Emilia Galotti

Topic: Manipulation W.H. Auden once said, “ There is more than meets the eye”, suggesting that there may be a hidden or deeper meaning behind every person’s appearance and motive. Lies and deceits are common in society, people mask up their true intentions and desire with a facade. In William Shakespeare’s play Othello, the character Iago is no different from those manipulative and deceptive individuals. Manipulating is all but a game to Iago. He manipulates Roderigo’s love for Desdemona, deceives

In the play written by William Shakespeare Iago’s attitude toward all the characters of the play is very deceptive and manipulative using them for his own profit. He has the talents to deceive others destroying their lives to better his own. His abilities to twist the truth is a highly useful tool to him. Instead of using these abilities for the greater good, Iago falls down an evil path to become a villain that hurts people and ruins lives. He uses strategies such as deception and manipulation

Cromwell is the villain in the play A Man For All Seasons because of his devious, power hungry personality and immoral actions. Cromwell is out to get More throughout the whole play and he does “whatever’s necessary” (Bolt 70) to make sure he is taken down. Cromwell acts in several negative ways including manipulation, lying and corruption without feeling guilty or second guessing himself. He seems to lack a conscience which makes him a dangerous villain to More, he ruined his life without feeling

Iago does not follow his own advice because he uses his anger towards Othello for putting Iago third in command as well as Cassio for taking the second position in command. Iago uses his anger to get Roderigo to get Cassio really mad to the point where he’s getting fired. Iago also uses his anger and not his logic to catch Desdemona’s attention to get revenge on Othello. Iago says to Roderigo, “Make Cassio angry somehow, either by speaking too loud, or insulting his military skills, or however else

The scene that I chose to illustrate and direct was act 4 scene 1, when Othello slapped Desdemona. Here you can really grasp Othello’s controlling attitude as he insists on Desdemona lying, even though she didn’t know what she was necessarily lying about. We really witness the manipulative portion of Othello’s personality, and that’s why I'm focusing on this scene. The way I interpret this scene is it beginning with a spotlight on Iago and Othello as they speak about Cassio and Desdemona. Once Iago

Othello is honestly is getting more crazy in jealousy and rage. He actually starts to believe Iago’s stupid lies and “proofs.” Iago is like becoming the master of Othello thoughts and is basically telling him what to think. And it’s sad, because of Othello’s lack of esteem, he believes all of it. Iago tells Othello that Cassio has even told Iago that Desdemona and Cassio slept together. To which they both devise a plan to make Cassio outwardly say he has, so Othello hides while Iago and Cassio “talk

Both, Iago (from Othello) and Roger (from Lord of the Flies) are presented by Shakespeare and Golding as villains. However in my opinion, Iago is more villainous that Roger. This is evident through their initial presentations and how their character progresses throughout their respective pieces; their evil characteristics, motives and how their actions affect the story line and seen by other characters. A villain is a person who is responsible for trouble, harm or damage as a result of their wicked

The Manipulation of Ideals Iago uses an intricately complex network of lies, manipulations, and sins to control Othello not only physically, but mentally as well. Iago concentrates his efforts on corrupting Othello’s positive view of women created by his marriage with Desdemona, the purest of the pure. Over the course of Iago’s deception, he gradually proves to Othello that women are the vermin of the earth. Iago takes manipulation to another level, progressively defaming women by generally distrusting

Music in Othello In Cyprus, observing the joyous reunion of Othello and Desdemona, Iago says to himself that he will wreck the lovers' harmony: "O, you are well tuned now! / But I'll set down the pegs that make this music, / As honest as I am" (2.1.199-201). The "pegs" to which he refers are the tuning pegs on a stringed instrument. Their love is the instrument on which Iago is planning to loosen ("set down") the pegs until the harmony is turned into discord. [Scene Summary] Because no one like

plan to plant Othello's handkerchief on Cassio's bed, setting Desdemona and Cassio up so when Othello asks Cassio for his handkerchief, Cassio would show it to Othello thus proving that Desdemona and Cassio were having an affair. Before all this, Emilia, Iago's wife, finds the handkerchief from Desdemona's bedroom and gives it to Iago later that night, allowing the plan to work out which she has no idea about. Othello by now is already distrusting Desdemona as well as looking down on her. By Act