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Opposition Between Good And Evil In Othello

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Notes:
- Malignant character, plots downfall of othello.
- Opposition between good vs evil through use of religious connotation “baptism”, “divinity of hell”, “satan”. Embodied by conflict of christianity against evil - classical theme.
- encapsulates evil of satan, othello and des purity goodness
- subtle use of symbolism, fruitful, adam and eve, linking iago to snake character, eve &adam, othello & des
- naivety, othello, not aware of lack of goodness in iago
- metaphysicality - omnipitent intent
- psychopathic and evil
- rhetorical questions, shows he is self-assured, merciless, evil, confident
- calculated character - pivotal, shows iago reached pinnacle of evilness
Context: The soliloquy occurs after Iago blames Cassio for causing a drunken
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