The Character Of Iago In Othello

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Othello is different from Iago because he is pushed into a betrayal by a man betraying him and is trying to destroy him by using his love for Desdemona against him. At the beginning Othello is a very rational uneasily angered man. As Iago takes a hold of him, he places the seed of doubt in betrayal in Othello’s mind and once this seed is there it begins to drive Othello mad. He loves Desdemona so much he cannot accept the fact that she would cheat on him. When Iago gives him physical proof Othello is in love with Desdemona he goes into denial and tells Iago, “villain be sure thou prove my love a whore!
Be sure of it. Give me the ocular proof
Or, by the worth of mine eternal soul Thou hadst been better have been born a dog than answer my waked
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Othello final speech he says
“Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well;
O one not easily jealous, but being wrought”(5.2.443-445) Othello knows he has grandly made a mistake and unlike Iago, who refuses to speak and lives with the guilt of his atrocities Othello kills himself. He like most humans was not capable of living with this horrible revenge that eat him up and decides to take his life instead of livening another day with that idea on his mind. In Kite Runner Amir will be motivated by love as well not for women, but for the love of his father. In Kite Runner, Amir is motivated by his love for Baba, which pushes him to betray and seek, revenge on his loyal friend Hassan. Amir, living in Afghanistan and his loyal friend Hassan had been friends their whole life. Until one betrayal sent the two down different paths. Hassan had protected Amir all these year and stood up for him, but the one time when Hassan needed Amir was when Asif was raping him. Amir betrays him and refuses to help Hassan and turned his back on him so he could get the affection of his father by winning the kite running competition. Amir said as a way to justify himself, leaving was “ The real reason I was running was that Assef was right:

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