Imperfection Of Human Nature In Shakespeare's Othello

Human as the main body stream of the society, their spiritual world is extremely complex and rich, these varieties of human nature shape us unique and distinct from each other. Real human nature has both human creativity and limitations, the imperfections in a person’s characteristics sometimes will perform negatively but in some cases, it won’t harm the whole character’s image. The Shakespearean play Othello reflects the profound social contradictions of the Renaissance, and William Shakespeare develops the idea of one’s ruling passion would falsely leading to the tragic path and creating misunderstandings between loved ones which will act as a double-edged sword that not only harms other but later on will harm oneself. This idea is showing through three main characters of the play, Othello, Iago, and Desdemona; Othello’s ruling passion leading to his jealousy which blinds his logic and gentle nature, Iago’s cruelty in order accomplishes his intelligence which gives him a weapon of language to manipulate people with his ruling passion, Desdemona and her sweet kindness motivates her ruling passion for helping Cassio without noticing her husband's transformation which later caused her own death.

Analyse how a key relationship was used to comment on the human condition in the written text(s).

Shakespeare is known for his use of recurring themes throughout his work, including love, death and betrayal. These themes are present in his work of Othello. However, the most fundamental issue is jealousy. The lives of the characthers in Othello are ruined by jealousy from the beginning to the end of the play. The telling of the story is carried out by passion, jealousy, and death. Shakespeare’s Othello reveals devastating tragic inevitability, stunning psychological depth, and compelling poetic depth; the fragility and mysterious power of love, as well as demons of doubt, and how suspicion can be triggered by manipulative villain (Barthelemy 12).

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago represents the transformational style of leadership because he is influential, assertive and inspires a shared vision. Iago’s desires are to change and or transform individuals throughout the play. He illustrates this concept as he deceived Roderigo into thinking that Desdemona holds affection for him. The purpose of which is to motivate his mate to cooperate in his plan. Iago has his own jealous motives for hating Othello and Cassio, yet he strongly drags Roderigo to his side. He develops feelings of hate and revenge. He gets Roderigo to dislike Cassio by making Roderigo jealous of Cassio's chances with Desdemona, he states, “Desdemona is directly in love with him, didst thou not see her paddle with the palm of his hand? Didst not mark that?”(II.i.214-215,246-246). Iago emphasizes his belief that Roderigo

Regardless of the tender relationship between Othello and Desdemona, Iago uses Roderigo to seep his lies into Brabantio’s mind and furthermore wreaking havoc among him and his impression of Othello. Dissimilar to this, Iago is supportive and social when it comes to being around Othello and the ones who he stabs behind their backs. Additional to the first instance of Iago’s scheming, he also releases his plans to alter Othello’s marriage and by doing so ruining Cassio’s chance of regaining lieutenancy. After the fight between Montano and drunk Cassio, Iago converses briefly with Cassio who eventually leaves Iago alone in the streets. Once he is gone Iago explains: “And out of her own goodness make the net that shall enmesh them all”(2.3.375-80). From this statement it is clear how Iago has no care towards helping Cassio who needs Desdemona to get his position back, and also for innocent Desdemona who will soon be wrongfully accused of Iago’s bluffs. This is obvious since Iago yearns to create a “net” using Desdemona’s simplicity, and more importantly taking control of everyone’s life with it. Unfortunately the ones who are around him fail to recognize his actions, and without knowing are slowly fooled into their own misery which is all part of Iago’s

Iago’s manipulation of Othello is the most significant in the play Othello. Although, Iago’s elaborate plan would never have worked without careful manipulation of Othello’s honorable lieutenant, Cassio. In the third scene of act two, Iago uses his established credibility and pathos to manipulate Cassio’s emotions. The scene starts with Othello telling Cassio to assist Iago in standing guard through the night. When Iago arrives, he begins his manipulation by shifting the conversation to Othello’s wife Desdemona, which leads Cassio to say, “She is indeed perfection” (Shakespeare, 2.3.22). Iago uses this conversation to direct Cassio’s emotions. Immediately after Cassio confesses his feeling for Desdemona, Iago tells Cassio he has a “stoup of wine,” and wants to have a toast to Othello’s health (2.3.23). With persuasion from Iago, Cassio takes part in the toast and gets drunk. Shortly after Cassio leaves, Iago sends Roderigo, a former suitor to Desdemona, to start a fight with him. Not long after, Roderigo runs back pursued by Cassio. Iago, knowing

   The brilliance of a tragedy lies in its ability to maintain its moral and the values it explores even in the tragic ending or in the downfall of its heroes. William Shakespeare does just this Othello, so quintessentially that the deaths in the end do not only refrain from undermining or canceling out the virtues of the play, but they actually restore them to the deceased, who have died because they have lost them.  In this play, love, loyalty, and honesty are of foremost importance in the human condition, and when those are questioned or lost, chaos ensues.  The tragedy lies in the fact that the truth is revealed only too late, and because of this only death can restore those values.  The loss or

Oh the flaws that bind us. I will be looking at The Tragedy of Othello written by William Shakespeare. Othello's tragic flaws are not extraordinary, actually they're very common. But in my opinion the flaws that did him in were being too trusting and naive. I will examine the repercussions that were produced because of what many would call minor character flaws. The proceeding essay will dissect and look at some of the most glaring defects that Othello had which led to his and his wife's demise. This play truly makes you want to yell at Othello and say, "come on man, watch out"!

