His very existence is for the destruction of the truly innocent. In religious terms the devil is the ruler of the underworld and can see into everyone’s thoughts and manipulate them into temptation. A Shakespearean audience would be fully aware of this due to the fact that they were considerably religious during the period the play was written and performed in. We see that Iago has devilish qualities about his character in the way he manipulates other into essentially doing his dirty work for him. The clever technique Shakespeare uses allows al the characters to perceive Iago as ‘honest’ and quite pure and heavenly like.
By presenting Claudius as the unfaithful serpent, it gives readers the connotation that he is evil, betraying and loathsome, correlating to the ghost’s and Hamlet’s feelings. Moreover, the serpent pattern of imagery is weaved in the ghost’s description of the poison- “swift as quicksilver it courses
The Motivation of Iago William Shakespeare’s Othello is a story based on betrayal, jealousy, hate and revenge. The villain in the play, Iago, is said to be one of Shakespeare’s most evil characters. On a search for power, nothing is going to stand in his way. His actions throughout the play are a direct result of his trying to attain what he believes is rightfully his. Iago’s mean and insensitive manipulation is geared towards the innocent and ends up causing the destruction of Roderigo, Cassio, Desdemona, Emilia, and Othello.
The story Marriage is a Private Affair by Chinua Achebe has a villain named Okeke. His stolid look on things made it hard for him to keep an amicable relationship with his son. Harrison Bergeron’s, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., villain would be The H-G men. They go to extreme actions to provide equality. The Judges in The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe are considered villains because of how they torture innocent civilians.
Effects of guilt in the play Macbeth The effects of guilt tie into Macbeth with the theme of night and darkness. Guilt causes the main characters’ consciences to overcome them mentally and physically causing their downfalls. In the tragedy Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the recurring theme of night and darkness is used to symbolize guilt and conscience such as when Macbeth and Lady Macbeth want the darkness to conceal their evil deeds and in the end, when Lady Macbeth is afraid of the darkness and nighttime. In Act I, after King Duncan names Malcolm the Prince of Cumberland, Macbeth is already planning to kill Duncan. He asks the darkness to come and hide his evil deeds so no one would see the terrible thing he was about to do.
Loneliness puts The Monster in a mentally unstable position. He believes that he is a monster for the reason being he was created by one. In comparison, Othello’s betrayal is demonstrated throughout the play, but especially through Iago when he confesses to the audience his plan to manipulate and destroy Othello’s love life with Desdemona. Although Othello trusts Iago with anything, Iago hates the “Moor” and is willing to do anything to destroy him. Iago feels that the best way to do so is by manipulating Othello telling him that his wife is cheating on him with Cassio, who Iago coincidently hates as well.
“Iago has been referred to as the ‘villain of all villains’.” “Iago has been referred to as the ‘villain of all villains’.” William Shakespeare’s play, Othello features the antagonist, Iago being often referred to as the ‘villain of all villains’. In the play, Iago demonstrates his duplicity and deceptive nature as he plans to mislead his friends and boss, Othello. Iago is an overpowering and deceptive villain. A 19th century perspective based on Coleridge’s view claims that Iago is a “being next to the devil” driven by ‘motiveless malignity’. In other words, Iago operates without adequate motivation – he is bad simply because he is bad.
Javier Acosta Dr. Rutledge English 2521 Is King Claudius an immoral monster whoʼs every intention is to do evil? To answer this, the definition of someone bound on evil and someone who is a moral weakling would have to be very clearly defined as different audiences have different conceptions of each. Readers of Shakespeare have various examples on which to judge immoral monsters, such as Aaron the moor from Titus Adronicus who claims “If one good deed in all my life I did, I do repent it from my very soul” (V.iii.189-190) When Claudius is placed next to someone like him, we have to judge with different scales. Not to say that the kings crimes are not evil, for they surely are, but to say his attitude after the crimes have been committed are that of a man who wants to repent but can not seem to bring himself to do so. A man whoʼs twisted conscious haunts him by placing him in a state of paranoia, confusion, and weakness.
Macbeth Rough Draft In the play Macbeth by Williams Shakespeare Macbeth transitions from being an honorable man into a dark villain quick to dispatch his enemies and murder women and children in his quest for power. He stops at nothing to achieve power he foolishly thought was rightfully his. Shakespeare uses dark imagery to show Macbeth’s change in character and his eventual consumption by darkness at the end of the novel. Throughout the book darkness is a reoccurring element that predicts, describes, and reflects what is taking place. Darkness represents evil and corruptness; light, its counterpart, represents pureness and the minds which are uncontaminated by evil.
His cruelty is clearly evident throughout the play, as he allows and plans to murder innocent people to benefit himself.” Do it not with poison. Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.” (Act4 s1 203-204). Iago’s amoral and racist personality are shown early in the play, as the used of in media res allows audiences to depict Iago’s corrupted personality. This is shown by the inappropriate names Iago have used to refer Othello, “An old black ram”(Act 1s1 89), “devil”,(Act 1 s1 90) and “thick lip owe.” (Act s1 65). On the other hand, the personality traits that he tends to show