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Submitted by klesisguy on November 14, 2007
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In Shakespeare¡¯s play ¡°Othello¡±, the character Iago is the main driving force in the play, who manipulates others to do things in a way he wants and benefits him, and moves him closer toward his goals. Iago is smart. He is an expert judge of people and their characters and uses this to his advantage. But his plans and hatred toward Othello, Cassio and Desdemona eventually lead to a tragic ending in the play. In the play we can also see Shakespeare deals with racism, where Othello being the black man, called a ¡°Moor¡± a lot of times in the play. This play well shows a great combination of Iago¡¯s plan along with his racism against black people and women.
Iago¡¯s hatred toward Othello started first when he chose Cassio over Iago, and even grew more when Iago thinks Othello has slept with his wife, Emilia. (I, iii, 369-370)
He even calls Othello a ¡°Moor¡±, which signifies colored skin people. (I, iii, 344)
In act I, Iago gets money and jewelry from the rich Roderigo, saying he would give it to Desmonda, whom Roderigo is in love with. But Iago doesn¡¯t give to her and keeps them for himself. Though Roderigo lacks confidence and determination in his quest to charm Desdemona away from Othello, Iago, like an angel to a doubting saint, is there to restore his faith. In Act 1, Scene 3, Roderigo¡¯s hopelessness even brings him to the verge of suicide, but Iago gives him many reasons why Desdemona will not remain true to Othello: that Desdemona ¡°must change for youth,¡± that ¡°she first loved the Moor but for bragging and telling her fantastical lies,¡± and that Desdemona needs ¡°sympathy in years¡± (I, iii, 346), (II, I, 221-222, 228). While Iago offers these reasons that Roderigo should be steadfast in his pursuit, the underlying theme of Iago¡¯s argument, and the ultimate motivating factor for Roderigo, is the idea that the relationship between Desdemona and Othello is unnatural because of Othello¡¯s race.
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