At the beginning of Shakespeare’s play, Othello is portrayed as a man who is confident in himself and his position. He is deeply in love with his wife, Desdemona, and we can see their relationship was both strong and stable. However, while the play and its events start to unfold, with the help of Iago’s evil plans, these factors don’t stay the same. When Iago begins to plant the seeds of doubt in Othello's mind about Desdemona's unfaithfulness, his once strong faith in love quickly is replaced by suspicion and jealousy. “Othello displayed signs of a man no longer sane.
William Shakespeare, author of the dramatic play Othello, reveals Iago’s devious plan to sabotage everyone’s life through the use of simile and deception, to display Iago’s ability to manipulate people to get his way. Roderigo feels that his hopes of winning Desdemona have been ruined, but Iago insists that all will be well. Iago mocks Roderigo for threatening to drown himself, and Roderigo protests that he can’t help being tormented by love. Iago contradicts him, asserting that people can choose at will what they want to be. Iago promises to work everything out from there.
Othello was one of Shakespeare’s most famous play that during the 17th century was repeatedly play due to the diversity of race and controversial emotions. Moreover, is great example of how Shakespeare was able to impersonate the strength and weakness of humans. Othello is nonetheless an excellent illustration of emotions build his character throughout the story. As the story begins we see Othello is a well respected diplomatic who seems strong and modest. During act III, Iago’s poisonous feelings start to manipulate Othello actions, but is not until act IV that it completely takes over him and in epilogue V is when Othello loses all his senses of reasoning that makes him do an outrageous deed at the end of Othello.
Name : Salma Last name : Obeid ID: 151067 Course: A230A Shakespearian’s ambiguity Tragedies are written plays in which the protagonist dies at the end. The protagonist is recognized as being the hero of the tragic play; however, some tragedies, at some point, shed the light on another character creating confusion in the mind of the readers about the state of the true hero. Shakespeare’s
Throughout history many of the great generals often had a right hand man or lieutenant to help make important decisions. When Iago was passed over for this great position he was willing to go to any length to achieve the position he felt he deserved. In the play, Othello by William Shakespeare, Iago became the antagonist in one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays. Iago used manipulation, deception, and creative thinking to hatch a plan that would cause the death of nearly every main role in the play.
Guided by the evils of one magnificent, deviant sinner: Iago. Though displays may differ to viewers, one’s undoing can be sought from the most subtle actions. What causes one to destroy another’s life? Iago’s true motivation in ruining othello’s life is gratuitous.
In William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well, Mariana states “no legacy is so rich as honesty” (All’s Well that Ends Well). This statement allows Shakespeare to make the claim that honesty serves as a necessity for a successful legacy.
“Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.” (Criss Jami). In Othello, Iago is one of the most deceiving throughout the book. Similar to the quote, Iago is a master at manipulation.
Shakespeare’s Othello chronicles the downfall of a noble Moor, Othello, who is deceived by a man he considers his friend, Iago. Throughout the course of the play, Iago toys with Othello and eventually leads him to murder and lose his love, his new wife Desdemona. Iago exploits the unquestioned trust Othello places in him to achieve evil ends. As such, trust is a central theme in the story.
Manipulation and revenge were present throughout the story of Othello from the work of Iago; a trained military man who was confident in his skills and knowledge. When Othello’s promotion was given to a younger and less skilled man named Michael Cassio, Iago became a villain capable of destroying trust, faking friendships, and compulsively lying with every chance given to ruin Othello. In addition, Iago was successful in taking away everything that was important to Othello such as his wife, Desdemona, and his image creating Othello into someone he wasn’t. In the end, Iago never stayed the same. In other words, Iago was constantly growing his hatred and revenge with each plan plotted against the Othello, allowing his manipulation to escalate
In William Shakespeare’s Othello the two main characters are Iago and Othello. The entire story centers around Iago 's plan to achieve revenge on Othello for not promoting him to lieutenant. Throughout the story Iago tries to convince Othello that his wife Desdemona has cheated on him with his lieutenant Cassio. Iago’s plan is successfully and easily executed. Othello is tricked into believing that desdemona has been unfaithful and in the end he kills her.
Iago’s powerfully disruptive insinuations torment Othello to fall precipitously into his intricate trap, believing in the prospect of Cassio and Desdemona’s fictitious affair. Through the use of linguistic techniques such as elliptical speech, subservient vocative choices and a hesitant tone, Iago is able to construct artful innuendoes to deceive and manipulate Othello. Supplementary to linguistic techniques, dramatic techniques such as dramatic irony reinforces Iago’s role as a two-faced villain, who is making a pretence of being Othello’s loyal ensign. Eventually, Iago’s villainy nature sows a seed of doubt in Othello that germinates into the murder of Desdemona. Through the characterisation of Iago as a notorious villain, Shakespeare is able to hold Iago’s actions accountable for the play’s tragic downfall, establishing a sense of powerlessness amongst the
Iago will not let Othello have the peace of mind as to why his “soul and body” were ensnared, as for that moment on “[he] never will speak word”. As Othello withheld the position of lieutenant from Iago, Iago withholds the truth, the reason why his life was turned and twisted with such malevolence. It is only as Othello commits suicide, and Iago “[sets] down the pegs that make [his] music” that Iago is satisfied. The negative motivations driving Iago succeed in fulfilling his desires, as dishonourable and vicious as they were, Iago’s route to satisfaction through revenge and disempowering emotions
In the play Othello, William Shakespeare creates an elaborate tragedy with various in depth characters, enhancing the story with powerful characterization. Iago, the main antagonist of Othello, exemplifies Shakespeare’s use of characterization to create in depth and complex characters. Using his manipulative nature, intellectual mind, egotistical attitude, and dishonesty, Iago controls the other characters in order to achieve his goal, leading Othello to succumb to an overwhelming jealousy causing his downfall. In order for Iago to gain control of the characters in the play, he manipulates Othello, Roderigo, Cassio, and more to believe false information and turn on one another.
As Hoover Jordan comments in his article “Dramatic Illusion in Othello,” Othello “is simply amiable in thinking the best of his fellow men” (Jordan, 1950). Consistent with his position as a man of justice, Othello maintains the attitude fundamental to the legal system: people are innocent until proven guilty. With his astute understanding of human nature, Iago understands Othello’s trusting personality and how he can take advantage of it. In the last scene of the first act, where he first envisions how to cause Othello’s demise, Iago recognizes that Othello “thinks men honest that but seem to be so, and will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are” (Shakespeare, I. iii.429-431). Thus Othello’s strong disposition to trust people poses a vulnerability to his judgment, since he readily follows those in whom he trusts.
