Desdemona

When Desdemona misplaces Othello’s prized handkerchief, he reacts harshly because he is unconfident about Desdemona’s infidelity. Even though soon after their marriage, he thought she was trustworthy: “My life upon her faith!” (1.3.289), he still believes she is guilty now because of his absence of trust in her. Othello is angry and indecisive about whether or not Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio based on where his handkerchief is:…

helps Iago in his plot to take down Othello, without proper forethought. Last but not least, Iago judges Othello and Emilia before procuring proper evidence. The play begins with Iago and Rodrigo attempting to warn Brabantio that his daughter, Desdemona is marrying Othello. At first, Brabantio doesn’t accept it as true, after all, they have no proof, but once he finds his daughter’s bed empty, he goes to get justice. Later the duke…

This makes Iago jealous and mad at Othello so he decides to make Othello think that Desdemona is having an affair with Michael Cassio. Othello’s jealousy is towards his wife because Iago made him think that Desdemona was having an affair with Michael Cassio. His jealousy was fuel by the fact that he felt in a disadvantage jus because of his race. This made him believe Iago’s lies and drove him to kill Desdemona at of jealousy without finding out for himself if the accusations were true. The…

William Shakespeare depicts Seneca’s philosophy regarding the correlation between cruelty and weakness. Throughout the play, Roderigo continuously displays many flaws that hinder his morality when abused by Iago. From the start, Roderigo’s desire for Desdemona is clear; this is unquestionably his greatest and most abused weakness. Along with Roderigo’s lust, his cowardly behaviour drastically impairs…

and accepted in a group. Othello marries Desdemona without her father’s permission. He then is sent by the senate, as part of army business, to Cyprus from Venice. Iago swears that he is going to bring Othello down for “sport and profit”. He uses Roderigo to get Cassio demoted, which he does by having Roderigo anger Cassio into attacking Roderigo. Cassio wants to reinstate his name with Othello. Iago encourages Cassio to achieve this through getting Desdemona to put in a good word for him.…

he manipulates Othello into his downfall. When Iago spots Cassio and Desdemona together he right away assumed they were together but they were just friends. He made a simple, innocent act look like a bad one. Iago told Othello this and his downfall began. Iago also tells Othello that he heard Cassio dreaming of Desdemona and gives him very vivid description of the dream. He tells him that Cassio in the dream says “ Sweet Desdemona let us be wary, let us hide our love” (III.III.428-429). In other…

Othello was a brilliant tragedy of a man’s fall from grace and another man’s jealousy. Othello was a victim of Iago’s deceit, his own insecurities, and his own trusting nature. Othello was aware of the disapproval of Desdemona and himself getting married, which is why he and Desdemona decided to elope privately and discreetly. According to the play “Othello trusts Iago because he has a noble spirit and assumes that other people are like himself (Othello). Due to Othello’s trusting nature, it is…

goals and interests to spur them to whatever insidious arrangement he wants. His dexterous control of those characters go from persuading Roderigo to serve Cassio another glass of wine, to driving Othello to the conclusion that lone by slaughtering Desdemona might he be able to spare himself and humanity from her slippery demonstrations of treachery. In any case, for every situation Iago doesn?t need to push hard on the grounds that his proposed activities either appear to be innocuous…

introduces Iago as Othello’s ensign; Othello is a Christian moor who is the general in the army of Venice. Shakespeare also introduces other character like Desdemona: love and wife of Othello, Emilia: wife of Iago, Brabantio: father of Desdemona, Cassio: Othello’s Lieutenant, Roderigo: young, rich, and foolish man who is in love with Desdemona, Bianca: prostitute who is in love with Cassio, Montano: governor of Cyprus before Othello, and Duke of Venice. This…

thoughts of his beloved wife, Desdemona. To do so, Iago manipulates other characters in the play to achieve his ultimate triumph over Othello. Iago effectively manipulates other characters in the play by exploiting their weaknesses and by placing doubts in their minds. Iago…