THE DOWNFALL OF OTHELLO AS CAUSED BY IAGO Iago is one of Shakespeare s most intriguing and credible villains. Iago can be perceived as either evil or brilliant in his plans to be deemed lieutenant. As the villain in Othello , Iago has two main actions: to plot and to deceive. Iago is mad that Cassio was chosen to be lieutenant instead of himself. From this anger comes the main conflict of the play.
The paradox of ‘’fair is foul and foul is fair’’ is evident within the theme of good and evil in relation to the witches. Their prophecies provide truthful outcomes, though they are twisted, and easily manipulate Macbeth into believing that he is invincible ‘’none of
Unlike many of the "evil villains" in literature, Iago and Claudius are far more complex than may be seen at first. Through simple comparative analysis, one can see many similarities between the antagonist Iago of Othello and Claudius of Hamlet. Iago and Claudius, although driven by different ambitions, are both evil villains in the sense that they have a specific, designated target in mind and will stop at nothing until their target is annihilated. Both of these characters commit murder directly and indirectly. Iago is often classified as the embodiment of pure evil to the farthest extent capable of being reached by human.
Murder is one of the seven deadly sins and a crime that most try to avoid. Murder taints the criminal with the victims’ blood forever. Macbeth is a man that understands what it is like to steal the life of another man, yet continues to butcher one victim to the next. In the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, Banquo’s murder plagues Macbeth’s innermost soul more profoundly in comparison to the murder of Duncan because of the relationship he has with him, his motive behind the murder and the immensity of the remorse following the murder. Banquo’s murder affected Macbeth more deeply than that of Duncan because the relationship Macbeth has with Banquo is that of a friend.
You don't need to make a comparison, but pick which view you agree with, Knight or Shakespeare's, or make it into 2 separate sentences. Are you trying to argue Claudius's motivations or to explain that Hamlet was the true villain? Make sure following paragraphs support that.) Knight argued that Hamlet, and not Claudius, is the villain due to his irrational ways because Claudius had no choice but to commit the murder or to protect his throne from Hamlet. However, Claudius had a chance to make a choice, but since his desires for power and treasures were so overwhelming, he chose the murderous path.
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth the relationship between cruelty and masculinity is contrary to most other works of art. This play portrays women to be manipulative, violent, and evil. Macbeth, the play, breaks away from the stereotype that men are the sinister ones and shows that evil can, and does, come in many different forms. Lady Macbeth is the greatest evil in the play and is the mastermind behind all of Macbeth’s evil deeds. While Macbeth does the actual murdering, his actions and thoughts imply that he does not really want to kill Duncan or Banquo.
What is the relationship between evil and happiness? In order to have a complete overlook of this question, I will observe in a first part how evil and happiness are deeply linked and opposable forces. Then In a second part I will ask if evil isn’t necessary to achieve happiness. And finally I will expose the idea that evil and happiness are two concepts of same nature that serve the function of structuralizing and justifying morality. Since evil is a concrete cause for unhappiness (which is immediately opposed to happiness) because
A horrific movie that glamorized casual mayhem and bloodlust. A movie made with the intent of glorifying random murder”. Therefore Grisham thinks because Ben and Sarah watched Natural Born Killers that they then went and committed a murder, along with causing Patsy Byers to be a quadriplegic for life. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc is a fallacy that would define his belifes. Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the
Malvolio is used in Twelfth Night to personify the notion of Lent and order in the text and is the butt of the comedy in the sub-plot. The conspirators Sir Toby, Mary, Sir Andrew, Feste, and to an extent Fabien, are the characters who are the creators of the gulling of Malvolio. Whether or not the joke is thought to go too far is, in my opinion, dependent on the audience. For example, an Elizabethan audience could potentially find the play more humorous than a modern 21st Century audience. In the late 1600s, individuals to be considered 'mad' were thought to have been possessed by the devil or some other evil spirit, and so were mocked and considered dangerous and unapproachable (as suggested by Sir Toby in Act 3 Scene 4 “defy the devil”).
Shakespeare’s act of deploying fallacy takes the form of two things. Firstly it becomes a belief in the face of doubt, and secondly it places the audience in the role as psycho-analysts to suggest that their function