Michael Cassio

Othello could have asked Desdemona about the rumor with Cassio or when Othello and Emilia are having conversation about Desdemona, he can doubt Iago, not Desdemona (4.2.1-21).However, Iago’s words are strong enough to prevent Othello from being suspicious of Iago. Rebecca Olson mentions that Iago’s speech style rouses the jealousy. Act 3, Scene 3 has good examples of his speech style. Iago’s lines such as, “Did Michael Cassio, when you wooed my lady/ know of your love?”, “I did not think he…

According to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Iago is a “being next to the devil, only not quite the devil (Shaffer, 1968).” This opinion reads true for many as they delve into the world that is Othello. Shakespeare planted a character in Othello that readers will not soon forget. Unlike many Shakespearean plays, Shakespeare leaves out the aspect of magic and otherworldly things, and instead focuses on pure human evil and a tragedy (Bevington, 2014). Using Iago as an antagonist, he stuns readers…

From the first scene of Othello it is seen that Iago completely despises Othello’s decision to make Cassio his lieutenant. After years of fighting side by side Iago is blindsided by Othello and he feels the need to avenge against Othello for his decision. One could argue that Iago is motivated by a heightened sense of justice; however he is actually motivated by his hatred for Othello and his desire to ruin Othello’s life. The idea of Iago being motivated by justice is nothing in compared to the…

mutters, “As he shall smile, Othello shall go mad. And his unbookish jealousy must construe poor Cassio’s smiles, gestures, and light behaviour quite in the wrong” (4.1. 103-105). This excerpt implies that Othello will misinterpret Cassio’s smile to be Cassio bragging about sleeping with Desdemona. Evidently, Iago has successfully used Othello’s naivety and jealous tendencies against him. Additionally, Machiavellian villains often use psychological warfare to convince their victims to commit…

Rodrigo to do his dirty work and kill Cassio. He promises that this will finally get Desdemona to be with him. Rodrigo still has doubts but Iago convinces him when he says, “If thou hast that in thee indeed which I have greater reason to believe now than ever, I mean purpose, courage, and valor, this night show it (IV, II, 210-213)”. Iago asserts the purpose of killing Iago and eliminates any doubt in his mind. Cassio goes through with the plan but is injured by Cassio. Iago hears his friend’s…

one be in an affair can be very hard on individuals like Iago, as someone that one loves and cares for, compromises the relationship. Moreover, later in the text it again states, “for I fear Cassio with my night cap” (II: I: 295). Despite the fact, that the relationship between Othello and Emilia and Cassio were merely suspicions, yet it can still make one feel depressed and scared to lose a loved one to someone else, slowly leading one into actions to regain that lost love, which others can…

Throughout the tragic play of Othello, we see many elements portrayed. One of these elements is that some of the characters is that people do not seem to be what they appear to be. The biggest one who shows this element is Iago. In the play, he acts as if he is friends with everyone in the play. However this is not the case and he is a snake in the grass when it comes down to the end. He helps the downfall of all the characters in the play. Although he seems to be a friend to all of the people…

Tim Blake Nelson’s 2001 “O” is an adaptation and modernization of the play Othello. “O” seems to capture the balance Shakespeare intended between portraying Othello as another, based on his race, and the problem of stereotyping a black character. “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe.” (Act1:1 87-88) Along, with showing how personal motives can depict people who are unsecure about themselves or their relationships. The solution is to have Odin (Othello) question…

Fatal Mind: A Man, His Epilepsy, and His Downfall In William Shakespeare’s Othello, it is jealousy that conquers all, while love is cast down an unfathomable abyss. Over the course of few days, once honourable Othello is broken down by trickster Iago with his wiles and Othello’s mind is overrun with anger and envy. But how could a principled man such as Othello decide to kill his beloved wife in such a short amount of time? If it is assumed that Othello is afflicted by Temporal Lobe Epilepsy…

It appears Iago’s jealousy of Othello and Cassio leads him to believe they committed adultery with his wife. However, it is equally possible that the reverse is true; he may have first been deceived into suspected them with his wife, which then enkindled the jealousy he harbors towards them in other…