Othello

personalities. One way that Shakespeare presents Iago’s character in Othello is through Iago’s sacrifices throughout the play. Shakespeare communicates Iago’s pure craving of revenge through what Iago is willing to give up. Iago is willing to sacrifice all the honor that is and could ever be associated with his name for the simple idea of Othello’s downfall. As the play progresses, Iago continues to be possessed by a wild desire to ruin Othello, and as he continues to act upon this possession,…

In the play Othello, by William Shakespeare, the character Iago is viewed as the villain through Archetypal Criticism. Iago tries so hard during the play just to bring all other characters down just because of the certain military position he wanted. Iago is a very rude and mean character. He has no remorse for anyone or anything and has no conscious. Most of these descriptions goes along with the stereotypes of a villain. Iago thinks that Othello and Cassio has wronged him. Othello supposedly…

major and disruptive effects on one’s life. The play Othello, by William Shakespeare, follows an honoured army general named Othello in 16th century Venice as he deals with his close personal assistant, Iago, and the lies told by Iago concerning his Wife’s loyalty. Throughout the entire play, Othello, Cassio, and Iago commit acts, big and small, which affect their lives in gigantic ways. The play Othello uses the experiences of Cassio, Iago, and Othello to display how jealousy and oversight can…

illustrated through two texts: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger and Othello by William Shakespeare. A common theme that prevails in both books is that several characters are manipulative and affect the protagonist in negative ways. These deceptive people are often closely affiliated with the main character – as a friend, advisor and a parental figure. The…

“An honorable murderer, if you will; For nought I did in hate, but in honor.” (5.2.294-295). The Shakespearean tragedy, Othello, by William Shakespeare was a tragedy centered around the downfall of the marriage of the main character Othello, and his wife Desdemona. The noble black moor Othello is a well-known general within the Venetian army and has an ensign, Iago, and lieutenant, Cassio, under him. He goes against the set norms of during the time and marries the white sweet Desdemona,…

misunderstanding. This happened in Romeo and Juliet and this happened in Othello. In Othello, the characters who died because of the previously mentioned reasons were Desdemona, Emilia, and Othello, in that same order. Desdemona’s death was crime of passion; she was killed because Othello was misled to think that she was cheating on him with his lieutenant, Cassio. Emilia died because she was trying to defend Desdemona even after her death. Othello, upon discovering that Iago lied to him and…

William Shakespeare, Othello. To give a brief foundation of the play, Othello goes into a story of a Black Male by the name of Othello who was a general in the Venetian Army. He furtively weds the King Brabantio's little girl, Desdemona, who is Caucasian, accordingly making pressures inside the kingdom. Iago who is to some degree a colleague to Othello gets to know him, yet just out of envy from Othello position in the Army. Iago envy drives him to attempt and damage Othello by any methods…

The story of the handkerchief can be true and it can also be false. Othello claims that it is true. In act 3 scene 4, Othello explained to Desdemona “’Tis true. There’s magic in the web of it. A sibyl that had numb’red in the world, the sun to course two hundred compasses, in her prophetic fury sewed the work.” The story is based on ancient history that is woven by a 200 year old sibyl or female prophet using silk from sacred worms and dye extracted from virgin’s heart. The importance of…

In the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare, the women are treated poorly, while the men are treated a lot better. In contrast to this message, the men in Othello are untrustworthy, while the women are more trustworthy, however, the women are unable to prove this because of the standard that society forces onto them. Shakespeare uses the message that humans, by nature, have a power imbalance accentuated through gender, as the men in Othello are given more respect and credibility, despite their…

Or do they choose it? In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, Iago is known as the “honest friend”. But behind all that he is hatching a plot to betray his general Othello. He seems to be a daring rogue but gains stature as a dastardly villain. Iago’s behavior changed from showing hatred in the beginning of the play to becoming hatred by the end of the play. Iago showed signs of hatred in the first act of Othello by ranting and expressing it to Roderigo. His reasons…