He continues suggesting that by now Othello and Desdemona are consuming their marriage: IAGO. I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs. (I. i. 115-117)
Certainly, one of the primary aims of Iago surely is to destroy Othello’s marriage life. Kirsch (1978) claims: “Iago nevertheless prevails with Othello … because Othello eventually internalizes Iago’s maleficent sexual vision and sees himself with Iago’s eyes, rather than Desdemona’s”.
Perhaps Iago himself was attracted to Othello, or to the idea of being physically the closest person to Othello. For this reason we come to the conclusion that he does not hate Cassio but hates the fact that Cassio
The event of Othello’s elopement is the turning point for Iago’s obsession and plot to destroy his life by sabotaging his relationships with Desdemona and his closest friends. Othello’s tragic flaw of trusting the wrong people leads him to his demise. Iago’s first plan of action brings Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, into play. He speaks of how “The Moor”, Othello, is deflowering his daughter’s purity. “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe” (1.1.88-89) (Othello.) Iago’s obsession goes so far as to bring his own wife into his plot without her knowledge. Iago asks Emilia to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief as “evidence” of her infidelity. “My wayward husband hath a hundred times / Woo’d me to steal it; but she so loves the token....I’ll have the work ta’en out, And give’t Iago: what he will do with it Heaven knows, not I; I nothing but to please his fantasy.” (3.3.292-299) (Othello.) A man who prided himself on being trustworthy was so blinded with jealousy and hatred that he would sabotage his own wife to take down Othello’s life.
Iago often refers to Othello as the "Moor" and when Emilia realises how Othello has treated his wife, she calls him "the blacker devil". As Iago's plan unfolds, Othello's suspicions and jealousy come to the fore. Iago's blasphemous expressions gradually infiltrate Othello's vocabulary as Othello becomes more and more convinced that Desdemona is being unfaithful. Initially he claims that while the marriage is expected to bring him some physical satisfaction, he and his wife value their mental attraction just as highly. However, as he becomes ensnared in Iago's trap, Othello reveals a more detailed acknowledgement of Desdemona's sexual appeal. As he discusses her death with Iago, he says he will not argue with Desdemona"lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind again".
In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago gains the trust of Roderigo by manipulating him so he can gain wealth out of him. Iago brings back the hope to Roderigo, who already thought of committing suicide, by saying to him that soon enough Desdemona will not find any interest in Othello. All that Roderigo has to do is to keep the income going for Iago if he wants Desdemona to be with him instead of Othello. For that to happen they have to plan on revenge on Othello by making him think that his wife is cheating on him.
Iago is jealous of Cassio because Cassio received the position of Othello’s Lieutenant, a position which Iago thought he should have won. This is shown throughout the play but an example of this Iago’s soliloquy at the end of Act I Scene 3. “Cassio’s a proper man…To get his place and to plume up my will in double knavery.”
One of the first lines Iago even says is that he hates Othello. My first thought when considering this reason would be, is not being appointed second-in-command enough for him to do what he does? It’s completely possible because later in the play, he gets Cassio drunk and tricks him into attacking Roderigo and Montano, the governor of Cyprus before
In the tragic play, Othello, the playwright, William Shakespeare, makes the readers believe in Iago’s deceiving motives, when in reality he is motivated out of his crazy nature. Shakespeare skillfully creates a villain who provides multiple motives for his malicious plan, but realistically Iago’s motivation is purely out of his sociopathic nature and little remorse for the pain he causes others.
During Act I, Scene I of the play, Iago berates Cassio as he spoke to his fellow conspirator, Roderigo, by saying he was unworthy of his lieutenancy as a man who lacks knowledge in the battlefield. By repeatedly emphasizing Cassio’s inadequacy, Iago uncovers that he likely does this out of envy for Cassio.. Iago also suspects that Othello slept with his wife, and it supposedly sets his mind into emotional turmoil. He explicitly states that the thought of it bothers him, “gnaws his inwards.” Although the truth of Iago’s words here remain unclear, if he is in fact disturbed by this idea, this could give him more incentive to ruin Othello as he eventually
Motivation is the force that drives someone to do something. Being realistically motivated means a person will want something they are sure of they can attain. Now, motivation can stem from positive or negative motives, it truly just depends on what the person’s goal is. Iago is a character and the main antagonist from the play Othello, written by Shakespeare. He wants things to happen to make himself better in some way and for revenge, and throughout the play, he is always planning something. Iago is motivated by this throughout the course of the play; furthermore, he is successful with his motivations. In this case, Iago is a realistically motivated character.
In act One, scene one we see Iago's conversation with Roderigo about Cassio being promoted ahead of him and how Iago believes that this is because of favourtism. This suggests one of many reasons why Iago plots against Othello. From this conversation we see that Iago is envious of Cassio being promoted ahead of him, and plotting against Othello as a means of seeeeking revenge. “I follow him to serve my turn upon him”. Iago believes that he
Daringly, Shakespeare opens this tragedy of love not with a direct and sympathetic portrayal of the lovers themselves, but with a scene of vicious insinuation about their marriage. The images employed by Iago to describe the coupling of Othello and Desdemona are revoltingly animalistic, sodomistic. [. . .] This degraded view reduces the marriage to one of utter
The audience is shown that Iago envies Cassio primarily because he has been promoted to a post which Iago has coveted, but also that he is envious of Cassio's superior manners and social status. Thus, presenting he is motivated by jealous thoughts of Cassio and therefore must be destroyed because the "daily beauty in his life/ That makes me ugly". On the other hand, it could be said that Iago's motive lies in his anger at Othello for promoting Cassio when he has fought with Othello before and perhaps built a friendship with him. Thus, when he is overlooked for the position of Lieutenant, he allows his anger to accumulate until he despises Othello. Therefore, causing him to become the tragic antagonist as we know him, his actions suggesting tragic
"Now, I do love her [Desdemona] too; not out of absolute lust but partly led to diet my revenge". Iago is saying that he is sexually attracted to Desdemona but that it is not because of lust, but because of the hatred he has towards Othello and the need he feels to have revenge upon him. He feels that if he was to sleep with Othello's Desdemona than he and Othello would be even,
In the final moments of Othello, after Iago's plans have been foiled, the villain of the play refuses to tell the reason for his scheme. The reader is left to decide for himself what could drive Iago to do such a thing, that is, to convince a great general that he is a cuckold, to a point he would murder his wife and then take his own life. Revenge? A desire for power? These might be the reasons Iago gives to the reader, but are they really true to what he wants?
Heritage is a tradition or a person 's background. Events that happen in a person 's life can affect the way a person 's views their heritage. A heritage in my family is to be there for each other whether in good or bad times. Growing up in my household where my mom and her siblings, cousins are close with that I grew up in a close-knit family. However, during the time of my brother 's death. My family heritage is put to the test.
The topic that I choose to write about was Iago’s motivation against Othello. I believe that Othello's fate was deserved, because of Othello’s trust in Iago which played into the demise of Othello in the end. Throughout this essay, I will be going into specific detail of the characteristics of Othello that lead to his manipulation by Iago. I will also cover my overall reaction of Othello’s downfall, and if Iago deserved his fate in the end of the play as well.