I greatly admire the way Iago brings out all of the other characters" secrets and confessions. ... Shakespeare clearly brings out the importance and irrelevance of the major and minor characters, respectively. ... More specifically, the way that one responds to Iago's commands or news modifies another character, and it continues from there on, until every conflict is resolved. Jealousy, an evident theme seen throughout the play, occurs in almost every character, which creates suspense. ... Iago is evidently a fascinating, complex character who can't be analyzed in simple terms. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare used many different character traits to compose full-bodied characters that we can still relate to today. ... Even though we cannot exactly see the aspirations of some characters in the story until later on, it is quite plainly laid out for the audience to see what kind of person each character is. ... Iago is perhaps the character I trust the least in the character but perhaps the most exciting. ... Brabantio seems to be a character similar to Roderigo in his thoughts but without the actions. ... We can conclude that Desdemona is a slightly complex character and we cannot ...

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Iago was created to be the catalyst of the play, a character fuelled by jealousy. ... We are given soliloquies that give insight to Iago's true character and intentions, enough to know and understand that he is a two-sided character. ... Iago wears a mask when facing other characters, the mask of honesty. ... It would be unfair to say that Iago is a simple character; rather, Shakespeare uses various techniques to make him the complex man he truly is. ... " Shakespeare created a character that was symbolically similar to Satan; both characters crave the destruction of all things that ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare creates the character of Iago as the villain of the play. ... This leads you to believe that he is a member of a reasonably upper-class family, which is further emphasised by his use of complex sentences and high register and figurative language. ... This also shows that he is his an articulate character when he so wishes. ... As with most of Iago's manipulative speeches he shifts into a more complex manner of speech often to invoke emotion in the person he is trying to influence. ... He is a duplicitous character who keeps quiet to avoid unwanted attention. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the Shakespearean tragedy Othello, the main character Othello undergoes an almost complete transformation as we witness his downfall from who he was at the beginning of the play to who he becomes at the end. ... It is Othello's intrinsic internal flaws of jealousy, naivety, inability to judge character and the inherent vulnerability of love that causes his downfall. ... Therefore, through Shakespeare's many dramatic techniques, the author has been able to create many complex causes for Othello's eventual downfall. ...

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Many of his plays are so remarkable, not necessarily because of the complex issues they raise, but rather the ideals they "challenge-. ... Not only does Othello hold a position of significant social status and is widely respected by senior characters, but he knows his own worth. ... By the time he refers to Desdemona as the "devil- (IV,i) and then hits her, the respect held for him by the audience and other characters, who become "deceived in him- (IV,i), falls. ... Othello's wife Desdemona is also a character who initially contradicts the dominant Jacobean attitudes towards women and ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Shakespeare's Othello centres on the complex idea of jealousy as a means of exploring the emotion which is prevalent in all societies. ... The manipulation of certain characters in Othello allows the exploration of Iago's duplicity. ...

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This is understood as we observe the regret and disappointment the central character undergoes as she acknowledges the self- sacrifices she has made as a mother. ... In addition to this the characters have exchanged roles, we view the father has grown old weak "your face has grown to ancient innocence- whilst the child is now portrayed as a contemplative adult and her father's protector. ... The child's sentences also become more complex and the language softly toned thus the use of alliteration such as shine' and simplicities. ... Both Sky high' and In the Park' r...

• Word Count: 2540
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate