To reach Desdemona specifically is unforeseeable for Iago considering that Othello is better than him. It is consequently that Iago chooses to adventure Othello. In the event that Iago can turn Othello against his own particular wife he will have vanquished his restriction. Act III Scene III, is vital in light of the fact that it is the point in the play where Iago starts to build up his control of Othello. Cassio feels that it is important to look for the assistance of Desdemona keeping in mind the end goal to recover his position of lieutenant and along these lines meets with her to examine this probability. Iago and Othello enter the scene soon after Cassio leaves, and Iago witfully trys to make it look like Cassio left in light of the …show more content…
At last, subsequent to listening to the endeavors of Iago and seeing the occasions encompassing Cassio, Othello interestingly is in strife about what is reality. This is the first phase of Iago 's plan to control Othello. As Emilia gets to be suspicious about Othello 's advancement of envy, Desdemona protects her spouse by reprimanding herself for any damage done. This at the end of the day demonstrates Desdemona 's sympathy and ability to give up herself for her spouse. Othello starts to demonstrate his trouble in keeping up his self-restraint: " Well, my good lady. O, hardness to dissemble -- How do you, Desdemona?" (Act III, Scene IV.)
Act IV, Scene I is a continuation of the tension and lack of interest Othello is experiencing. Iago exploits this by being obtuse with Othello about his wife Desdemona. Iago recommends that she is having sexual relations with other men, conceivably Cassio, and proceeds as though nothing has happened. This proposals place Othello into a condition of such enthusiastic turmoil that he is lost in a daze. Iago 's control over Othello is so solid now that he persuades him to consider disposing of Desdemona and even proposes systems for executing her. Iago, so pleased with his achievements of shrewdness: " Work on. My medicine works! Thus credulous fools are caught, and many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All guiltless, meet reproach." (Act IV, Scene I.)
Othello in this state
In Shakespeare's Othello, Othello's pride prevents him from finding the truth, eventually leading to his demise. Initially, Othello and Desdemona are deeply in love, despite her father's disapproval of their marriage. However, when Othello promotes Cassio instead of Iago to Lieutenant, Iago has his revenge by convincing Othello that Desdemona cheats on him with Cassio, destroying the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. Othello grows to meet his downfall when his trusted friend Iago causes him to think that his wife Desdemona is unfaithful.
Othello is an easy target in this drama, because Iago already knows that he is a very insecure person. With that stated, it will be easy for Iago to use Othello’s jealousy to trick him into thinking that Desdemona is an unfaithful wife. Iago will manipulate the way Othello sees things in order to convince him that what he sees is innocent acts between Desdemona and Casillo. Iago’s starts to plant the idea in Othello’s head of an affair after Othello sees Casillo rush leaving Desdemona in a manner that looked as though he is guilty (1223). Alone with Othello, Iago begins to make Othello feel threatened by Casillo and Desdemona’s apparent relationship by bringing up the fact that Casillo served as Desdemona’s and Othello’s go-between during the time of their courtship. The conversation ends with Iago asking Othello to watch carefully of Desdemona and Casillo, and Iago exits giving Othello time to question the accusation of Iago (1225-1228).
Othello has enduring relevance because of the themes which Shakespeare has used, the complexity of the characters and the way in which he uses language to create meaning. The play explores ideas such as jealousy, manipulation, racism and sexism, all of which people nowadays can still relate to. It is also a timeless classic because of the way in which we can reinterpret it into a modern context. Othello is a tragedy which was first performed in 1604 for an Elizabethan audience in London. It’s a story of jealousy and deception in which Iago deceives Othello, a General of Venice, into believing that Desdemona, Othello’s wife, cheated on him with Cassio, his Lieutenant.
By the middle of the play Othello’s mood and demeanor seem to shift from being peaceful and patient to very anxious, paranoid, and gullible. For example when Othello is talking to Iago and Iago suggests that maybe his wife is not being faithful to him, it becomes Othello’s obsession to get down to the bottom of it and catch her. “I have been talking with your suitor here, a man that languishes in your displeasure / Who is’t you mean / Why, your lieutenant, Cassio. Good my lord” (III.iii.41-43). In this dialog between Othello and Iago, with just two sentences Iago causes Othello to lose trust in his wife and believe she is being unfaithful to him which grows stronger and stronger each scene of the play. Because Iago is extremely cunning and manipulative, he is able to control almost anyone he chooses and he is in control of Othello’s emotions because he knows the things Othello fears. Iago is pretending to be Othello’s friend but secretively is going behind his back and bringing him down. Iago convinces Othello that Cassio is having an affair with Desdemona. “I humbly do beseech
Iago’s manipulation of Othello is the most significant in the play Othello. Although, Iago’s elaborate plan would never have worked without careful manipulation of Othello’s honorable lieutenant, Cassio. In the third scene of act two, Iago uses his established credibility and pathos to manipulate Cassio’s emotions. The scene starts with Othello telling Cassio to assist Iago in standing guard through the night. When Iago arrives, he begins his manipulation by shifting the conversation to Othello’s wife Desdemona, which leads Cassio to say, “She is indeed perfection” (Shakespeare, 2.3.22). Iago uses this conversation to direct Cassio’s emotions. Immediately after Cassio confesses his feeling for Desdemona, Iago tells Cassio he has a “stoup of wine,” and wants to have a toast to Othello’s health (2.3.23). With persuasion from Iago, Cassio takes part in the toast and gets drunk. Shortly after Cassio leaves, Iago sends Roderigo, a former suitor to Desdemona, to start a fight with him. Not long after, Roderigo runs back pursued by Cassio. Iago, knowing
Iago has struck at Othello’s core by revealing to him the alleged betrayal of Desdemona, of whom Othello feels is integral to his being. Iago forces Othello into a position where he has no armour to protect himself, and no foundation to support himself. Once the seed of doubt begins to sprout within him, Othello can no longer trust his “gentle” Desdemona, creating this resentment filled obsession over her alleged
Iago brain washes Othello about Desdemona having an affair with Cassio. Othello becomes enraged when Iago goes in perspective. While angered, Othello has made a decision to eliminate his own wife, Desdemona, and Cassio. “Damn her, lewd minx!/O damn her!/ Come, go with me apart; I will withdraw, to furnish me some swift means of death for the fair devil.” Othello is ready to kill Desdemona and his lieutenant, well, former lieutenant, Cassio; furthermore, jealousy has taken over.
