Iago is often classified as the embodiment of pure evil to the farthest extent capable of being reached by human. Both Claudius and Iago plot against, torture, and cause the downfall of other characters in their respective stories to create and upkeep a boastful reputation. Both characters know that what they are doing is considerably wrong, but only Claudius feels any remorse for his crimes. They both recognize in soliloquy what they are doing and even discuss with themselves further planning. Iago manipulates all the crucial components of his plot with ease, while Claudius on the other hand is discontent and unhappy with the events taking place.
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.
He is a manipulative, deceitful murderer. He takes advantages of those he befriends, and does not feel or show any pity at all. I think that Iago is the main reason that there are many conflicts in the play. He causes problems from the beginning to the end of the play. All the problems he causes are through lies, treachery, and hatred.
How does Shakespeare present Iago as the devil in Act 2 scene 3 of Othello? There are numerous vast and complex characters that Shakespeare creates in the play Othello; however one of the most complex is the character of Iago. Shakespeare here has created a real villain, who twists and turns his way into manipulating, poisoning and corrupting others around him. Iago has no thought for those who get in his way and is hell-bent on achieving his goal at any price. His very existence is for the destruction of the truly innocent.
Thick with theme “The 548” by John Cheever Mr. Blake is a man with many secrets and few meaningful relationships. Blake loves the feeling of control, so much so that he manipulates his own mind into believing things that make his role in life seem loftier. Blake lacks the ability to empathize which leaves him open to taking advantage of other people’s weaknesses. Miss Dent is mentally unstable and therefore a perfect target for Blake’s misdirected unhappiness and self-loathing. Blake represents evil in “The 548”.
Oedipus acts as the catalyst for the mental, emotional, and physical suffering within Oedipus the King, causing the misery and anguish of other major and minor characters, through past and present actions. Oedipus is directly responsible for the vast torment that many of his subjects endure, along with Jocasta, Creon, and Oedipus himself, due to the antecedent blunders that he made in unknowingly murdering his father, marrying his mother, and producing monstrous offspring. He perpetuates his errors by seeking Laius’s murderer in response to the Delphi priestess’ prophecy which identifies Laius’s murderer as the reason for the city’s suffering. Sophocles represents this calamitous cycle through tragic and volatile scenes between Oedipus and other characters, such as Tiresius, Jocasta, and Creon. The heinous acts Oedipus committed are a consequence of a punishment by the Greek gods that brings devastating injury to those close to him and to the entire city of Thebes, along with the suffering he inflicts as a result of his futile quest for the murderer of Laius.
Vengeance Roger Chillingworth is an evil man that feeds on the sin of others. When Chillingworth is first introduced in the story, he seems like a respectable, knowledgeable man. However, as the story progresses Chillingworth becomes filled with an overpowering feeling of vengeance towards Reverend Dimmesdale. These feelings consume his inner being. His vengeance actually becomes a crazed obsession that will never cease.
For instance in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets caused pain and suffering towards the innocent characters such as Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio and Tybalt. This never ending cycle of vengeance in the play shows that if society relied solely on revenge, everyone would suffer. Revenge even has the powers to destroy love, one of the stronger forces in humanity, as it lead
Iago uses strong contrasts such as these to provoke other characters in which it can be said that he is the most interesting because he is both the driving force of the plot and he causes a huge amount of destruction all of which he appears to have no real motive for, to the point that even he, himself looks for reasons to excuse his behaviour. However, whilst Iago is interesting as a villain for his sheer lack of motive, he can be said to be one of Shakespeare's predictable stock characters. For his role is to be the villain and nothing more. He represents a bitter man, who like many were extremely sexist towards women for he says that "In Venice they do not let God see their pranks, they dare not show their husbands ; their best conscience" implying that all Venetian women are unfaithful and sinful. Iago's view of women was shared in Shakespearean society for they were either placed on a pedestal or deemed as whores and rather sinful shown by the stereotypical women we have in the play "Othello" for Desdamona is our "white ewe", our faithful woman who is pure until her
In Macbeth, Macbeth was a tragic hero because he had a flaw in his personality that ultimately caused him to perish. His conflict was that he wanted power too badly and would kill to get it. His ambition made him lose sight of what he had and focus on what he wanted. In the end, because of his tragic flaw, he ended up being killed