Iago and Babo use manipulation to gain power from the other characters, these other’s trust them because of their previous bias. Trust based on bias makes you more susceptible to this manipulation, which can put other people in danger. In Othello, Iago’s past experiences with characters create trust making his lies seem believable. From the beginning of the play, Roderigo already believes Iago’s lies because they are old war friends. When Iago tells him that Othello, Desdemona, and Cassio are moving to Cyprus because of the war he says “Thou art sure of me. Go, make money. I have told thee often, [...] I hate the Moor. My cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason” (53). Iago is convincing Roderigo that the only way for him to win Desdemona’s
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Iago convinces Roderigo that in order to win Desdemona, he has to start a fight with Cassio. After this drunken fight, Cassio says “Reputation, reputation, reputation! [...] I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial” (99). Because of his trust for Iago, Cassio has lost everything that he once had. Because his bias towards Iago is so strong, he doesn’t see that the fight was caused by Iago’s manipulation. Towards the end of the play, Iago’s wife Emilia reveals Iago’s plans. Before he kills her she says to Othello “O thou dull Moor, that handkerchief thou speak’st of I found by fortune, and give my husband [...] he begged of me to steal’t” (255). Although Emilia might not like her husband, she trusted him enough to believe that his intentions were good. Because she gave him the handkerchief, and because Othello believed that Desdemona had given it to Cassio, it ultimately caused the downfall of their relationship, and the deaths of many others. If the handkerchief had never been given to Iago by Emilia, his plan never would have worked out. And if Othello had asked Desdemona about it, and she told the truth, many of the deaths would have been prevented. At the very end of the play, when Othello has learned the full extent of Iago’s lies he gives a speech before killing himself saying “I have done the state some service, and they know’t …show more content…
At the very end of the novella, Delano finally sees the blacks as they truly are saying “Both the black’s hands were held, as, glancing up towards the San Dominick, Captain Delano [...] saw the negroes, not in misrule [...] but with mask torn away, flourishing hatchets and knives in ferocious piratical revolt” (233) Because he didn’t believe that the blacks were capable of this violence, it has caused this act of violence to happen. These ‘masks’ he mentions were not truly there, Delanos bias caused this masks. Because he couldn’t see the blacks in any way but colorful and unintelligent it leads to the deaths of many of his own sailors. If Delano had stepped on the ship believing that the blacks were capable of violence, this massacre never would have happened. Again, during the last scene he says “but the negroes has already proved themselves such desperadoes, that, in case of a present assault, nothing but a total massacre of the whites could be looked for” (235) Since these blacks were once slaves, and in their own eyes what they are doing is for justice, they are willing to kill for it. And because of Delano’s deep racism, although he does not hate the blacks, they had to prove themselves to be capable of
Iago convinces Roderigo that in order to win Desdemona, he has to start a fight with Cassio. After this drunken fight, Cassio says “Reputation, reputation, reputation! [...] I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial” (99). Because of his trust for Iago, Cassio has lost everything that he once had. Because his bias towards Iago is so strong, he doesn’t see that the fight was caused by Iago’s manipulation. Towards the end of the play, Iago’s wife Emilia reveals Iago’s plans. Before he kills her she says to Othello “O thou dull Moor, that handkerchief thou speak’st of I found by fortune, and give my husband [...] he begged of me to steal’t” (255). Although Emilia might not like her husband, she trusted him enough to believe that his intentions were good. Because she gave him the handkerchief, and because Othello believed that Desdemona had given it to Cassio, it ultimately caused the downfall of their relationship, and the deaths of many others. If the handkerchief had never been given to Iago by Emilia, his plan never would have worked out. And if Othello had asked Desdemona about it, and she told the truth, many of the deaths would have been prevented. At the very end of the play, when Othello has learned the full extent of Iago’s lies he gives a speech before killing himself saying “I have done the state some service, and they know’t …show more content…
At the very end of the novella, Delano finally sees the blacks as they truly are saying “Both the black’s hands were held, as, glancing up towards the San Dominick, Captain Delano [...] saw the negroes, not in misrule [...] but with mask torn away, flourishing hatchets and knives in ferocious piratical revolt” (233) Because he didn’t believe that the blacks were capable of this violence, it has caused this act of violence to happen. These ‘masks’ he mentions were not truly there, Delanos bias caused this masks. Because he couldn’t see the blacks in any way but colorful and unintelligent it leads to the deaths of many of his own sailors. If Delano had stepped on the ship believing that the blacks were capable of violence, this massacre never would have happened. Again, during the last scene he says “but the negroes has already proved themselves such desperadoes, that, in case of a present assault, nothing but a total massacre of the whites could be looked for” (235) Since these blacks were once slaves, and in their own eyes what they are doing is for justice, they are willing to kill for it. And because of Delano’s deep racism, although he does not hate the blacks, they had to prove themselves to be capable of