Tiresias is also equally disrespectful, mocking and provocative as Oedipus. As the seer acknowledges the ignorance of Oedipus, by expressing that the King is a fool who can slander about the blind profit (10). Tiresias stated to Oedipus to “live in shame with the woman you love, blind to your own calamity” suggested in (Sophocles 10). Although Oedipus is not physically blind, but Tiresias mocks the King back, because of his ignorance. At first the audience see how Oedipus
Iago speaks of the fact that there is a rumour that Othello had slept with his wife, but he does so to try to convince himself that there is a reason for revenge (Now I do loe her too... but partly led to diet my revenge). Iago's selfishness can really be seen when he says, "For I do suspect the lusty Moor... the thought... gnaws my inwards", where he says that the thought of Othello taking his wife and not giving him the promotion to lieutenant hurts him inside. Iago's racist and vengeful attitude towards Othello continues to be shown in the soliloquy. Iago uses the word Moor to reference Othello, and he refuses to call him by
When Othello named his new lieutenant to be Cassio, Iago got angry and immediately plans to avenge himself by destroying Othello and Cassio together. He makes Othello believe that he likes him and that he is his most trustworthy friend, however we the audience know that Iago hates Othello. This is clearly shown in act one scene three when Iago says, "I hate the moor… I follow him to serve my turn upon him”. At first Iago plans to wreck Cassio’s life so that Othello feels frustrated and ashamed with him. Iago first plans to get Cassio drunk while he was on guard duty, so that he starts a fight with Rodrigo while he is drunk and that would get him in trouble with Othello.
In “In following him, I follow but myself”, Iago reveals his plan to Roderigo and shows his deception and malicious deceit to Othello. Iago’s malicious acts of jealous are also motivated by the fear of the fragility of his reputation, so he sets out to protect what he has wired vigorously to achieve. “I hate the Moor.” Iago confesses to the audience in his soliloquy. And it is thought abroad that “He’s done my office. I know not if’t be true”.
When inquiring how he could do this Don John describes what he wants as ‘the death of this marriage’ and in reply Borachio, his accomplice, says they will ‘misuse the Prince’, ‘vex Claudio’, ‘undo Hero’ and ‘kill Leonato.’ Although their words are not literal and they’re not really going to ‘kill’ Leonato, using words such as ‘death’ give very negative connotations and make the character sound like the villain he is. When Don Pedro plots to trick Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love with each other he tells Hero that ‘I will teach you how to humour your cousin that she fall in love with Benedick’. Don Pedro uses the word ‘humour’ and in doing so makes his deceptions sound more light-hearted and harmless.
He tells firther into this speech tht his revenge will be to make Othello so jealous that reasonable judgement willl not act as a cure. Jealousy continues to guide Iago’s action for the rest of the play. The protagonist of the show, Othello suffers from jealousy. It guides his actions and dooms his fate. Iago successfully plants seeds of jealousy in Othello’s head which results in the audience
This is exactly what Iago wants to happen to the Othello. He realizes jealousy is the key to destroying him. To awaken this jealousy in Othello, Iago first warns him of it (Godfrey 1). Iago says to Othello, “it is the green eyed monster which doth mock that meat is fed on” (3, 3, 196-197). Granted that Iago is just simply warning Othello of what jealousy will do to someone; we must take into consideration that for Iago to give this advice, he must have some experience in jealousy.
Violence always has a background of vengeance. Othello fells that Desdemona deceived him. He wants to take revenge on his wife and Cassio. Iago makes him believe that they are lying to him. Othello believes that murder was the only option to retaliate with.
Before the vicious acts and insanity jumps in, Macbeth expresses his moral dilemma and how he is extremely confused. He tries to persuade himself that it is unethical and how he probably shouldn’t go through with it yet, Lady Macbeth encourages him otherwise. Even when Macbeth hallucinates a dagger floating towards him, he still shows that he has a conscience and can tell the difference between right and wrong. “There is no such thing:/ It is the bloodied business which informs/ Thus to mine eyes.” Exaggerating how it is murder which he is about to commit that is the catalyst for his
This shows that Iago is a rogue at the beginning of the play that simply wants to replace Cassio and not murder him. Iago further develops into his role as a terrifying villain in the quote, "And nothing can or shall content my soul/Till I am even'd with him[Othello], wife for wife;/Or failing so, yet that I put the Moor/At least into a jealousy so