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Although Othello was essentially an outsider, I still blame him for tragedy in Othello. He is portrayed as intelligent and honorable. He fights for his right to be married to Desdemona in court and then believes a lie without question. It seems odd to go against everyone in the community just to discard his wife so easily. Othello survived the struggles of his youth, managed to become successful, and yet has not gained the ability to recognize a man of poor character? He either chose to ignore his own intuition that Iago was a bad man, or he was blinded by his own ego.
i feel like people will blame iago for starting it all but in my opinion it was othello who is at fault because even though iago was telling him on thing its othellos job to not just belive everything he is told he should of went out and tryed to find the truth about it all and if he would of did that none of this would of happened
Jayme Poulin There is a lot to unpack about everyone in this book. But, Iago is really toxic, and he is to blame. I understand that other characters are kind of on the spectrum of being kind of ignorant towards situations and each other, but Iago is the instigator. He is just full of hatred, and for what? I don’t get how someone can enjoy being a vile person like that. Iago thinks that if he can’t have happiness or anything else, no one else should deserve or receive it either.
I don't feel as if anyone is really to blame in this book. I mean yes of course Iago has a great deal to do with this tragedy but I think that ultimately it just people emotions that allow Iago to do what he did. I think that Othello had a lot of underlying insecurities that made him an easy target.
I would say Iago is the one to play. He always tried to make himself seem like he was on everyone's side but in the end he was just manipulating everyone. Othello thought he could trust him but he was lying to him the whole time and was just using him to get rid of people and same with Roderigo. Iago was just jealous of Cassio and mad that Othello didn't promote him.
YHelm:
ReplyDeleteAlthough Othello was essentially an outsider, I still blame him for tragedy in Othello. He is portrayed as intelligent and honorable. He fights for his right to be married to Desdemona in court and then believes a lie without question. It seems odd to go against everyone in the community just to discard his wife so easily. Othello survived the struggles of his youth, managed to become successful, and yet has not gained the ability to recognize a man of poor character? He either chose to ignore his own intuition that Iago was a bad man, or he was blinded by his own ego.
micah mitchell
ReplyDeletei feel like people will blame iago for starting it all but in my opinion it was othello who is at fault because even though iago was telling him on thing its othellos job to not just belive everything he is told he should of went out and tryed to find the truth about it all and if he would of did that none of this would of happened
Jayme Poulin
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot to unpack about everyone in this book. But, Iago is really toxic, and he is to blame. I understand that other characters are kind of on the spectrum of being kind of ignorant towards situations and each other, but Iago is the instigator. He is just full of hatred, and for what? I don’t get how someone can enjoy being a vile person like that. Iago thinks that if he can’t have happiness or anything else, no one else should deserve or receive it either.
I don't feel as if anyone is really to blame in this book. I mean yes of course Iago has a great deal to do with this tragedy but I think that ultimately it just people emotions that allow Iago to do what he did. I think that Othello had a lot of underlying insecurities that made him an easy target.
ReplyDeleteI would say Iago is the one to play. He always tried to make himself seem like he was on everyone's side but in the end he was just manipulating everyone. Othello thought he could trust him but he was lying to him the whole time and was just using him to get rid of people and same with Roderigo. Iago was just jealous of Cassio and mad that Othello didn't promote him.
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