Deception in Shakespeares Othello :: GCSE English Literature Coursework

Deception in Othello In the play Othello, the very evil and conniving character Iago deceives the briny characters. He prays mostly on the main character Othello. Othello is a shady general who is married to a white wo existence named Desdemona. In the runner of the play Othello promotes a man named Cassio to be his right hand man in his army. Iago, thinking that he was going to get the promotion, is furious by this and swears revenge on Othello. In his revenge he uses many people. 1 of these people is Rodrigo. He is in discern with Othellos wife Desdemona. Iago prays on Rodrigo and causes him to have a battle with Cassio. Iago prays very heavily on Othello towards the snapper of the play. He begins to tell him that his wife Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Iago plans this perfectly. Iago tells Othello to keep blind drunk watch on his wife Desdemona. At the same time he told Cassio to be very good to Desdemona. Iago tells Cassio that the only way to be confirm on Oth ellos good side was to get close to his love, and that is Desdemona. So while Othellos suspicious are up, Cassio is being especially twee to Desdemona. Iago chose a very good time to attack Othellos emotions. At a time when Cassio has wronged Othello, he tells Cassio to get close to Othellos wife, the love of his life. For a lot of Othellos rule, Iago has been like Othellos advise giver. He has been like a best friend to Othello. Iago was not only Othellos advise giver but to many persons of power. This puts him in a heavy(p) position already to do his evil bidding. Othello plays right along with Iagos plan. Othello believes all(prenominal)thing that Iago says. In a way, he falls into Iagos plan a little to well. For Iago, everything happens at exactly the right time. Othello listens to what Iago says because Iago has gained much trust from Othello. He has no reason not to believe what Iago was saying. He played a part in his own downfall because he falls for every lie that Iago throws at him. He needed to have a stronger hear for things like that. Othello needed to think harder about what was being said to him by Iago. At the time that Iago was telling him these lies, it all seemed to make sense.