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Tricksters in Modern Entertainment Throughout the ages of storytelling and movie making we’ve had several types of characters. We’ve had heroes, villains and antiheroes. All these characters have been set up with many personalities. One personality of a multitude of characters used in stories and movies is the “trickster” personality. The trickster has been changed and rewritten so many times that we have many stories, new and old, that portray a character with this trait. One modern day…

Trust, such innocence and beautiful word that could connect each other, can become anybody nightmare if it falls into the wrong hand. People, sometimes, put their trust on something that they can't even prove or at least try to understand. Othello in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare also made such mistake. He chose friendship over love just because of Iago always honest. He had put his faith in Iago's hand instead of believing in his love. Iago always acts as Othello support and…

In the beginning of Othello, a major character is introduced, Iago, who within the first scene exclaimed his hatred for Othello and jealousy for Cassio. Immediately Iago makes a plan to sabotage Othello's marriage by spreading false word to Brabanzio this quickly demonstrates the true evil nature of Iago. Those with innocent hearts have no chance of happiness when influenced solely by evil. “Nay but he prayed and spoke such scurvy and provoking terms against your honor.” Almost immediately…

Othello underwent a couple changes in the play. He changes from a highly respected general and loving husband to a harsh man filled with nothing but rage, jealousy and insecurity due to Iago’s malicious lies and instigations. Othello’s at fault as well for not trusting Desdemona, and letting Iago get into his head. Although Othello was smart and poised in the Venetian defense forces, his naiveté led to him believing Iago’s lies. Early in the play it’s revealed that the Duke respects Othello.…

The idea of fate plays a major role in the play, Othello by Shakespeare, so much so that it set the entire story from beginning to end. Fate is the predetermination state or end and is something that is foreordained. Iago is best known for his acts against fate, trying to intentionally dominate what should already be. Fate, as we know from other works of literature such as The Odyssey and Oedipus Rex, cannot be changed or messed with because what is meant to be will always find it’s way. Iago,…

In the play, "Othello" by William Shakespeare there is a constant reoccurence of deception. Shakespeare describes Iago as a character of duplicity and he is well aware that trust and deceit must both be present in order for him to accomplish his inflicted punishment on Othello and Cassio. Iago envies them both and is constantly trying to bring them down while obtaining their trust. Iago is a manipulative individual who serves his life as a bad apple. Iago has the ability to read a person's…

In the play Othello, by William Shakespeare, the emotion of jealousy rules over all of the characters, making them believe their actions are justifiable. The characters actions and driven towards revenge on others for wronging them in some way and this is because of jealousy. Iago's jealousy has made him unreasonable and nonsensical. Iago believes that Cassio is unfit for lieutenant because he is “a Florentine, A fellow almost damned in a fair wife, That never set a squadron in the field, Nor…

Othello Act II Essay The excerpt of Iago’s soliloquy in Shakespeare’s Othello Act II, scene 3 depicts Iago’s self reflection upon his own plans to corrupt Cassio, Othello and Desdemona. Throughout the soliloquy, Iago constantly questions why he is considered the villain of the situation while revealing his plans to dispose of Othello. It is through the use of literary techniques such as oxymoron, irony, metaphor and simile that Shakespeare portrays Iago’s awareness of the evil intentions…

The Jealousy Syndrome In Othello (1603), a play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the antagonist, Iago, enacts a plan to exact revenge on Othello, the army general, for appointing Cassio as lieutenant instead of him. He executes this by targeting Othello’s love for his wife, Desdemona by falsely implying that she is having an affair with Cassio. Jealousy is the central emotion throughout the play as it drives both Othello and Iago to act with cruelty to those around them. The role of Iago in…

As the speaker follows behind the wagon—painfully aware of his friend’s suffering—the reader begins to truly see the human toll of war, and the speaker continues to decry Horace’s words. The speaker employs graphic imagery to describe a young man, the victim of a mustard gas attack, after he is throw into a wagon when the group of soldiers in marching. The dying or dead soldier is grotesque to behold, and it is not enough to wake the speaker from his nightmare of war. The speaker describes the…