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    As Roderigo blinds himself by his love for Desdemona, he is unaware that Iago is manipulating him to use him as his “purse”. Iago knows Roderigo would not deny him as he is in the hopes of getting Desdemona and Roderigo understands this is the only opportunity to do so. Iago uses Roderigo’s weakness to earn money as he is not trying to benefit Roderigo’s chances…

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    He does whatever he wants to make himself happy. He does not care what happens to anyone else around him. He was mad about not being promoted so he get revenge on Othello but turning him evil as well. He also kills Roderigo so that he can keep all his money and be a happy and rich. Finally he destroys Cassio’s life by (not permantatly) handicapping him and striping him of his title as lueitenent, all so that he could live a happy live without people that he didn’t like…

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    who was working in the army in Florence. Othello elopes with a white woman named Desdemona and their marriage caused jealousy and other emotions to stir in many characters. Roderigo and Iago are both characters in this play who have been influenced by jealousy and have committed actions that are justified by jealousy. Roderigo was jealous of Othello’s marriage to Desdemona, and he hired another person who worked in the army, and that person is named Iago. Iago also had a reason to have emotions…

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    Roderigo is Iago’s henchman in the play, an often helps him during his plan of revenge. Iago tells Roderigo that if he helps him in his plan of revenge, he will win the love of Desdemona. Desdemona is Othello’s wife, and Roderigo is deeply in love with her. Naturally due to his undying love for Desdemona, he accepts. When Roderigo finds out how much Othello and Desdemona actually love each other, he feels that he no longer has a chance with her. Roderigo asks Iago what to do…

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    At some point in life we have seen a TV series in which you have see every different types of genre. For example, Comedy, Tragedy, Action, Mystery, Documentary, Horror, etc. Sometime you can see in some TV shows that some actors don’t seem so innocent as they seem. Appearances may be deceiving or don’t judge a book by it’s cover is what most people say when we criticize or judge others. Which in most case is quite true. This can be stated in a playwright called Othello by Shakespeare.…

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    Sightless by his love for Desdemona, he goes out and seeks advice from Iago. Roderigo was prepared to do anything to win her heart over. His vulnerability is what makes him such a easy target to manipulate, and it does not take much on Iago 's part to do so. Iago starts his manipulation at this point by giving Roderigo a taste of false hope. This represents appearance being used falsely because Iago encourages Roderigo to misinterpret what he sees. "But seeming so, for my peculiar end. When my…

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    Iago's Transformation

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    kind actions. Iago has deceived the whole town, the king Othello, Desdemona, his own wife Emilia, Roderigo, and many others. Iago knows the weakness’ of each of these characters and how to play them against each other while remaining in the shadows like a puppeteer. The nature of Iago’s villainy changes with each person he manipulates. First, Iago manipulates the innocent and gullible Roderigo.…

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    Emotion is a powerful influence on people, it can control their action to do good or evil. In the play Othello, the jealousy is a emotion predominate in the play as a jealous man, Iago, plans for revenge against Othello, his appointed lieutenant, Cassio, and his newly-wedded wife, Desdemona for cheating him out of the position of lieutenant. He want to be Othello’s lieutenant instead of Cassio so he made plans in the play to change that. So in the play Othello, Iago’ jealousy and uses of…

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    that William Shakespeare was the most famous writer in all of English literature. His plays are still being performed four hundred years after his death. (EMC/ Paradigm Publishing, 2005) The story starts out with a conversation between Roderigo and Iago. Roderigo is a gentleman, as well as ,the man who has been courting the beloved…

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    characters, Othello, Desdemona, Iago, Emilia, Cassio, and Roderigo. Othello is a great war hero as well as the mayor of the land and Desdemona is his beloved wife. Iago is one of Othello’s right hand men who secretly loathes Othello for his higher position which Iago believes should've been his and Emilia is his wife and Desdemona’s main friend/servant. Cassio is another right hand man of Othello’s but is higher than that of Iago and Roderigo is a man who is helplessly in love with Desdemona.…

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