At the beginning of the play, Iago plans to convince Othello that Desdemona is sleeping with Cassio, however; his plan involves a number of smaller, more sophisticated plans. To set his plot in motion, Iago orchestrates his first elaborate development. He tricks Cassio into getting drunk, and instructs Roderigo, a man who is in love with Desdemona, to start a fight. Othello finds out and is not happy. Playing the devil’s advocate, Iago then instructs Cassio to converse with Desdemona in order to obtain his position back. Upon seeing Cassio leave, Iago then plants a seed of doubt within Othello regarding Cassio.
In Act III, Iago plants the idea of the possible affair into Othello’s thoughts. He plots out a questionable situation where Cassio is alone with Desdemona and Emilia, Iago’s wife. Othello enters the room and Cassio quickly leaves, which helps open him up to the idea of the affair. Later, Iago plants doubts in Othello by suggesting, “Look to your wife- observe her well with Cassio” (III.iii.197). He had his wife steal Desdemona’s handkerchief, a token of Othello’s love for her, to make Othello think Desdemona had given it to Cassio as a sign of her affection.
Othello, not knowing that Cassio was in fact speaking with Desdemona in hopes of being reinstated as Lieutenant, mistakenly believes that the two are having an affair and that Desdemona has lost her chastity. Iago skillfully capitalizes on the situation by developing his attack further: "She did deceive her father, marrying you" (3.3.220). Othello begins to see Iago's reasoning: if she could deceive her father, she could just as easily deceive her new husband. Once Othello's bliss has been decimated, Iago concentrates on weakening Othello's perception of himself; Iago very carefully and very tactfully chooses words and metaphors that subconsciously pit Othello against the Venetians. Othello begins to perceive himself as an outsider in his own country, "a malignant and turbaned Turk" (5.2.365). A fruitful marriage with a Venetian woman becomes out of the question in Othello's mind. Iago's successful manipulation takes a self-confidant man and reduces him to one at ends with himself and with the woman he loved.
Ironically, this foreshadows Iago’s plan becoming a success because in reality Othello has a generous and faithful wife but Iago’s mind games have warped his sense of reality. His outrage can be linked to his perception of reality because as soon as he loses the love of his life he loses control of his own. Now that he is self-conscious and mistrusting of the most stable point in his life it is clear that he is going to take this to the extreme. Still, Desdemona continues to submit without question to Othello and still has all the love in the world for her husband despite his
Iago’s second soliloquy reveals how he manipulates Cassio and Desdemona. While Desdemona waits for Othello to return from his journey across ravenous seas, Iago joins her. He purposely acts like a jerk to Desdemona and his wife, Emilia in front of Cassio. When Iago departs from the group, Cassio, in his good mannered gentleman way, reassures Desdemona that Othello will make it to shore fine. Having Desdemona confide in his words, Cassio takes interest in her just as Iago had planned.
He exploits Desdemona’s natural instinct to help others, he “turn[s] her virtue into pitch” (2, 3, 380). Iago is a satanic figure whose goal is to taint that which is pure and good. Through his suggestion to Cassio, Iago can now be certain that Cassio will entreat Desdemona to petition for him with Othello so he can become lieutenant again. Cassio does convince Desdemona to help “Be thou assured, good Cassio, I will do all my abilities in thy behalf. ”(3, 3, 1-2), and thus Iago’s plan succeeds.
Othello’s immediate reaction is to come to the conclusion that Cassio and Desdemona must die. The reader can tell that Iago’s jealousy has corrupted Othello, leaving a lasting impression. In the beginning of the play, Othello talked very highly of Desdemona. He referred to her as “wonderous” and “heavenly” and held her in high esteem. After Iago brings him the “evidence” of her betrayal, his views change drastically.
As proofs of holy writ” (3.3.323-325). Throughout Elizabethan England, Venetian women were notorious for being adulterers, and Iago uses this knowledge and Othello’s unbridled jealousy to convince him that his wife is unfaithful, even without concrete evidence. This represents Iago’s plan to use Desdemona as an accessory to topple Othello and his lack of concern for her happiness or reputation. Furthermore, Iago is able to recognize and utilize Othello’s envy and mistrust to his advantage because he is guilty of it himself. After hearing a rumor that Othello has slept with his wife, Iago declares: “And nothing can or shall content my soul/Till I am even'd with him, wife for wife/ Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor/At least into a jealousy so strong/That judgement cannot cure” (2.2.287-290).