It is the tension between Othello's victimization at the hands of a foreign culture and his own willingness to torment himself that makes him a tragic figure rather than simply Iago's ridiculous puppet. ... He seems almost to wink at the audience as he revels in his own skill. As entertained spectators, we find ourselves on Iago's side when he is with Roderigo, but the interactions between the two also reveal a streak of cowardice in Iago - a cowardice that becomes manifest in the final scene, when Iago kills his own wife (V.ii.231–242). ... "Great Jove, Othello g...

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Lastly, at the beginning of the play Iago reveal the reason he will plot against Othello: "Thou art sure of me:-go, make money:-I have told thee often, and I re-tell thee again and again, I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted; thine hath no less reason. ... Three great ones of the city, In personal suit to make me his lieutenant, Off-capp'd to him: and, by the faith of man, I know my price, I am worth no worse a place: But he; as loving his own pride and purposes, Evades them, with a bombast circumstance Horribly stuff'd with epithets of war; And, in conclusion, Nonsuits my mediator...

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The characters, often not happy with their own life and the way it's going, are forced to disturb and control others. ... However, as all the other characters eventually found out, Iago's intentions were for nobody's pleasure other than his own. ... But he, as loving his own pride and purposes Nonsuits my meditators." ... In a jealous rage Othello has murdered Desdemona, and he is shown the error of his ways by Emilia, "This deed of thine is no more worthy heaven than thou wast worthy her As ignorant as dirt! ...

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Iago admits this himself: O wretched fool, That lov'st to make thine honesty a vice!... ... Iago also suspects Othello and Cassio of being sexually involved with his own wife. ... He was targeting everyone's weakness and proving that they themselves are to blame for their actions because they themselves have killed through their own jealousy, not jealousy Iago created. ...

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In this day and age, society commonly gets its entertainment from movies and television shows. In Spiderman, Tobey Maguire takes on the role of a savior and does good deeds across New York City through the use of his special abilities. The producers of this movie are able to depict these abilities t...

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Roderigo paid Iago to assist him to win Desdemona's heart "thou, Iago, who hast had my purse/As if the strings were thine- [1.1.2-3] in which case we as a contemporary audience must ask ourselves, can love be merely purchased with gold and silver? Does money guarantee the power to own anything of one's heart's desires? ...

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