There are people in the world who are master manipulators. These people are able to take any situation they are faced with and turn it in there favor. From flat-out lying to saying part of the truth or saying things in a way that puts them in a light of innocence, manipulative people are sometimes referred to as puppet masters. Puppet Masters are able to, "Pull the Strings-, of individuals around them and control these individuals at the highest level of manipulation. For example, if a person, in a corporate setting, was unhappy about the advancement of his/her fellow co-worker , because the boss favored the co-worker a little bit more, then this person can in fact be so manipulative that they are able to convince the boss that the ,newly promoted, employee has done something that should take away from the promotion. In William Shakespeare's play Othello, Iago is the puppet master of the play. As this master manipulator, Iago is able to drive a rift between Cassio and Othello, cause Othello to mistrust, his bride, Desdemona, and Make money all in the process. Iago's success is a master manipulator; through out this play, he manipulates people, events, and even chance; until the very end, he is the right person in the right place at the right time. .
The fact that Iago was passed up as the lieutenant behind Othello is what triggers Iago to begin to decieve and manipulate people in the play. At the very beginning of the play Iago shows the digust he has for the decision. As Iago and Roderigo walk along the Venetian Streets, Iago begins to rant about his misfortune saying, "Despise me, if I do not. 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."" (act I scene 1, 8-12). Iago Feelings that Cassio was promoted ahead of him triggers the hatred within Iago, Iago wants a way to get a sort of revenge for what he has lost to Cassio.
This is where Iago starts to spin his web of destruction. ... Roderigo was Iago's puppet. ... Iago states his motives clearly. ... Once again Iago tricked Othello. ... Later on, Emilia told Othello of how Iago lied to him and she too ended up dead by Iago's sword. ...
William Shakespeare was a master at providing an audience with a keen insight into the human psyche through the actions and words of his heroes, and even more so, his villains. ... I hate the Moor The main difference between Claudius and Iago, which makes Iago far more evil than Claudius, is simply Claudius's guilt. ... It is unclear how much Claudius is driven by lust for Gertrude, but marrying her was definitely a strategic move, and part of his master plan to keep the thrown away from Hamlet. ... Iago uses Othello's insecurities as well as his trust and confidence in Iago to...
And as seen in Don Quixote friendship is important in a relationship between a master and a squire. ... In the opening lines, Roderigo states that Iago controls him: "That thou, Iago were thine," (1.1.2-3) implying that Iago has his money, and he is controlled by strings, as if he were a puppet. ... Although the relationship between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is of master and slave, it is quite similar to Iago and Roderigo. In comparison to Othello, Iago is the master, with greater power, as he is the one with all the ideas and Roderigo who is the wise one and like Sancho he is greedy, and s...
From the outset, Iago sets up his plan and motivations. ... 'I Shall ensnare them all', Iago says. ... Luck that the handkerchief was dropped by Desdemona and retrieved by one of his unsuspecting puppets, Emilia; luck that Cassio was confronted by Bianca and luck that his plot was not discovered any earlier. ... So successful was Iago's scheme that Othello can only think that Iago must have been a devil. ... Iago is very per...
Iago is a complex character who can't be analyzed in simple terms. Like many people, Iago can be mysterious and baffling. ... Roderigo's great love and desire cause him to act without thinking which allows Iago to control him as easily as a puppet. ... Iago only follows Othello to destroy him. ... As we know, Iago is a master manipulator. ...
Throughout the early parts of the play Othello was only referred to as "he", "The Moor", and "his Moorship" by Iago, Roderigo, and Brabantio, the three "bad guys" of the play. ... Othello was merely a puppet and Iago his puppet master in this play, and whatever Iago wanted him to do he so did. ...
Othello does not back away from the accusations Brabantio puts upon him, but rather, begins calmly with Most potent, grave and reverend seigniors, my very noble and approved good masters , heightening the significance of the Duke and the senators, allowing them to feel at ease and listen to him with an open mind. ... Additionally, in his soliloquy, Iagos direct statement Am I to put our Cassio in some action , portrays how he will use Cassio like a puppet and manipulate his weaknesses for his revenge on Othello. ... Othellos suspicion of his wife grows as Iago plants more information in Othell...
