Thursday, May 21, 2020
DISCUSS THE WAYS IN WHICH IAGO CONTROLS AND MANIPULATES...
DISCUSS THE WAYS IN WHICH IAGO CONTROLS AND MANIPULATES TWO OTHER CHARACTERS IN ââ¬ËOTHELLOââ¬â¢ Iago controls and manipulates many characters in ââ¬ËOthelloââ¬â¢ including Roderigo, Brabantio, Cassio, Emilia, Desdemona, and even Othello himself. I will only be looking at Cassio and Othello because the fate of Iagoââ¬â¢s plans rest in their actions, therefore he controls and manipulates them more than any of the other characters like Roderigo who is also manipulated by Iago for a lot of the play but I found the relationship between Othello, Cassio, and Iago more interesting because they are both his superiors so Iago has to be more careful with how he manipulates them. When Iago speaks to Roderigo he can tell him a lot that may or mayâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦Othelloââ¬â¢s lieutenant, Cassio is a young and inexperienced soldier (we are told this in the beginning of the play when Cassio is first spoken of), whose high position is much resented by Iago. Truly devoted to Othello, Cassio is extremely ashamed after being implicated in a drunken brawl on Cyprus and lo sing his place as lieutenant. Iago uses Cassioââ¬â¢s youth, good looks, and friendship with Desdemona to play on Othelloââ¬â¢s insecurities about Desdemonaââ¬â¢s fidelity. Iago controls Cassio for most of the play. It is important for Iago to control Cassio in the way that he does because it allows Iago to get exactly what he wants. Iago uses Cassioââ¬â¢s faults to manipulate him, like Cassioââ¬â¢s looks and his flirtatious personality to Cassioââ¬â¢s own disadvantage because Iago gets Othello to think that Desdemona is having an affair with him. It all starts when he persuades Cassio to join in with the festive drinking even though Cassio has a weak alcohol tolerance level ââ¬ËI have very poor and unhappy brains for drinkingââ¬â¢ this shows that Iago can still persuade Cassio to drink a lot of alcohol even though he knows that he cannot take it. Iago implies that he and Cassio have the same friends which makes Cassio think that they are best friends; he does this by calling the other men ââ¬Å"ourâ⬠friends which implies that they too would be friends. Iago also tells Cassio that he will drink for Cassio which makes Cas sio think
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