Othello And Iago Relationship Essay

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If it’s going against your partner because you’re being manipulative or going against your partner because you have mistaken something for what it’s not ,what are you going to do?
In the play “ Othello” by William Shakespeare not only does the relationship take a turn for the worse, but trust is manipulated and broken throughout the play. Othello and Iago both end up killing their wives and then end up dying themselves. The two relationships were so different in the beginning but turned out to be not so different at the end . Othello and Desdemona are in love in the beginning. Othello and Desdemona elope; Iago who is Emilia's husband gets upset and tells Desdemona’s father about the elopement . When Othello finds out he doesn’t care
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Their relationship is almost evil . for example Emilia comes to him and says ¨ I something for you” (3.3.210.) Emilia has the handkerchief and is giving it to Iago. She is trying to get his attention that he never shows her and she feels that if she gives him that he will give her some kind of loyalty that she never gets from him . He responds with “ To have a foolish wife” (3.3.213) which is saying he thinks she’s a fool. Iago could care less about Emilia , He doesńt even respect her enough to say something nice to her. Iago doesn’t have any loyal towards women none less his own wife. In the play “ Othello by William Shakespeare he presents the loyalty between Desdemona and Othello's marriage as well as Iago's and Emilia’s. The ladies view the relationships with a marxist perspective because the ladies are respecting their husbands and willing to go to the point of death for them. Othello and Iago both end up killing their wives and then end up dying themselves which is archetypal because it's the situation repeating itself . Part of marriage is sacrifice but the biggest part of marriage is trust which all of the couples deceived . What can we say it’s

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