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GSCE essay on othello and own soliloquie. William Shakespeare was born in
Stratford upon Avon in April 1564. He was married to Ann ...
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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in April 1564. He was married to Ann Hathaway and had 3 children with her. He started his theatrical career at the rose theatre and continued to work there until the company had to build a new theatre. By this time Shakespeare was very successful and was able to partly fund this. Shakespeare plays were often written and performed to the Queen.
Othello is considered by many to the finest of all Shakespear's tragedies. The main reason for Othello's success was that the play contained arguably one of the greatest villains in any play. Iago is seen to be such a fasinating character, mainly because of his apparent lack of motive for harming Othello.
Othello is a black general who marries a young woman called Desdemona and promotes the bookish' Cassio above Iago. Iago then sets out, seemingly, desiring to sabotage Othello's life; telling Desdemona's father about Othello's marriage, getting Cassio drunk and into a fight and finally tricking Othello into believing that Desdemona and Cassio were making the beast with the two backs'. This eventually leads to the; death of Desdemona, Othello and Iago's wife-Emilia, the mutilation and promotion of Cassio and the arrest of Iago.
Iago is a twisted character who seems to believe he is on a mission from heaven but constantly uses very hellish imagery. Iago draws you into his sinister plot yet never tells you why he constantly harms Othello; this has you thinking about the play long after it has ended. As the play develops you see Iago's ability to adapt and change his scheme to any circumstance. In the end the events take a very different turn to how Iago originally intended yet the result was much the same and Iago always seems to be in control.
Iago draws you into his plot via his soliloquies. These tell you his innermost and darkest thoughts. They give you an often disturbing insight into his reality which you soon find out...
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