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A 5 page research paper that contrasts and compares the use of deception in these two plays. The writer argues that in both plays, characters, specifically Hamlet and Iago, engage in deceptive actions that are intended to manipulate others. However, the motivations behind the deception in each instances are totally different. Hamlet is tortured about whether revenge against his uncle is the correct action, that is, action that is justified and noble. Iago, on the other hand, is the epitome of evil and positively revels in his duplicity. Nevertheless, certain parallels can be drawn between the Iago and the prince of Denmark. Both Iago and Hamlet use manipulate language in order to deceive, and, also, they are both motivated, to a certain extent by repulsion at certain sexual liaisons. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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to manipulate others. However, the motivations behind the deception in each instances are totally different. Hamlet is tortured about whether revenge against his uncle is the correct action, that is,
action that is justified and noble. Iago, on the other hand, is the epitome of evil and positively revels in his duplicity. Nevertheless, certain parallels can be drawn between the
Iago and the prince of Denmark. Both Iago and Hamlet use manipulate language in order to deceive, and, also, they are both motivated, to a certain extent by repulsion at
certain sexual liaisons. There are intimations in Othello that part of Iagos hatred of Othello stems from resentment towards Desdemona and also from the fact that it is a mixed
marriage. In Act II, Scene 1, lines 83-181. Shakespeare portrays an interlude in which Desdemona whiles away the time as she waits for Othellos arrival at Cyprus by questioning
Iago in what critic Karl Zender describes as a "courtly word game" (323). He then posits that Desdemona unintentionally humiliated Iago in this past time, increasing his motivation toward revenge.
Also, Shakespeare has Iago comment with scorn on the mating of a black man to a white woman. While Shakespeare has Othello remark on his own "blackness," it is
also clear that Shakespeare is not writing the play from the perspective that it is about the problems of interracial marriage. In fact, Shakespeare is clear that the racial
element is not something that Othello and Desdemona consider. This is shown by the fact that there are long intervals in the text in which the racial difference is not
mentioned, so much so that its easy to forget this factor for those periods because of the plays universally human qualities. What Othello does acknowledge is that his racial background
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