Iago demonstrates his love for power when he explains to Roderigo why he hates the Moor. He believes that Othello has cheated him out of a deserved position. He explains to Roderigo, “Three great ones of the city,/ In personal suit to make me his lieutenant,/ Off-capped to him; and, by the faith of man,/ I know my price; I am worth no worse a place” (I, i, 7-10) Iago cannot stand being deprived of a powerful position. That feeling alone is enough to make him hate Othello, the person he is supposed to follow. He also develops hate for Cassio just because of his lieutenant rank, though Cassio did Iago no harm. Iago’s extreme and unnatural hatred for Othello and Cassio clearly shows how much Iago cares about the lieutenant position. Iago, like a psychopath, is obsessed with power. Interestingly, Iago also desires power and control subconsciously, as revealed in his true nature, which he shows when he is alone with his wife, Emilia. Emilia has just stolen Desdemona’s handkerchief to give to Iago. She presents him the handkerchief when he is alone. However, Iago shows extreme disrespect to Emilia, his own wife. He says to her, “You have a thing for me? It is a common/ thing-/ … To have a foolish wife.” (III, iii, 300-302) Iago is a cruel man who insults even his own wife by calling her a foolish prostitute. By making his wife seem inferior, Iago makes himself

In Othello, Iago is upset because Othello, the military leader of Venice, gave Cassio, an arithmetician who was inexperienced at war, the position of being his lieutenant. Iago began to devise an infallible plan. This plan was to manipulate Othello into thinking Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair so he could denote Cassio and give Iago the position of lieutenant. This plan involves manipulation, lies, and pre-domination. At first, he succeeded, however his lies will catch up with him, revealing his true, schemer way.

Iago even in the beginning of the play is very manipulative, and he is easily able to do so by appealing to the trust and insecurities of other characters in a way they he can get others to do what they want even if it is for the wrong reasons. In act 1 scene 1, Iago claims he hates Othello since he gave Cassio a promotion over him. Iago claims he is way more experienced, and that results in Iago getting jealous. Yet Iago tells Othello that being jealous can make a man turn against someone, he still continues to be skeptical over who was given the promotion. Cassios lack of experience on the battlefield led to Iago thinking he is more fit for getting the promotion. Since Othello gave the promotion away to Cassio, Iago sets out to destroy Othello.

In Othello, we can see the nature of people by the actions of characters due to human nature in Iago’s jealousy and anger, Roderigo’s love and also in Othello’s anger. The first type of human nature see in Othello is jealousy. We see that Iago is jealous of Cassio for becoming the lieutenant of Cyprus over him. Iago says, “One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, A fellow almost damned in a fair wife, that never set a squadron in the field, nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster—unless the bookish theoric.” Iago knows that he will be a better lieutenant than him because he has been on the battle field and had not just studied it like Cassio.

Throughout Othello, by William Shakespeare, we see behind the scenes of Iago’s master plans. He tells the audience about how he’s going to get his way through actions carried out by the other characters. We’ve read about his motives for revenge on Othello because the lieutenancy was given to Cassio, instead of Iago. Another motive was that Othello had an affair with Emilia, Iago’s wife, which Iago would sleep with Desdemona, Othello’s wife, in order to get back at him. We see Iago’s plans in action for example, when Emilia finds Desdemona’s handkerchief which Iago places in Cassio’s room to raise suspicion. Not only were Iago’s plans emotionally straining, they caused most of the character’s their trust for others and lives to disappear. From this, we see that Iago is an evil mastermind that plots everyone against each other so he can be on top. This desire persuades him to do irrational things that can help him, but also gets revenge on others through emotional and physical pain and the irony that occurs between characters for Iago. Not only this, but also, he has a narcissistic personality which leads to him to try to get to the top and refuses to stop trying until he’s there.

Today’s society is overly familiar with deception and lies; whether it is from their family, friends, media, or politicians. Historically, there has been an abundance which still carries on today. Behind every lie, there is a motive for doing so. In Shakespeare 's Othello, Iago is no exception to this rule. He is living a dual life of lies. On one face Iago is a trustworthy friend who is attempting to set up Roderigo with the love of his life. His other face is the one whose main goal is to be the Lieutenant of the Venetian Army. In order to reach that status he must ruin the relationship of Cassio and Othello. Iago uses each other character against others and against themselves using his knowledge of their habits and lives. His vast array of manipulative strategies gives him an extraordinary advantage over his peers. A few weak points that Iago targets are Roderigo 's desire for Desdemona, Othello 's self image and Cassio 's trust.

Humans in their own right are mysterious beings, not in his or her creation but in the way he or she lives, thinks and feels. Humans like animals of the wild act within their nature and do not stray from such behavior. Fish swim but monkeys do not postulate on the complexities of physic and astronomical science, although not everyone of humanity has a uniformed behavior but they do however follow their own creed. To sum it up, the nature of humans is that of self-awareness of themselves and the around them reality. “Othello” written by William Shakespeare, one of the many Shakespeare’s early 17th masterpieces, is as controversial as it is deviously cunning. Shakespeare is perhaps the 1st author in the literature to write a play on the ideas