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    ever make fool my purse” (I.iii.374) Iago takes the opportunities to make money, when he realizes that Rodrigo is desperate. After telling a few lies Iago is able to Roderigo to help him out on his big plan. Rodrigo had agreed to kill Cassio saying “‘Tis but a man gone. Forth, my sword: he dies” (V.i. 10) Although Rodrigo agreed, Iago changed his mind later and decided he wanted to kill Rodrigo instead. Iago’s aim is not to cure Cassio but to destroy

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    temporarily disparate plot lines, each representing different aspects of literature (mythical, real, and surreal), of three different main characters, the Monkey King, Jin, and Danny. The Hour of the Star shows this through a layering of perspective, as Rodrigo is a character in the book writing about another character, Macabea. Through the similar establishment of various perspectives, the different approaches in the exhibition of power and control is further highlighted. The Hour of the Star displays a

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    Today, our country is filled with a lot of crimes and drugs. According to Numbeo, our country is in the 78 th ranking of the countries with the highest crime rates. People may think that just by being in the 78 th place means it isn’t that dangerous in it, but as for the people who occupy our country we know how dangerous it is. Crime can happen anywhere even if you are just coming home from the super market. The people are scared and are very conscious of what is happening. Everyday in the

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    one example of one man and his corruption in the church. There were other Popes that can easily be titled as the most corrupt popes ever. Another more crude Pope named Pope benedict lX was only 20 years old when he became Pope in 1032 so way before Rodrigo, which just goes to show the length of corruption that happened in the church. Since he was so young and had so much power he did horrible unspeakable things such as rape, murder. It got so bad that his godfather offered benedict money to resign,

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    1986, in the middle of South America. Father Gabriel, the head priest, travels to the land of the Guarani in attempt to convert them to Christianity. He succeeds and creates a mission upon their land. He works to build the mission with the help of Rodrigo Mendoza, a former slave trader and current priest, but is interrupted when slave traders from Spain and Portugal petition to His Eminence, the head church official from Rome, to get rid of the treaty that forbids them from capturing a Native American

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    Gwen stiffened. “All Percival has to do is ask. Blancheflor, your village is but a long day’s ride from Camelot! Arthur would gladly grant him that. If you want to visit, all you have to do is send word. Arthur would welcome you with honors.” Blancheflor shrugged. Disbelief dampened Gwen’s glad message in her ears. “I miss him. He misses me. Still I don’t wish to intrude.” “What? Most certainly not!” Gwen argued. “As Percival’s companion, you’d be accorded a place at Arthur’s high table! Arthur

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    reasonable desires are the main reasons behind the tragedy of Othello. Throughout the play of Othello, Iago manipulates the other characters as if they were dolls between hands. He always tends to manipulate other characters’ minds starting from Rodrigo, whom he convinces to go through a fight with Cassio, to Othello whom he makes doubt Desdemona’s behavior. Iago wants to destroy the relation between Othello and Cassio, and Othello and his wife, Desdemona. The first step he takes towards his aim

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    particularly when exploited by an ill-intentioned individual. Othello is introduced in the first act as the subject of a late-night argument between Iago, Othello’s standard bearer, and Rodrigo in the streets of Venice. The audience learns that Othello is a military general, and that Iago is his standard bearer. Rodrigo is

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    manipulative character. This is what makes him a great villian. Throughout the play, he carefully weaves his web and ensnares all the characters in his trap. The root of Iago’s malice is Othello not choosing him as his liutenant. He then enlists Rodrigo who wants the affection of Desdemona to help him. He conspires a plan to take down Othello. His plan was to get Cassio fired from his job. Iago accomplishes this by using Cassio’s weakness, alcohol. Cassio gets drunk and starts a commotion in

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    Jealousy is someting that can cloud the minds of even the most smartest people.It can friends enemies and blur people's judgment and convince themselves of something that is false .throughout the book anger is a big motivator for the characters. Othello's Jealousy is mostly a figure of his imagination made from all of iago's lies and being mislead. The ironic part about that is that iago said to othello”beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock, The meat it feeds

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