Roderigo

Othello portrays that power is determined by an individual’s weakness, as this allows them to be easily manipulated and affected, leading to the individual’s destruction. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, each character withholds a certain weakness that results in their destruction. Othello’s weakness is towards Desdemona; Rodrigo’s weakness is towards his unconditional loved for Desdemona, while Desdemona’s weakness was her kindness and naivety that clouded her judgment towards Othello and his…

many people he harms in the process due to his selfish behaviour. Iago is also very good at recognising when people can be beneficial to him and how he can use them for his own advantage. When Iago tries to explain to Roderigo why he must pretend to follow Othello, Roderigo doesn’t really understand. Iago does not think like everyone, he is a psychopath and unable to really understand how to form proper relationships with people, his focus is only himself .…

When reading acts I, II, and II of Othello by William Shakespeare, the reader is able to attain an understanding of the main characters’ and their personalities. When the reader begins reading acts IV and V the reader notices a switch is some of the main characters personalities. By close reading, the use of manipulation and irony in Othello, it becomes possible to see why the characters’ personalities change from the first acts of the last two. The characters in the first four acts identify…

not just Othello. If we go over the play of Othello how many times do we see something tragic happen. We start the play with hearing about how a distraught pursuer of Desdemona is so upset that she has gone off and married another. This person is Roderigo and he has been trying to win over Desdemona and is very upset and is trying to come up with a way to seek revenge on both Desdemona and Othello We are also introduced…

the main characters. Likewise, the characters listed are consumed to the point that they have lost themselves and are completely at the mercy of jealousy itself. The jealous nature of Iago was unfruitful and had no good result. The helpless lover Roderigo was bound by a helpless love that resulted in missteps from cause of jealousy. Lastly, the great Othello was taken control over by a jealous rage that completely submerged and that he had no control over. The theme of jealousy within the play…

First, Othello conflicts with the society because of his visibility. To explain, Roderigo and Iago describe Othello as “the thick lips” (Shakespeare 1.1.67) and “an old black ram”(Shakespeare 1.1.90) to stand out the strangeness of his black race. Thus, even if Othello has a considerable position in Venice, he still cannot step over the…

only simply depicted by the death of Desdemona, but also created by the significant role of Shakespeare’s characters like Othello, Cassio, Roderigo, and Desdemona. However, as a reader, I am strongly impressed by the role of Iago in this story because he appears as a great multifaceted villain. Moreover, he always misleads other characters, especially Roderigo and Othello by leading them to believe him and also encouraging them to misinterpret what they see. Therefore, we can see that although…

wrongdoers with evil intentions. From the onset, the character Othello (at first trusting) has no idea about the plot woven by the bitter Iago and besotted Roderigo who lusts after Othello’s wife, Desdemona. In Act II Iago coaxes Roderigo and Cassio into a fight – for his own benefit because he wants Cassio out of the picture. Roderigo (though not at all a paragon of virtuosity) listens to Iago because he is so in love with Desdemona. His tenderness towards her, makes him susceptible to…

presented in his soliloquies as one who is better, cleverer, and more ambitious than those around him. Iago’s first soliloquy comes at the closing of Act 1, when Roderigo leaves to sell his lands…

ACT 1 1. At this point in the play Roderigo only seems to have one, maybe two, dimensions to him. The biggest dimension that he displays in Act One is that he is an idiot. When he is talking to Brabantio, Desdemona’s dad, he tells him to check to see if Desdemona is her her room. Why would he want her to get in trouble if he loves her? Answer: He is being manipulated by Iago. Roderigo is a mere nitwit that will do anything for love. That is a positive he has going for him. He loves Desdemona so…