In my analysis of Othello I found the play demonstrates the battle of good vs. evil, irony, and tragedy. ... In my analysis of Othello I found that the play shows many points of interest including battles of good vs. evil, various types of irony, and of course tragedy. ... In many of the situations he uses verbal irony, when a character states one thing but means another. Iago does this many of times because of the demeanor of his character, and example is when he says "He is for him," (Act I Scene ii) There is also situational irony, when something unexpected happens. ... It is so tragic t...

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This essay will attempt to study the character of Iago .In Shakespeare's Othello; Iago carefully entraps Othello into believing that his wife, Desdemona, is having an affair with Cassio. ... The first instance of this plan comes to life in the scene where Iago gets Cassio drunk, but the crafting only begins after Cassio is dismissed. ... So Cassio asks Desdemona to ask Othello to take him in again. ... But for any of this to work, Iago first had to carefully build up trust from all characters. ... One is therefore left to ponder on the naivety and innocent nature of all the characte...

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The first instance of this plan comes to life in the scene where Iago gets Cassio drunk, but the crafting only begins after Cassio is dismissed. ... There is only one character who can see through his deceptions, and that is Emelia, his wife. ... Zender states that in attempting to compete verbally with the other characters, he only humiliates himself, and thus, becomes more determined to extract his vengeance from the unsuspecting characters. ... He paints Iago as a master of "suggestive language and skewed analysis" (29). ... His ability to read and manipulate the characters in the play, whi...

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It appears that Desdemona has left her treasured handkerchief with Cassio; in reality, Emilia has taken it and Iago has planted in on Cassio. ... OVERALL ANALYSES CHARACTERS Othello Othello is a romantic character. ... It is ironic that most of these deceived characters refer to him as "honest Iago". ... Iago is just as negative about the finer qualities of character, not believing in any goodness or virtue. ... He destroys Desdemona and Cassio for no fault of theirs. ...

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Throughout the tragedy of Othello, Shakespeare does an impressive job of quickly introducing and manipulating his main characters. ... When Emilia betrays the sisterhood within the play of Othello much is revealed to the reader regarding her character. ... Emilia is a particularly interesting character developed by Shakespeare. ... With the visual proof that Emilia supplied to Iago she helped Othello to see the most untrustworthy character as honest, and the most loving character as a "whore.... With close analysis and comprehension one may be able to argue that Emilia's role in Othe...

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One of the ideas sees Iago as a conspicuous character whose sole purpose is to generate evil. Another analysis of Iago is that Shakespeare has created Iago to be a very dramatic villain rather than an evil one. ... He refers to Iago's character is that of "raging torment". ... (Rosenberg) All of these critics discuss how Iago comes off as a rather evil character without a motive but reluctantly don't include what this evilness leads to. ... Although his analysis is mainly based on Othello as a play, his points remain relevant. ...

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I'm going to use this source to support the analysis of the Othello play. It talks about the characters of the play and the definition of every scene. ... It explores on the skin color of the character Othello which is black relative to his image as a hero. It explains the meaning of the character, Othello, and an overview of the story is also presented. ... Web. 20 Mar. 2013 This profiles the needs and motives behind the Iago character in Shakespeare's `Othello'. ...

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Analysis of Shakespeare's Othello & Machiavelli's The Prince Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince serves as a guideline to attain and remain successful in power. ... An example of this particular analysis occurs in act 3 scene 4 of Othello, where Othello has just finished handling the situation of Cassio with great poise and unbiased scrutiny, as a great leader would, while at the same time, childishly chastising Desdemona for misplacing her handkerchief. ... As Desdemona tries to insist he reinstate Cassio, she approaches the situation by saying "I pray talk me of Cassio." Sh...

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Iago, the Perfect Character The play "Othello" begins on a street in Venice, in the midst of an argument between Roderigo and Iago. ... Perhaps the most interesting and exotic character in the tragic play "Othello," by William Shakespeare, is Iago. ... He is an expert judge of people and their characters and uses this to his advantage. ... When Cassio takes hold of Desdemona's hand before the arrival of Othello, Iago says, "With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio." ... Yet, Cassio follows it blindly telling Iago, "You advise me well." ...

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Othello was a character of changing attitude, depending on the situation. ... As in all Shakespearian tragedies, however, the main character has one fatal flaw. ... Due to the deception of Iago, Othello begins to become wary of Desdemona and Cassio. ... Othello is within earshot but not sight of Cassio while Cassio speaks to a woman of whom he sleeps with. ... She tries to dissuade him from his actions, and begs that he listen to her for one night so that she may prove her moral character to Othello. ...

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Shakespeare's Othello should have been called Iago because Iago is by far the most interesting of all the main characters in the play, and the play seem to revolve around the consequences of Iago's lies and deceptions. The "honest Iago" is actually pure evil, and in the final scene of the play, he pushes everyone towards their tragic end, including the leading character Othello. ... Iago uses the word "Moorship" to make fun of both Othello's character and his African ethnicity. ... As Iago says of Cassio: "He hath a daily beauty in his life/That makes me ugly" (CITE), which s...

