Othello

The men of Othello, Iago, and Cassio treat the women of Desdemona, Emilia, and Bianca like tools. The women’s reply to their husband’s action is complete submissiveness to them. For example, Desdemona says, “Whate’er you be, I am obedient.” (III.iii.89). This shows that Desdemona continues to obey Othello from every phase of their relationship; from the early loving stages to the green-eyed ravings. She remains true to Othello. She does not try to disobey him, or betray…

Many characters die throughout the course of Othello however, are their deaths all just? Shakespeare is a playwright widely known for tragedies where death is often glorified, and this is no different for Othello. By allowing only Iago to live in Othello, Shakespeare suggests that dying is the easy way out and the solution to all problems. Emilia, Desdemona’s lady in waiting, is an honest and moral lady in Othello however, she can be seen diverting from this path when her loyalties change during…

In Shakespeare’s 1603 tragedy Othello, Iago states that ‘Reputation is . . . . oft got without merit and lost without deserving’, a phrase which not only rings true for the characters in this play but also for people in the 21st century with mass media giving false impressions of celebrities, criminals and just normal people. Despite being named ‘Othello’ it is widely considered by literary scholars that Iago is, in fact, the main character so it is unsurprising that truths are delivered through…

Othello in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello experiences cruelty that in the end kills him. Othello showcases the idea that all people have enate cruelty that emanates throughout. Shakespeare creates sadistic characters to show how race, gender, and class can all be perpetrators of cruelty. One of the main reasons Othello experiences cruelties is his race. Early on in the tragedy the reader is aware that Othello it looked down on society because he is a black man. In the time periods when…

become better people and, in some cases, they become worse. Someone on a given day is not the person they were the day before, and that couldn’t be any more true in William Shakespeare’s Othello. Among his most well-known pieces, it is a brief, fictional account of the last days of an unfortunate Venetian Moor, Othello. Essentially, the tale of a man with no other option but to wade through instances of betrayal by his closest associates, death, discrimination and just about any other scandalous…

relationship that drives the plot forward, that causes the eventual deterioration of Othello and Odin’s minds and their rapid descents into madness. In the play, Iago is Othello’s standard-bearer, or ancient. He is enraged at the latter for not appointing him lieutenant, a position he believes he ought to have, as opposed to the younger, more inexperienced Cassio. He is so infuriated with this that he vows to destroy Othello, opting to use the young lieutenant and Othello’s wife, Desdemona, to…

Women in Othello Women have been the backbone of many renowned stories such as The Help, The Great Gatsby and many other ionic novels. Women have been used to push and pull the plot, and in many instances it was done to fit the wants and needs of the antagonist. This is unmistakable in the novel Othello by William Shakespeare. The antagonist in the novel manipulates women to peruse his plan of achieving a particular status that he desires. In the novel Othello, women are manipulated to…

but he somehow manages to receive everyone's trust. Iago’s thought process is to get close to the leader and act as if they are friends but really he is doing it to get the advantage over others. Iago tries to get close with Othello to get a head and move up in rank, but Othello still doesn't choose him. “I’m serving under him to take advantage of him. By pretending to serve their lords, these men get rich, and when they’ve saved up enough they can be their own masters. Guys like that have…

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…

lies we all tell, and some of these little fibs may seem small but really play a role in a much larger issue. In the novel “Othello”, by William Shakespeare, the main antagonist, Iago, may seem to be a kind and wise advisor to many, but what is known to none, save it himself, is that he begins to play with everyone's stories and emotions to put himself in a place of power. Othello and his newly wedded wife, Desdemona, move to Cyprus due to othello’s military presence being needed in the very…