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A 5 page analysis of Shakespeare's 'Othello,' in which the writer examines the way in which Iago corrupts and destroys the love of Othello and Desdemona. The writer argues that Iago convinces Othello of Desdemona's betrayal by reconstructing reality and thereby distorting Othello's perception. No additional sources cited.
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giving to others, a good daughter and a loving wife. Into this perfect picture, Shakespeare introduces Iago, the perfect villain, as evil as Othello and Desdemona are good. Over
the course of the play, Shakespeare dramatizes how evil, in the person of Iago, can easily corrupt good, i.e., Othello, and that innocence such as Desdemonas is no protection. Shakespeare
shows how Iago uses subterfuge and duplicity to prey on Othellos worst fears and insecurities, reconstructing reality until he has totally warped Othellos perception of Desdemona. In so doing, Shakespeare
demonstrates how something, which appears to be just and based in reality, can actually be evil and predicated on fantasy. Shakespeare devotes a large portion of the beginning of
the play to establishing the characters of the principal players because the internal logic of the play and much of the action is predicated upon the audiences awareness of the
essential natures of Othello, Desdemona and Iago. As the play opens, it is quickly established that Desdemona has eloped with Othello. Her shocked father wants to make sure that Desdemona
entered into this marriage of her own free will and not due to some magic of the part of Othello. These opening scenes establish, first of all, the deep love
of Othello and Desdemona, as well as the villainy of Iago. Desdemona establishes her love for Othello in her eloquent speech in which she pleads that she be allowed to
accompany Othello on his campaign. That I did love the Moor to live with him, ...The rights for which I love him are bereft me, And I a heavy
interim shall support By his dear absence. Let me go with him (Act I, Scene III lines 249-260). After Othello and Desdemona has exited the scene, Roderigo, a
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