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Othello – Values And Attitudes
Iago
Value
Othello – Values and Attitudes “If Othello didnt begin as a play about race, history has made it one.”The Venetian society that Othello is set in is representative of the writers context. The attitudes and values that Shakespeare reveals through the text are those sameattitudes and values of Elizabethan society in England in the sixteenth-century….
How does Shakespeare present Iago as a character affected by hatred?
Iago
William Shakespeare
In the treacherous and winding tragedy, Shakespeare cleverly presents Iago as the key and evil scoundrel. Iago, a ruthless sociopath, holds a burning hatred towards all of life, particularly towards Othello. Ultimately, Iago is responsible for the deaths of Emilia, Desdemona, Roderigo, and Othello either directly or indirectly. It is evident that Iago despises most…
Iago’s Motivation
Iago
Motivation
Iago is a “moral pyromaniac.” Harold C. Goddard writes that Iagoconsciously and unconsciously seeks to destroy the lives of others, especiallyothers with high moral standards (Goddard 76). However, Iago is more thanjust a “moral pyromaniac,” he is a moral pyromaniac whose fire is fueled bypure hatred. He is a hungry powermonger whose appetite for destruction…
| author | William Shakespeare |
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| originally published | 1883 |
| description | Othello is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1603. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago. Othello is a Moorish general in the Venetian army charged with the generalship of Venice on the eve of war with the Ottoman Turks over the island of Cyprus. |
| characters | Iago, Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, Roderigo, Brabantio, Emilia, Bianca, Lodovico |
| quotations | “For she had eyes and chose me.” – Othello, Act 3 Scene 3. “ I kissed thee ere I killed thee—no way but this, killing myself to die upon a kiss” “Where’s that snake? Bring the villain forward.” “Reputation, reputation, reputation! “I think this tale would win my daughter too.,She loved me for the dangers I had passed, I know, Iago. I prithee speak to me as to thy thinkings. No, Iago, I’ll see before I doubt. I saw’t not, thought it not, it harmed not me. Even so my bloody thoughts with violent pace. Therefore be double damned: Swear thou art honest. Then must you speak. |
| information | Enemies: Iago Adapted from: Un Capitano Moro |
