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Animal imagery is used throughout the play. It is first used by Iago. He references other characters with this imagery. He calls Othello "a black ram" and an "ass." He calls Desdemona a "white...
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Shakespeare's Othello is full of deception. Iago is upset that Othello gave a promotion to Cassio instead of him, and so he seeks to bring both of them down. In act three, his strategy is to plant...
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Iago was the one most responsible for the tragic events in the play Othello, because he manipulated the other characters in order to bring about these tragic situations. He hated Michael Cassio...
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Considerable attention has been paid to the representation of race and nationality in Othello. These aspects of William Shakespeare’s play are probably the ones that have the greatest continued...
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One of the most famous lines in Othello comes in act 3, scene 3, when Iago says, Oh beware, my lord, of jealousy!It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mockThe meat it feeds on. Perhaps the...
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In the first act of Othello, Iago is upset that Othello and Desdemona have gotten married. He uses racist and inflammatory language to incite Brabantio to rage, apparently hoping he can manipulate...
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In Act 1, Iago uses different forms of manipulation with each character so that he can advance his scheme to bring down Othello and Cassio. Roderigo: Iago knows that Roderigo is controlled by his...
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Iago's reasoning for doing what he does is notably inconsistent, almost as though he were lying even to himself. He claims reputation is overrated and means nothing in the long run, but much of...
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Othello's suffering results mostly from his poor judgment. He trusts the wrong people and mistrusts those who are most loyal to him (Desdemona and Cassio). In Act 3, he sets aside his sensible,...
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In William Shakespeare’s Othello, the two primary female characters, Desdemona and Emilia, offer a strong contrast. The elite Desdemona has been protected from much of the world’s corrupting...
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Shakespeare uses the literary device of dramatic irony in Othello. Dramatic irony occurs when there is a discrepancy between what a character believes and what the reader/viewer knows to be true....
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In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, Iago is a highly effective villain because he is an effective liar and master manipulator. Iago is very skilled at planting the germ of an untrue idea in the...
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In Othello, Iago easily deceives the main character Othello. One reason Iago can so easily deceive Othello is due to Othello's trusting nature. Othello truly believes that Iago is an honest man. In...
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Othello opens with Iago complaining bitterly that Michael Cassio has been appointed Othello's lieutenant, a position Iago had coveted and actively sought. Cassio, he protests, is not a soldier but...
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Othello and Desdemona's marriage is an expedient one. They forego society's standard preparations for a wedding, not even asking Desdemona's father for his blessing. They do this because they know...
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Quite simply, Iago can be blamed, at least in part, for many of the deaths that occur in Othello because of the way he orchestrates the narrative from the beginning of the play. As a master...
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Iago is a complex and duplicitous character. That means we can never fully trust what he says, even when he is speaking a soliloquy. Part of his belief that he deserved the promotion is grounded in...
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It is important to always look at the context of particular phrases if you are attempting to understand them. In this scene the phrase you have identified clearly reflects the way that Othello is...
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In Shakespeare's Othello, Desdemona's death comes as a result of Othello's blind, unreasoned jealousy, a manifestation of his insecurities and injured pride. In act 3, scene 3, Desdemona...
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In Shakespeare's Othello, Iago is committed to destroying Desdemona. He realizes this is the most effective way to get back at Othello. Iago hates Othello. Othello overlooked him and named Cassio...
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Othello is the victim of his own demise. He believed Iago over his own wife. Othello fell victim to Iago's twisted, evil plan. Othello wanted to believe his wife, but Cassio had the handkerchief....
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After Iago plants seeds of doubt in Othello concerning his beloved Desdemona's faithfulness, Othello begins to reason out why she would or could possibly be unfaithful. He mentions that he is...
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Othello is easily deceived by Iago. He trusts Iago more than he trusts his wife. Othello is deceived by Iago because Iago is a master at manipulation: Iago weaves an intricate plot to undo the...
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A number of scholars have seen Desdemona as a feminist ahead of her time for standing up to her father and making her own decision as to whom she wants to marry. Desdemona is a spirited,...
