QUESTION: How is conflict represented Othello?
             - Identify the conflicts in Othello, and the techniques Shakespeare uses to show them.
             The definition for conflict is "a state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war. Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot." There are many ways in which this definition is represented in 'Othello'. The main conflicts in 'Othello' are between friends and foes, Othello's inner conflict, and cultural and racial differences which lead to racial judgment and discrimination. These conflicts are brought on by the time and place where this play is set. To express these conflicts, Shakespeare uses many techniques.
             Amongst the main characters there are many conflicts. There are many reasons for these conflicts; however, the main reason for most of the conflict is Iago. Shakespeare uses techniques such as soliloquies, dramatic irony, imagery, foreshadowing, and symbolism to show us how Iago causes the conflicts. Iago is a soldier under Othello's command. At the beginning of the play Iago explains to Rodrego (a wealthy but very stupid man, who is in love with Desdemona, Othello's wife) his hatred for Othello for choosing Cassio as his officer and not him as he had expected. Iago informs us later in act one through a soliloquy that his intentions are to use Roderigo for money. And to get revenge on Othello, he will suggest to Othello that Cassio is sleeping with Desdemona (Othello's wife). "I hate the Moor...Casio's a proper man. Let me see now: To get his place, and to plume up my will in double knavery...After some time, to abuse Othello's ears that he is too familiar with his wife. He hath a person and a smooth dispose to be suspected – framed to make women false." – I,iii. This is the birth of the conflict that leads to the couple's tragic fates. Iago's consuming desire for revenge agains...