Category: Iago

In spite of all that modern critics have said on Tragedy, the definition of tragedy in the Poetics still remains the best. Aristotle said that Tragedy is a form of drama exciting the emotions of pity and fear. Although Othello covers the definition of tragedy, given by Aristotle in his book Poetics, but it is…

Othello by William Shakespeare is set during the Elizabethan Period when women and people from other races were segregated and Othered due to their sex, race or skin colour. This was a time period when it was extremely rare to see a black man with power. Shakespeare placed Othello, a South African origin, into the…

I will be discussing William Shakespeares play Othello alongside the adaptation Omkara. William Shakespeares play surrounds the downfall of the character Othello as a result of his personal flaws. Othellos jealous nature and weak personality made him an easy target for the antagonist Iago to manipulate him which ultimately led to his demise. The adaptation…

Tim Blake Nelsons modern film, O, and William Shakespeares classic play, Othello, both involve Othello (Odin) handing the lieutenant position to Michael Cassio instead of Iago (Hugo). The main difference comes between the two settings, Othello representing an army and O representing a basketball team. Iago knows he deserves the promotion because he had some…

Firstly, love. To Othello, love needs passion and trust to maintain. As a black man, even if he was the general, falling in love with Desdemona goes against the traditional 16th century Venice notions. They fell in love just because of passion, with Desdemona disobeying her father and not considering the importance of filial obedience.…

In William Shakespeares classic tragic play Othello, published in 1622, the dangers of illusion and deception develops in the play as Iago manipulates his appearances and works to fool Othello who has trouble differentiating between what appears to be true and what really is true. Iago adopts his preferable style of speech to conceive images…

In act 5 scene 2 of Othello, Iago had chosen to stay silent when confronted by Othello, after he was caught manipulating him into killing Desdemona. He had done this for various reasons which included keeping Othello and others thinking about his motives, having accomplished everything he had wanted to from the start, and the…

Did Iago screw up? The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice. William Shakespeare. Iago manipulates Cassio to get him drunk and gets Roderigo to bring him into a fight. Iago has his revenge when Othello demotes Cassio of his rank because of his misbehavior. Iago decides to make Othello believe his wife is unfaithful…

It takes 20 minutes to build a reputation and five minutes to destroy it. If that is thought about things will be done differently (Warren Buffet). Reputation is the general belief or opinion that most people may view about who you are. In certain situations, ones identity can hold so much value that it may…

At the start of the play the audience is introduced to Othello, and he presents himself as a man of honour and dignity he is called valiant Othello symbolizing that he is a brave and courageous, but Iago speaks of Othello in a hasty manner, he calls him an old black ram he describes him…