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How and why Iago destroys Othello

How and why Iago destroys Othello. The reasons why he destroys Othello are: In his own words: Not being made lieutenant I know my price, I am worth no worse a place Othello has made love to his wife I do suspect the lusty Moor / Hath leaped into my seat Cassio has made love to his wife

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How and why Iago destroys Othello

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  1. How and why Iago destroys Othello

  2. The reasons why he destroys Othello are: • In his own words: • Not being made lieutenant • I know my price, I am worth no worse a place • Othello has made love to his wife • I do suspect the lusty Moor / Hath leaped into my seat • Cassio has made love to his wife • FIND YOUR OWN QUOTE FROM IAGO’S FINAL SOLILOQUY IN 2.1. • Other possible reasons: • to plume up my will • He hath a daily beauty in his life That makes me ugly

  3. We also need to look at why Othello is so vulnerable and Desdemona so unable to cope with him. • His age • His colour • Haply for I am black … or for I am declined into the vale of years • His unfamiliarity with Venetian society • Iago tells Othello I know our country disposition well: In Venice they do let God see the pranks they dare not show their husbands • The short and disturbed time of his marriage (set sail in different ships on the night they were married; wedding night interrupted by Cassio’s brawl; Desdemona is killed the next night)

  4. Iago’s Methods Iago destroys Othello using the following methods: • hints and suggestions • outright lies • Opportunism Pairs: Create a brief scene between 2 girls at the ball. One is trying to persuade the other her boyfriend is cheating on her. Use Iago’s methods. KEEP IT CLEAN.

  5. Hints and Suggestions • Iago pretends there is more on his mind than he is admitting to when they arrive to see Cassio speaking to Desdemona • (Find a quote in 3.3 to support this) • he warns Othello not to succumb to the emotion he wants to arouse in him and he plants suspicions by reminding Othello he is not aware of Venetian customs • O beware, my lord, of jealousy! • Wear your eye thus: not jealous, nor secure. • he says there was something perverted in Desdemona choosing a black husband • Not to affect many proposed matches / Of her own clime, complexion, and degree…One may smell in such a will most rank, foul disproportion, thoughts unnatural.

  6. Outright Lies Outright lies • such a handkerchief - I am sure it was your wife’s – did I today see Cassio wipe his beard with • the time he slept with Cassio • In sleep I heard him say: ‘Sweet Desdemona, let us be wary, let us hide our loves’

  7. Opportunism • he arranges for Othello to overhear him talking to Cassio supposedly about Desdemona, but in reality about Bianca • when Bianca comes along with Desdemona’s handkerchief he tells Othello that this shows the contempt with which Cassio treats Desdemona • See how he prizes the foolish woman your wife: she gave it him, and he hath giv’n it his whore

  8. Essay topics this information relates to • Manipulation • Character essays on Iago/Othello • Jealousy • The downfall of Othello

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