Prospero uses sarcasm with his daughter to try and not alarm her rather than telling her the complete truth. Also, he’s not just trying to get justice for what has happened; he is trying to hurt the men who betrayed him. This is illustrated by how he talks about his enemies and how eager he seems to be to have them on the island. Prospero only seeks to harm the others for what they have done, practically a textbook example of revenge. Prospero’s action on the island, splitting up Ferdinand and Alonso to cause them pain, is another example of his revenge.
• In Act 2 Scene 3, after the brawl has happened between Cassio, Roderigo and Montano, Iago is put in a position of power when he is asked to speak about what happened to cause this brawl, he pretends as though it hurts him to tell of what Cassio did but in reality we know that he is lying and is manipulating Othello. • After the brawl, Iago talks to Cassio and advises him to go and ask for Desdemonas help to get his position back, Iago says: Our generals wife is now
Another theme that is conveyed in ‘Othello’ is jealousy. Iago’s plan is make Othello believe that Cassio is sleeping with Desdemona, thus making him jealous. Once Iago tells Othello
"To His Coy Mistress, is about a man, who wants to sleep with a young woman, but is scared that he does not have a lot of time left. Both the characters aims are the same, but their motivations are different. The Duke is informing the envoy about how he expects his wife to be by talking to him about his ex-wife. This is because he is trying to finalise the deal of marrying the Count's daughter, and wants to make a good impression, this slips throughout the poem, and he reveals his real self. However this contrasts with the speaker, because he is trying to persuade a woman to sleep with him.
Both relationships really love one another and this shows they connect with one another. Another theme I chose was deception. The first of the two main deceptions is Don John and Borachio are planning to deceive Hero. They decide that they will stop their marriage by framing Hero as being unfaithful to Claudio on the eve of their wedding. Borachio makes most of the plans to of deception and to stop the marriage.
Iago is jealous of both Othello and Cassio because of the same issue. He is jealous of Othello because Othello gave Cassio a promotion as his military lieutenant when Iago feels that he should have deserved it. Iago is also jealous of Othello because he heard rumours about Othello sleeping with his wife, Emilia. “I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad that twixt my sheets has done my office,” Act 1. Sc.
by Heather Burley Prospero: Consumed by Bitterness, Transformed by Love Prospero, embittered by all that he has suffered at the hands of others, has vowed to get revenge on those who had wronged him. However; his unexpected reaction to the love attained by his daughter illicits a change in Prospero that seems to soften his hardened heart, and allow him to grant his enemies absolution. First to be addressed, will be the circumstances that have landed Prospero in his current predicament, and the effect that these events have had upon him. Next to be discussed, will be Prospero’s plot to enact vengeance on those who have bestowed great injustices upon him, and how he exercises his powers to achieve this goal. In conclusion, the transformation of Prospero will be examined, inclusive of his love for his daughter and its impact upon him in the change from all consuming malignity into absolution.
Though there is no point where he is specific about his main motivation to destroy Othello and everything he loves. Yet in act one scene one he states his prime motivation is bitterness at having been passed over for the promotion to be Othello’s lieutenant by Cassio. Iago is also motivated by his confidence in his abilities to destroy Othello and his life without detection. His anger towards Othello is mostly caused by his suspicion that Othello slept with his wife. Iago states it himself in 1.3.387-388 “I hate the Moor; And it is thought abroad that twixt my sheets”.
This statement is backed up by his blatant lack of care about the fates of the innocent people who get dragged into his revenge plot. Take Desdemona for example, a pure and faithful companion, killed by the man that loved her dearly, just to bring satisfaction to Iago. Another pawn in Iago’s revenge attack is Cassio: ‘If I can fasten but one cup upon him, with that which he hath drunk to-night already, he'll be as full of quarrel and offence as my young mistress' dog’. Iago schemes to get Cassio drunk because he knows Cassio will end up getting into a fight. Because he wants Cassio to get in trouble with Othello so that Desdemona will try to intervene on Cassio's behalf, which will make Othello
Iago has many rather theoretical reasons for his revenge, one of which being his failure to receive the spot of lieutenant, and the other being that he “suspect[s] the lusty Moor” of sleeping with his wife, Emilia. Iago, being a very jealous and icy man sees that the only way to be “even’d with him” is to go “wife for wife”. Iago’s revenge is a carefully plotted strategy that involves many intricate details and occurrences. This extract tells the reader a lot about Iago’s plan that has previously only been assumed. Iago is so emotionally detached that he claims his ‘love’ for Desdemona exists predominantly “to diet [his] revenge”.