Othello

             Othello is considered to be the most tragic of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare plays out a tale of a self-delusional villain that has declared revenge on Othello. Othello is the main character of the play, a general of the army with the status and respect of everyone, even though his race is African and Africans are usually looked down on. For Iago, our delusional viollan, to carry out his plan of revenge, he must infiltrate Othello's trust more so then he already has and he does this by discrediting Cassio, who Othello has named lieutenant. Cassio's actual role in the play is merely to be stuck in the cross-fire of Iago's anger, collateral damage. Then after using Roderigo, a clueless suitor to the beautiful Desdemona, Cassio is discredited as lieutenant and Iago named it in his place. With Othello now trusting Iago more then his own wife, Iago trickles in the ideas that Desdemona may not be loyal. Fair Desdemona is considered to be the most beautiful woman in Venice, and she snuck away to marry Othello because he is black. Desdemona only plays into Iago's tricks because she is just so innocent; "quote". The tragedy ends with a death toll of 4 people. But the motivating factors as to why Iago went to such great lengths to produce such an intricate plan, are not readily shown, and are left unclear for the reader to interpret. But by analyzing the various motives that Iago might have, there are in fact underlying issues that lead Iago to his decision of the utmost revenge. By observing that Iago uses his charm and wit to manipulate many characters in this play, it is obvious that the revenge on Othello has expanded into a sort of sick twisted game that ties in with Iago's jealousy for Othello's marriage with Desdemona.
             While Iago's hatred for Othello is obvious, why he subjects these other characters to suffering is unclear to us. These people just seem to be in the way, ...

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