Explain how Iago manipulates the other characters in the play Othello.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:37:25
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 6 pages (1758 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 6 pages (1758 words)
Iago is not only an ingenious villain but also a manipulator with the utmost skill. Iago creates hatred and jealousy in Othello, tricks Cassio and makes a fool of Roderigo. He holds everyone that is important in his plans in the palm of his hand and he does with them as he so wishes. But how is this? How is one man able to manipulate so many and create so much hatred and jealousy that …
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…the guilt and sorrow he is putting Othello through. This is because Iago's hatred for Othello is so great that he looses all sense of right and wrong that is why he is able to commit himself fully to all the bad things he does. Iago manipulates Othello because of jealousy; Othello kills Desdemona because of jealousy and in my opinion acting on jealousy is one of the worst sin a man can ever commit.
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