Iago from shakespeare
Iago then engineers a fight between Cassio and Roderigo in which the latter is killed by Iago himself, double-crossing his allybut the former merely wounded. Iago plots to manipulate Othello into demoting Cassio, and thereafter to bring about the downfall of Othello himself.
Mad with jealousy, Othello orders Iago to kill Cassio, promising to make him lieutenant in return. Shakespeare contrasts Iago with Othello's nobility and integrity. In gruesome detail, Cinthio follows each blow, and, when she is dead, the Moor and his ensign place her lifeless body upon her bed, smash her skulland then cause the cracked ceiling above the bed to collapse upon her, giving the impression the falling rafters caused her death.
Shakespeare uses prose for many reasons: for comic or intimate exchanges, for lowly characters, for convention-defying princes such as Hamlet. Their characters unfold through their interaction with others and how they behave in isolation.
He demotes him, and refuses to have him in his company. But for all this, as his plot against Othello starts moving and gathering momentum, he loses control of it and must take real risks to prevent it from crashing. Continue Reading. Probably, yes!
But Iago's salacious language is just that — words.
Iago character traits
Engaged earlier in complex word-play with Cassio and Desdemona, he can now relax into an easier deception: false intimacy with Roderigo. Dramatic form Iago's speech is in prose , like many of his asides. At the beginning of the play, Iago claims to have been unfairly passed over for promotion to the rank of Othello's lieutenant in favour of Michael Cassio. Iago says I. Iago is with Othello when Desdemona reqeusts Cassio's reinstatement, and hints to him that Cassio and Desdemona may be dallying behind his back. Food imagery abounds. In the speech he dwells on body parts — eyes, hands, lips, blood — and the 'act of sport' 2. God replies: "I am that I am" Exodus,iii, Iago then engineers a fight between Cassio and Roderigo in which the latter is killed by Iago himself, double-crossing his ally , but the former merely wounded. She has taught English at sixth form and secondary schools in London, and has created education packs for Years 4—6 for Fuel Theatre. With 1, lines, Iago has more lines in the play than Othello himself. Iago is unpunished at the end of the play. Iago cannot be relied on and has many masks, behind which he hides. He presents himself to others as an honest man, but that is only a cover for his true, evil nature.At first glance he seems to be pure evil, but I think his actions are much more complex. The Jacobean view of Venetian womenin particular the idea that they were sexually immoral compounds how credible Roderigo, and Othello, find Iago's portrayal of Desdemona.
The audience believes that he will be punished, but it's left open for the audience to wonder whether he will get away with his evil plans by concocting another deception or violent act.