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In Othello every character has their own personalities that makes them the person they are. In Othello there are characters that show true grit, a fixed mindset, and a growth mindset. Each characters are different which makes the book even more interesting. True grit means to endure and push through to do something better no matter what it takes. An example of grit is studying for a long period of time for a test and enduring the amount of work that must be completed. The definition of mindset is the established set of attitude held by someone. There are two other types of mindset as well. There is growth mindset and fixed mindset. Growth mindset is when the person isn 't

What is grit? Grit is a passion and perseverance for long-term goals and sticking with that day in, day out. Grit is making your dreams a reality. People may have grit others may not. Grit is an important part of an individual's identity, to have that drive to move forward and to do their very best. One Woman, Angela Lee Duckworth, has worked on testing with grit. This is just some answers she has gathered.

Grit is a predictor of academic, professional, and personal success. Grit can be defined as strength of character or the ability to overcome failure and continue to work toward success. People with grit are not always the people with the most natural ability, but their work ethic and ability to overcome obstacles allows them to achieve success. Grit is a very valuable characteristic in almost any venture, as it gives someone an advantage in overcoming the inevitable obstacles they will face. However, grit is much easier adopted when an individual has a growth mindset.

Iago has a fixed mindset. He is a character filled with negativity and holds negative views on Othello that never change, along with his misogynistic views on women. Iago does not make any attempts to try and change his thoughts on Othello, he rather focuses on destroying him. Carol Dweck's expresses that “everyone can change and grow through application and experience.” Iago does not change once seeing Othello’s kind brave nature. (page 52) To further explain Iago responds to Othello's confidence in his honesty, valor, and his future wife by stating “By Janus I think no.”( 1.2,31) He doubts Othello’s confidence and is ready to give up. Iago is supposed to be Othello's trusted adviser, yet he displayed signs of doubt, and hatred towards the man he served. While Iago hates Othello, he also hates Othello’s lieutenant Michael Cassio who was promoted to lieutenant rather than himself. Moreover, Iago was not promoted to be Othello’s lieutenant probably because he gave up too soon, and he hated Cassio for his success. People with a growth mindset celebrate others successes, Iago looks at Cassio’s success as a chance to prove how unfit he is for the

The fixation about being gritty is to be relentless of such things as effort.It also takes persistance.In Shakspears Othello,each character has either grooth mindset,fixed mindset or show grit within the play..The play circles the love between the two othello who is a moor and desdemona who is a venetian .In order to break them up the people who surround them go to drastic measures to break them apart.One Character that shows a growth mindset at one point thorugh out the book was cassio.He shows a growth mindset by when getting fired from his job he was able to reevaluate himself and not mope about it he was able to ask for the help of desdemona the person he felt the most closes to.A growth mindset proves that instead of setting yourself up for failure you have the potential to get back on your feet,this is felt to pertain to cassios character because he shows persistency within the story.

concepts of grit and mindset are something that need dissecting before applying them to othello

With this thought of revenge playing in his arsenal, he never got off task on his mastermind plan to play the downfall of Othello, to make him suffer. One can say Iago is extremely gritty and has a growth mindset in the aspect of accepting all opportunities as the moment to add to his master plan, learning different ways to manipulate everyone in his way, stacking all the cards in his favor. One can say he’s extremely gritty because of his devotion to making sure Othello pays for his ‘wrongdoing’. Iago throughout the novel focused on his goal without a ounce of doubt in any of his actions and actually caused what he wanted to happen to take place, which was the death of Othello. He also refuses to speak on his actions regarding his actions and why he has done them, sticking with the original plan. “Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word”(Shakespeare ). He stays firm on his goal of getting revenge and if he ever gets caught, he won’t explain why, he’ll leave everything into a mystery. Iago shows his growth mindset when he learned everyone’s weakness and how to manipulate them into his plan. One example can be when Roderigo leaves the room and Iago brings his true feelings and

Grit is when we have the strength and determination to keep going even when times are

Iago is planning to take Roderigo’s position and to damage Othello’s reputation from the inside to get back at him for the promotion. At the end of act two Iago says, “For that I do suspect the lusty Moor has leaped into my seat, the thought whereof doth, like a poisonous mineral, gnaw my innards”. Iago is going to use Desdemona as Othello’s weak point because of the deep love that he has for her. Iago is going to pit Cassio and Othello against each other. He will achieve this

His hatred of Othello stems from his loss position as lieutenant, and manifest into a unhealthy anger that drives his every mischievous act against Othello. The fact that he makes countless plans to bring Othello to his ruin, as a end goal is gritty enough , because he was unresistant, with a fixed mindset in his anger and scheming and didn't stop lying to Othello until he was captured and ratted out by his wife Emelia. In the words of psychologist Duckworth and Winkler, they share they incentive,”For instance, grittier individuals may be more vulnerable to sunk-cost fallacy(the false belief that you should keep doing something just because you’ve invested a lot of time in it already)..otherwise handicapped by judgement “. This excerpt helps in aids in comprehension of Iago’s thinking , he’s been angry and scheming for days under implausible reasons that have no justification. He was already invested for days and in the end he stayed invested. In the climax of the book, Emelia inwardly pieces together suspicions into allegations of the whole fiasco being Iago’s doing. Emelia proclaims to Othello,” she give’t to Cassio? No alas , I found it, And I did give’t my husband.” Iago shouts,” Filth thou lie!”. In illustration, Iago is caught red handed and he won't give up, calling his wife a liar, when Emelia tries to make him confess to his wrongdoing. In the end, he loses all grittiness, becomes a

Every deceitful, manipulative and misogynistic twist of Iago’s plotting is motivated by conflicting feelings of his unrequited love for Othello and jealousy toward his beloved or favored. He feels completely justified that Desdemona and Cassio must be destroyed in order for him to win his place with the Moor. Cassio’s perceived usurping of Iago’s promotion are only the facade of the true demons haunting Iago’s subconscious. His jealousy of Cassio and Desdemona for diverting Othello’s attention and desires away from Iago are the suppressed rational for all the horrific duplicity and villainy he composes against the trio.

This explains to be gritty means to be a person with a mindset based off characteristics that resemble having effort , and allowing themselves to have time when trying to fulfill a short and long term goal. So by always thinking about what it takes to reach higher levels instead of worrying about wants , focusing on my needs will allow me to be viewed as gritty. Not only gritty but having a growth mindset.

Grit is perseverance and passion for our long-term goals. Grit cannot be learned from projects and exams, but from trying

Iago plots with consummate sophistication, deliberately controlling Othello into trusting that Desdemona has been unfaithful. His comprehension of the human mind is wonderful, similar to his capacity to organize a confounded interweaving of pre-planned scenarios. Iago's misdirection is intense in view of his understanding, his intelligence, and what is by all accounts his inherent adoration for rich control.

In Othello the main issues are the transformation of the noble and romatinc protagonist Othello, whose jealousy over his beloved Desdemona, destroys him. And Iago, the antagonist, who plants the distrust and jealousy in Othello; Iago- the manipulator who know when to say the right things to people, who he wants to mislead and to get the reaction he wants out of them. According to Alexander W. Crawford “In the matter of Othello and Iago, it cannot fairly be maintained that Iago was the sole cause of the calamities that befell Othello”. One of the reasons we can not blame only Iago is that Othello chooses Cassio for the position of lieutenant over Iago. So he is containing his hatred until he finds the right moment to take revenge.