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.
Iago contributes to the tragic downfall of Othello, playing him like a fiddle. The human nature of Iago manipulates the trust
Iago’s Motives Iago is the main antagonist in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello. He is one of the most famous and mysterious villains of all time. Some might say he is the embodiment of evil, but what are his true motives? Why does he hate Othello so much?
Even though he doesn't believe in Othello’s achievements he accepts it and seeks revenge on Othello by trying to take his wife from him. Unfortunately he is willing to take advantage of anyone in order to achieve his goals of revenge. Sadly because of his willingness to take advantage of anyone to accomplish his mission a lot of characters get caught in the crossfire. However one good thing that could be said about Iago is his grittiness to achieve his goals no matter how or what gets in the way. He even goes as far as lying to Othello to break the trust that he once had for the people around.
When one considers the play Othello by William Shakespeare, Othello stands out as the main character, the tragic hero, and Iago as the antagonist. The idea that “Othello’s killing of Desdemona is not murder, but a sacrifice. He is to save Desdemona from herself, not in hate but in honour”(Bradley, 1905) is true to the reader as Desdemona can be seen as a sacrificial hero and Othello’s murder act is due to the manipulation placed on him by Iago. This manipulation leads to him killing her as for her to keep her honour. Othello’s friendship with Iago is flawed as well as the actions committed, these actions either instigate out of individual choices or manipulation.
Every story needs a hero and a villain. Othello is the well-respected, best warrior, youthful, ladies' man. Everything a woman would want, every woman possibly including Iago's wife. Iago on the other hand is older, in Othello's shadow, not as accomplished, not as respected. He sees all of the good Othello is and all the good he is capable of doing and is envious.
Iago is the reason behind Desdemona’s death Even though Othello killed his wife Desdemona. Iago was jealous of Othello’s position, his wife and he was jealous of Desdemona’s love for her husband Othello. Because Iago was in love with Desdemona as well. In the play “Othello” by William Shakespeare Iago is the one who causes tragic events, his jealousy leads to exterminate all characters in the play. Iago seems pretty jealous because he state that he hates Othello because he passes Iago, over for a promotion, giving "one Michael Cassio" the job as his military lieutenant instead.
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.
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
He is the same old evil Iago. He even said “maybe they just laid together naked and didn’t do anything” which is insane for him to even suggest to someone so full of jealousy. Iago also told Othello that Cassio said that he was in bed on top of Desdemona, which is also a lie. He is probably happy that Othello is killing his wife because this means he can kill Cassio, his enemy throughout this whole play. Iago is a very smart con man and takes advantage of any opportunity that arises and I gotta give him props for that.
. Iago's actions has always been questioned by critics mainly Bradley and Leavis. Bradly believes that Iago's devilish intelligence is the reason for Othello's destruction. Also that the evil is external not coming from inside of Othello. He says that Iago ruined a great love story in which lovers could have lived happily ever after.
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.
Othello by William Shakespeare is a play that questions nature and God. It investigates the faults of man by telling a story of love, jealousy, greed and pride. The play examines the actions of the main characters; Othello, Iago and Desdemona, in order to determine whether they are a result of personal choices or the manipulation of others. The play begins in Venice, where Roderigo argues to Iago that he is not capable of pursuing Desdemona, as he has just discovered that she is to marry the general, Othello, but Iago continues to manipulate convince Roderigo that it can be done.
In the play Othello, written by William Shakespeare, Iago appears to be a clever and manipulative character from the beginning. He attempts, and succeeds, to sabotage the Othello’s, relationship with his wife Desdemona. Throughout the play, he conceals his true character and as a result, other characters see him as honest, reliable, and trustworthy. He gains Othello’s lieutenant Cassio’s trust, then backstabs him. He also uses Roderigo, a Venetian, as a piece in his puzzle to ultimately take down Othello.
