character flaws in othello

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The play of Othello is like you are pushing a huge boulder up a steep mountain, and then it finally reaches the top, and it goes down the other side, and nothing can stop it. This is how I see the action in Othello. Iago spends the whole time plotting, and conspiring with the audience, and then he finally pushes Othello over the edge. Iago manages this in several ways, through imagery, 'sewing the seed' in Othello's mind, and reverse psychology. However all of these ways boil down to one thing, Iago, throughout the play, plays on Othello's own insecurities about race, and Desdemona.

Iago's language throughout the play is very rich and amazingly descriptive so much so that it actually acts as a projector, projecting vivid, clear pictures into the audience's, and more importantly, Othello's mind. Iago's speech, in Act 3 scene 3, is where the one of the richest images is created. He is describing a night through which he lay with Cassio, and witnessed a so-called dream. In this dream, Cassio is meant to have said, "Sweet Desdemona let us be wary, let us hide our loves." He then goes on to describe how Cassio began to kiss Iago, and "laid his leg over my thigh." This imagery is so strong because it places Iago in Desdemona's positi

Iago wields a lot of power over Othello the whole of the action. He uses very clever methods of persuasion, but they all are subsidiaries of the same thing; Othello's own insecurities and doubt about his color and his relationship with his wife. Iago's brilliant cunning sees these insecurities and brings them out, using imagery, putting in ideas, and reverse psychology. None of these methods are inherently responsible for the persuasion of Othello, but they all have a part to play in the exposition and emphasis of Othello's insecurities and doubts.

Desdemona's main flaw is that she does what ever she is told to do. Though out the course of the play she is consistently subservient to the wishes of others, including her father, Othello, and Iago. It actually is the reason she dies, if she wanted to she could have put up more of a struggle when Othello tried to kill her, and summoned help.

In "Othello, the character Iago is, at least in my point of view, the main and most interesting character. Iago is in virtually every scene in the play, and has his hands in almost all doings within the play. Iago is truly one of the greatest villans in literature. Iago is viewed by all in the play, with the possible exception of his wife, as an honest and trust worthy man, which could not be farther from the truth. Iago plays all the characters in the play like puppets. He plays Cassio into a confession of his dealings with Bianca to make it look like he is speaking about Desdemona, and into planting the handkerchief onto Cassio without making himself look suspicious. Iago also plays Roderigo into giving him money and leaving the picture so Iago can do his work, his greatest work was bringing Othello into killing his own wife without ever have Othello question his wife or anyone

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