This indicates to the readers how much Desdemona loves Othello and cares for him, just as she said in the quotation, she has a responsibility for her father and for her spouse, she has identical love for them both and she always pays respect to both Othello and her father Barbantio. Othello expresses to the people the same characteristics as Desdemona shows throughout the whole book. Othello loves and pledges his undivided existence to Desdemona; he really does love her although her forefather and the society around them do not agree with the matrimony, just because he is a “Moor” (act 1 scene 1 line 121). Barbantio does not have faith in Othello because of his race and his color, he indulges Othello dissimilar than any character in the book and when he encounters Othello about his daughter he says “O, thou foul thief, where hast {You} thou stowed my / daughter?” (1.2.80-81) Barbantio makes Othello feel ruthless about all he is doing, and concerning the way he feels for his daughter Desdemona. Othello darlings Desdemona with all his emotion and throughout the commencement of the book he pleasures her with admiration and affection at all periods. Othello continuously makes certain that Desdemona is satisfactory and he indulgences her like the women that her father desires her to be treated. Barbantio still does

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