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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

'Deception and Betrayal in Othello'

'Deception and lese majesty are what force the news report of Othello, write by William Shakespeare. From the set out of the take, Iago, Othellos opustic scalelike promoter and confidant, is filled with green-eyed monster and resentment. This is a heartbreaking mixture that foreshadows Iagos subversiveness to several(prenominal) people afterwards in the play. This exorbitant lese majesty is what instigates alto corroborateher of the execution that happens in Othello, and also indirectly causes the demise of domainy a nonher(prenominal) important characters.\nThe play opens with Iago ranting to his friend, Roderigo, rough how he has not received the present of Lieutenant, however kind of a slight qualified man has received it instead. ternion massive ones of the city (In personal campaign to make me his lieutenant) Off-capped to him, and by the faith of man I live my price, I am worth no worse a place...For Certes, says he,\nI deal already chose my offic er. And what was he? Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine (I. i. 9-21). Iagos jealousy drives him to contrivance against Cassio, and gets him drunk, in a plot to get Cassio stripped of his position. His platform works, and Othello relieves Cassio of his appellation. However, taking the title of Lieutenant forward from Cassio does not seems to get together Iago enough, and leads to one of the nearly famous betrayals in literature and theatre, the betrayal of Othello.\nThe more or less action in the story happens during Iagos betrayal of his commander and closest friend. Throughout the play, the audience sees the transformation that Iago seems to go through as he turns from moderately conniving to evil, and this in itself is what contributes to the story the most and makes it interesting. As the equity about Iago unfolds further, it is revealed that he is not only when tricking Othello because he wants strike back against him for making Cassio Lieutenant, but because he believes that Othello has slept with his make wife. For that I do suspect the solid Moor hath leaped into my sea...'

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