Iago

a character named Iago said “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy: It is a green-eyed monster.” In present day, this quote would mean the word jealousy. Shakespeare is believed to be warning people people that jealousy widely effective and could cause havoc. In The Tragedy of Othello, by William Shakespeare, the feeling of jealousy can make people change their feelings towards something and make them pursue what they want. The first act of Othello is already into action. Iago is furious after hearing

inequality of woman. These are reflected in the relationships between Iago and Othello, Othello and Desdemona and between all the plays men and woman. In both Elizabethan and modern society power is used and abused for personal benefit. Othello’s trusting nature, social status and society’s negative

many instances where betrayal is done and the reason can be linked back to jealousy. Therefore as betrayal is what develops the important theme of jealousy. Among the characters in the play, Iago, is the character who betrays people the most and is also the one who helps create the jealousy others feel. Iago personally contributed to the aspects of bertyal and its effects on jealousy during

manipulated. This is seen through the jealousy that drives both Iago and Othello’s actions and the jealousy that causes Othello’s and Iago’s downfall. Therefore, Othello and Iago are affected by the feeling of jealousy. According to Heinlein, “Jealousy is a disease.”

Modern Media and Literature: Iago vs. Ingrid Robert South, an English poet once said "All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things."(1) The art of being skilled in rhetoric can either be a positive or negative gift. However, when jealousy and vengeance intermix with the skill, its effects can become detrimental. The effects will begin to take a psychological and emotional toll on a person, as it advances

Shakespearean villains often use manipulation as their main tool of evil. Iago for example uses his manipulation skill to get revenge on Othello. Throughout the play he constantly manipulates many people to get what he wants. Iago is the master of manipulation; he uses it skillfully in his plot to take revenge against Cassio and Othello. Iago is William Shakespeare’s most evil villain. In William Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago plays a role that causes destruction of all the characters, which makes him

Cassio has been promoted to Lieutenant in the Venetian army by his long-time friend General Othello. Iago is upset by this act of spoil system and swears revenge on Othello and Cassio. The play follows Iago’s plan of vengeance from the day after the promotion and Othello’s engagement to Desdemona, where it first takes root, to the deaths of Roderigo, Desdemona, Emilia, and Othello and the capture of Iago as his plan is foiled. He frames an affair between Desdemona and Cassio, causing tension between

The relationships in Shakespeare’s plays are never simple and even less so when one narrows the field to his tragedies. In the case of Iago and Othello this complicated relationship is made more so by the interwoven theme of appearance verses reality. The idea of Iago, the wolf in sheep’s clothing, fighting both for and against his master that permeates the play. Othello, however, a seasoned warrior being unable to see through the guise is a flaw his companion takes advantage of. Iago’s hatred is

The Evil Iago Language can hurt. Shakespeare shows a good tragic story of harsh language through a man with the name of Iago in his play, “Othello.” Othello, the main character in this play, is a black general of the Venetian Army. He secretly marries a white woman by the name of Desdemona. Othello trusts his two top soldiers, Cassio and Iago, which knows about the marriage. But, Othello doesn’t know that Iago is holding a grudge against him because of hearing fake rumors. Moreover, Iago gets jealous

side of Iago that he conceals to the other characters. Iago’s soliloquies expose his plans of deceiving others, his prejudice towards Othello, and his plot to seek revenge on Othello. Iago admits in one of his soliloquies that he manipulates a friend to his advantage, knowing that what he is doing wrong. Iago says “thus do I ever make my fool my purse” implying that he will convince Roderigo that he has a chance with Desdemona. This shows how Iago is a manipulative friend to Roderigo. When Iago says