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Othello is the titular protagonist of the play Othello by William Shakespeare. The play Othello is a tragedy in which Othello, a moorish General in the army of the city-state of Venice, is...
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One of the major problems in the case of Brabantio, if we look at this line from his perspective, is that he was not aware of the love affair blooming between Desdemona and Othello. He thought a...
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Othello is a play in which racism is explored along with other themes, notably the harmful effects of envy and jealousy. Othello, the protagonist, is a tragic hero whose downfall is partly caused...
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In the opening scene of Shakespeare's Othello, Othello's ensign, Iago, learns that he's being passed over to be Othello's second-in-command, and that Othello is assigning the position to his...
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The tragic flaw of Othello is his overwhelming sense of jealousy that Iago is able to identify and exploit in order to goad him beyond all bounds and sense of reason to act irrationally, to the...
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The play begins on a street in Venice. There is an argument between Iago and Roderigo... Roderigo is in love with Desdemona.... He has been paying Iago to help him win Desdemona... Roderigo learns...
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Good question! 1. Religion--while Othello is not as overtly religious as The Merchant of Venice. The play relies heavily on Garden of Eden allusions. The original battle between good and evil...
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The image is a play on the characters of Othello and Desdemona. With Othello being black and Desdemona being white, Iago is playing up the contrast, with Othello being "black as Hell." The contrast...
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Brabantio is extremely displeased at the idea that his daughter has married the Moor. He had a good relationship with Othello and often spent time with him and loved to hear the stories of his...
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In Othello, Desdemona and Emilia are similar in their honor to their husbands, yet they are strikingly different because their motivation comes from different areas. Both Desdemona and Emilia show...
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Iago utilizes each of these persuasive devices in Othello. Ethos requires the speaker to convince his audience that he is worth listening to and is trustworthy. Pathos depends upon the speaker's...
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Bianca is Cassio's mistress in Shakespeare's Othello. Although Cassio is married (the only reference to this occurs at the beginning of the play, when Iago describes Cassio as "a fellow almost...
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The flaw that Iago plays on so ruthlessly, and the one that ultimately causes Othello's fall, and Desdemona's death, is jealousy. Othello is so blind with rage at the thought that his wife might...
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Both women are or have been married, and are pragmatic and down-to-earth. Emilia, as she is still married to Iago and is Desdemona's attendant, has limited freedom, but she speaks her mind plainly....
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In Oliver Parker's 1995 film version of Othello, Laurence Fishburne plays Othello. Iago is played by Kenneth Branagh and the plot, with some liberal interpretations and changes, follows...
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In act I, scene 1, Iago tells Roderigo to yell with great abandon at Desdemona's father's house to waken him. He says, "Do, with like timorous accent and dire yell/ As when, by night and...
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You absolutely can compare Julius Caesar with Othello. The two plays are both tragedies, so they share many similarities. Both focus on tragic heroes (Brutus in Julius Caesar and Othello in...
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Emilia serves several purposes in this play. She is, first and foremost, Desdemona's handmaid and confidante. She is also the wife of Iago. She becomes very important in the play because she gets...
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For the most part, characters have a very high opinion of Iago, reinforcing the idea that deception is, in fact, very powerful. Cassio turns to Iago for advice on how to get back into Othello's...
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One thing we learn about Iago in the second act is that he treats his wife Emilia poorly and appears to be a misogynist. He announces to everyone that Emilia talks too much and then makes...
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There are many ways to describe the structure of Othello. The play is typical of Shakespeare is divided into five acts. Act One is the exposition; Act Three is the climax--or turning point of the...
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The most obvious illusion is that Iago is 'honest' and is trusted totally by Othello. The audience is clearly convinced of Iago’s duplicity as this is laid out clearly from Act I scene i: Though...
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The play opens with Iago and Roderigo conspiratorially discussing the Moor, in darkness; the tone of the opening scene, in which Iago declares that "in following the Moor, I follow but myself,"...
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Desdemona's father, Brabantio, isn't having the best of days. First of all, he finds out that his house has been robbed. Apparently, this outrageous criminal act took place in the dead of night and...
