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Explore how Iago uses characters and language to manipulate, in order to set his revengeful plan into motion. In Act 1 Scene 1?
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Othello Explore how Iago uses characters and language to manipulate, in order to set his revengeful plan into motion. In Act 1 Scene 1? "Killing myself, to die upon a kiss". These are Othello's last words, as he commits suicide and dies next to his wife. After ironically killing her himself at the end of Act 5. Othello was led to do this by the manipulative Iago. He was just another victim of his revengeful scheme. The play was written in 1608 a time when the Ottoman Empire was at war with the Venetians. Othello is a tragedy because of the deception and betrayal of Iago which causes many people to die. During the times of Shakespeare, racism was a well known. I believe Shakespeare wanted to explore this as one of his main themes in the play, he did this mostly through Iago's character, he racially abuses Othello "I hate the...
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