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By Act III, the middle of the plays action, Iago has convinced Othello that his wife is having an affair with Michael Cassio, the lieutenant of the Venetian Army appointed by Othello himself. ... " (Shakspeare 3.3.31) In this section of the play, Othello claims that he won't let this jealousy of the supposed affair between Cassio and Desdemona. ... In the last few acts of Othello, the evil side of Othello's character is finally unleashed. He has been completely transformed by Iago, and all traces of his original character have been destroyed. ... In conclusion, after examining O...

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Othello: Truth in Life The realization of truth in people's everyday lives is seen though the character analysis in the play Othello by William Shakespeare. ... (Rowse,268) He is also upset because General Othello names Cassio lieutenant instead of the ancient Iago. ... Desdemona's character traits only assist in Othello's suspicion of unfaithfulness. (Kernan) Her innocent trust in all men causes her to plea to her husband for the restoration of Cassio's position, (Kernan) catching her in precious innocence. ... Desdemona's chastity is question in a world where ever...

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In Othello the tricked character is Othello himself being tricked by Iago. ... In Tartuffe the tricked character is Orgon who is being tricked by Tartuffe. ... Another time this is seen is when Cassio says this to Iago: "Not tonight, good Iago."(2.3.27) Here, although Cassio is telling Iago no he still addresses him as good Iago showing that he believes him to be good and truthful. ... He has Emilia steal it and shows it to Othello claiming that he found it in Cassio's room even though he didn't. ...

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The only way to appropriately illustrate this point is through an analysis of two characters: Othello and Iago. ... Iago is smart because he is an excellent judge of people's characters. ... Seemingly, it is Iago's goal to transform the perception of almost every character in the play to the opposite of what it had been. ... Iago controls the play by brilliantly determining how each character shall act and react. ... Iago douses more dishonesty onto other characters, such as Cassio, who trusts Iago: "You advise me well. . . ...

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Othello then promotes Cassio to lieutenant which causes Iago to become jealous. ... B ) Other Characters reactions to Desdemona : Desdemona is the love of Othello's life. ... Emillia planting the handkerchief in Cassio's bed chamber proves Iago's claims. ... E ) Text Analysis : 1) " l know't ; l thank you. ... She is helping Cassio because she knows he has done nothing wrong. ...

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This analysis of the text shows different readings. ... Throughout most of Shakespeare's plays, analysis using many different views could be applied. ... This hides the fact that an able person such as Iago is more suitable for a position that Cassio holds, but due to the ideologies and context, the upper class in which Cassio is from, controlled the decision to rule out Iago. ... Not only the characters, but also we examine how the author manipulates audience reaction through descriptions of racial backgrounds and other racial inferences of the main characters. ... The character of Othel...

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"O" to Othello analysis William's story of Othello is a romance focused around the problem of communication between lovers and friends. . ... Hugo is the character of Iago who is very jealous, and tries to corrupt the life of O. ... Iago comes up with a great plan to kill Cassio and Desdemona with the help of Othello. ...

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Act I serves as an introduction to the situation and the characters. ... Before proceeding with a critical analysis of these two works however, we should take a moment to reflect on the events and factors that helped to shape Shakespeare's life and his work. ... Because of this it should come as no large surprise that Shakespeare was masterful at creating such honest, noble and kind-hearted characters as Horatio and Cassio and make them believable. ... This brings us to Hamlet, one of the most fascinating and puzzling characters in all of literature. A Critical Analysis of Hamlet ...

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The feminist analysis allows us, as current readers, to judge, contrast and to compare the different social values and status of women in the Elizabethan times. ... The racist characters include Iago, Roderigo, Brabantio and Emilia. ... Each male character's speech at one point of the play or another submitted certain views towards women and one of the characters whose views are criticised the most by many feminists is Iago. ... This view and image of women being whores is again shown by Cassio when he talks to Iago about his relationship with Bianca. ... Cassio: "Ha, ha, ha! ...

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A textual analysis of "Othello" reveals several racist overtones and motifs, making it easy to see that Shakespeare put in plenty of thought as to how the character's racial identity would factor into or shape the events of the play. ... While it's hard to prove either side of the "Shakespeare was a racist" argument," it is completely obvious that the portrayal of Othello's character is a direct product of traits associated with his ethnicity. ... Of course there are multiple characters who are subject to Iago's tricks, but the fact is that none of them are deceived as bad...

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Traditional academic critics have received this scene without much analysis, taking the character at face value and condemning Volumnia as a cruel and abusive mother, and insist that she is not "given a moment of reflection or of recognition that [she has] caused Martius" death Coriolanus" new acknowledgment of the power of tenderness and family bonds does not change the grim world of the play; it does not even change Volumnia." 6 It is this attitude toward her character that has been prevalent in the performance of Coriolanus over the last century, but recent productions have seen a change. ...

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Shakespeare most likely used this as a backbone to the creation of Othello by complicating the plot with more characters. ... Analysis of Othello differ from person to person however there are two main readings that have been accepted into society of the twentieth century. ... By the end of the play many characters are either wounded or dead. ... Iago is driven by the need to take revenge upon Othello for the troubles in his life; he is angered that Cassio became Lieutenant because Othello choose a man with no experience in battle and believes that Othello slept with Emilia. ... Bianca woul...

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