In the play Othello by William Shakespeare and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Desdemona, Daisy and Gatsby are all able to look past their lovers imperfections to be happy, however, Iago is unable to look past the abilities of others to best him and thus ruins his own happiness. In the pieces of literature, Desdemona and Daisy are both able to look beyond the flaws of their lovers to achieve true happiness in their relationship. In Othello, Desdemona is able to look beyond Othello’s colour and age and loves him anyways. Desdemona chooses to love him even at her father's disapproval. Her father is in shock and disbelief because Desdemona is “… in love with what she feared to look on…”(Shakespeare, 1.3.98). However, Desdemona pushes
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In Othello, Iago is a very jealous and egotistic man who cannot stand the though to other people being better than him. In the first act, Iago tells Roderigo about Michael Cassio - the man who stole his job. Iago describes Cassio as a “Great arithmetician… a Florentine - a fell almost damned in a fair wife-… a spinster-” (Shakespeare, 1.1. 19-24). Iago calls Cassio all these names, however, Cassio did nothing wrong to hurt Iago, ye Iago wants to hurt and harm Cassio’s reputation. Not only does Iago want to hurt Cassio but he also wants to hurt the Moor. The moor has done nothing but picked the best man he thought for the job. There is nothing wrong in this yet Iago takes it as his responsibility to do something about it. Iago also tries to make a profit from all of this. Roderigo is a rich and well-respected man of high class, who wanted to marry Desdemona previous to the plays beginning; and because Roderigo has more money than Iago, he tries to get Roderigo into his plan. Iago makes Roderigo his puppet to act out his play while Iago distances himself from the storm he has created for himself. Due to Iago’s jealousy and misconception of Othello, he is unable to look past his own needs and society besting him. Iago not only hurts Othello and Cassio for his job, he also hurts Desdemona and Emilia. Desdemona did nothing to hurt Iago, yet Iago still involves her in his master plan. Worst of all Iago stabs his own wife. While his wife was figuring out the truth and revealing Iago’s plan, Iago stabs her and runs away. He does not even have the decency to stay with his dying wife, he cares more about himself and about his won neck then Emilia’s. While doing this, his thus keeps himself away fro his own happiness. Unlike Iago, Gatsby is able to look past the
In Othello, Iago is a very jealous and egotistic man who cannot stand the though to other people being better than him. In the first act, Iago tells Roderigo about Michael Cassio - the man who stole his job. Iago describes Cassio as a “Great arithmetician… a Florentine - a fell almost damned in a fair wife-… a spinster-” (Shakespeare, 1.1. 19-24). Iago calls Cassio all these names, however, Cassio did nothing wrong to hurt Iago, ye Iago wants to hurt and harm Cassio’s reputation. Not only does Iago want to hurt Cassio but he also wants to hurt the Moor. The moor has done nothing but picked the best man he thought for the job. There is nothing wrong in this yet Iago takes it as his responsibility to do something about it. Iago also tries to make a profit from all of this. Roderigo is a rich and well-respected man of high class, who wanted to marry Desdemona previous to the plays beginning; and because Roderigo has more money than Iago, he tries to get Roderigo into his plan. Iago makes Roderigo his puppet to act out his play while Iago distances himself from the storm he has created for himself. Due to Iago’s jealousy and misconception of Othello, he is unable to look past his own needs and society besting him. Iago not only hurts Othello and Cassio for his job, he also hurts Desdemona and Emilia. Desdemona did nothing to hurt Iago, yet Iago still involves her in his master plan. Worst of all Iago stabs his own wife. While his wife was figuring out the truth and revealing Iago’s plan, Iago stabs her and runs away. He does not even have the decency to stay with his dying wife, he cares more about himself and about his won neck then Emilia’s. While doing this, his thus keeps himself away fro his own happiness. Unlike Iago, Gatsby is able to look past the