In this specific soliloquy, Shakespeare utilizes the word “honesty” to help portray the type of man Iago isn't and the type of man Othello believes he is not. By letting himself be influenced by Iago's lies, Othello shows how being too trusting and putting your trust into someone you deem to be “of exceeding honesty” (3.3.263) can lead to you to your ruin. Because Othello is of trusting nature and he believes Iago to be an honest man it was easy for Iago to execute his plan and manipulate othello to create his own destruction. The etymology of the word “honesty” defines someone as being of "honorable position; propriety of behavior, good manners; virginity, chastity. "…
In Othello, William Shakespeare portrays Iago as deceitful. This is shown when he tries to control Roderigo in the play. He does this in the first few lines so we can tell that Iago is a quiet shady dude. In Iago’s first lines he says “I am not what I am ”(Passage 1). As it’s clear to say that Iago is a very shady guy.…
Iago Iago is a Machiavellian villain. He is the master of manipulation and deception. Iago pretends to be your friend, and gains your trust which he will use to make you blind to the fact that he is the actual cause to your problems. In the first two scenes we already see Iago’s ‘two faces.’…
From time to time, people do not act the way one may think they would. Othello trusted Iago because he had an honest face, but Iago was anything but honest. Iago pretended to help Roderigo win over Desdemona and conned him out of all his money. Iago lied to everyone he could, even his own wife, for his personal gain. Iago was a villainous person whose goal in life was to step on everyone in order to be the best he…
This horrible wretched man, commonly known as ‘honest’ Iago is nothing but petty, murderous and spiteful. A person who contemptuous of virtues and morals, and thus manipulates the vile in all the people surrounding him. He despises all things pure and righteous. He plotted, schemed, and falsified evidence to serve his treacherous plans; which were to make Othello suffer and lose everything.…
Identity and reputation is what a man is known for, a wide-range of wrong decisions destroys Iago’s identity forever. Iago is a weak and insecure man that is motivated by his own insecurities and inadequacies.…
Looking at the play critically we can identify Iago’s driving motivations and classify why exactly he is the anti-hero of the story. We observe Iago 's morals and ethics from the very beginning of the play. He is motivated to take action against those who challenge him. However, are his actions so malicious or far-fetched to label him as evil? Iago is very calculating and manipulative in the way that he dupes everyone to further his agenda.…
His knack for making up lies and feeling no remorse is evidence that Iago is a psychopath who does not have a conscience. Iago’s insincerity exceeds his harmful lies and clever deceit of almost all the characters , including his many faces, leaves the audience wondering if he even knew who he really was. From the very beginning, it is obvious that Iago should not be trusted, from the time he was causing trouble for Othello and Desdemona with Brabantio, acting too chummy with Roderigo and hiding his true motives for everything from everyone. Iago will never be able to truly present himself to anyone for even he knows that he “... is not what he…
“Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy!/It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock/ The meat it feeds on.” (3.3.170-172). Such are the wise words of the famous villain, Iago, found in William Shakespeare’s Othello. A tragic play of jealousy and rivalry, many of the characters in Othello are doomed to a catastrophic ending—a misfortune beyond all ordinary worries.…
He knows that Othello is a powerful general, and can order the deaths of both Desdemona and Cassio. Iago feels that the end justifies the means, and it does not feel so for this case. For the very little pain Iago feels, this plan seems too extreme, and that is why he does not follow the trend of a tragic…
Iago is shown to have a good reputation, an honest and loyal man to Othello and the society, but that does not mean it is the reality. Othello believes Iago without knowing his true nature and refers to others "Iago is most honest," (2.3.7). Iago is shown to be trustworthy in the past because he has not deceived anyone, and proved his loalty to Othello with several years of service for him. Also being the reason why Othello believes in him. Since Iago has a good reputation and is respected by most, Othello can easily finds Iago trustworthy and believes Iago tells him.…
The play literally opens to Iago’s treachery in motion, as he informs Roderigo of the elopement of Desdemona and Othello. Knowing that Roderigo is infatuated with Desdemona, he does this in a manner which seems to be out of friendship and concern, thus simultaneously gaining Roderigo’s trust and a willing pawn in his network of schemes. He and Roderigo then proceed to go wake up Brabantio and alert him to the fact that his daughter is with Othello. Already inciting conflict in the first scene, Iago seems to try to make it as incendiary as possible by telling Brabantio: “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” (1.1.90-91) and “I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making…
Iago is a Psychopath and a Sociopath and also very smart, which makes him such a good villain. Iago starts off with jealousy being his MO. Iago originally just wanted to get Cassio removed from being the lieutenant. Iago wants to be lieutenant and he is enraged and jealous that his best friend, Othello, gave…
In fact, every character in the play has referred to him as “honest Iago”. This proves that he is deceptive because he has managed to manipulate every single character into thinking he is the good guy, yet he is the villain. Shakespeare might have used repetition of the word “honest” to accentuate the extent of the characters’ trust in Iago. However, that trust had consequences. For instance, when Othello says ' '…
In the play, Iago is introduced as a manipulative and deceptive character that has motives for destroying his boss and the leader of Venice, Othello. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, Iago’s motives towards the…