Sunday, June 2, 2019

Comparison of an Evil mastermind in Shakespeare’s Othello and MacDonald

Iago is one of the most renowned villains of pre-modern literature, as first introduced in Shakespeares Othello. His deceiving personality and complex nature is painted such that readers are amazed by his ingenious schemes. At the beginning of Shakespeares Othello, Iago is represented as trustworthy and honest, but readers soon realize that he is the opposite of what he seems. Even though Iagos personality and thoughts are revealed less in MacDonalds Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), he carries on the same immoral legacy as in Othello. Throughout the plays, he turns his friends against one another who look to him for guidance and support. Iago thirsts to put forward this status in society which causes him to take advantage of peoples good-nature and even comes to an extreme of killing anyone who stands between him and his schemes. In Shakespeares Othello and McDonalds Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Iago manipulates and deceives both Othello and Desdemona by his language and personality, which leads to different results. The personalities of Othello and Desdemona have been portrayed differently throughout the two plays and are susceptible to the mind games of Iago. In Shakespeares Othello, Othello is a character with sense that has a genuine personality. He is seen as being too trustworthy and continuously tries to look for the good in people. Despite his honoured reputation in the advance and status as a general, he is ridiculed by his society because of his dark completion. Othello recognizes himself as an outsider and at times is extremely self-conscientious. His quality to be judgmental towards himself and his reputation in the eyes of others makes him a target for Iago. Were I the Moor, I would not b... ...espeares Othello. The actions of Othello and Desdemona within the two plays are directed by Iago. He uses his reputation and finds flaws within the personality of others for his own benefit. Within Shakespeares Othello and MacDona lds Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), Iago misleads Othello and Desdemona which leads to two different outcomes.Works CitedMacDonald, Ann-Marie. Goodnight Desdemona (good Morning Juliet). New York Grove, 1998. PrintShakespeare, William, and David M. Bevington. Othello. Toronto Bantam, 1988. Print.Philip, McGuire C. Othello as an analyze of Reason Shakespeare Quarterly 24.2 (1973) 198-209. Print.Laura, Snyder. Constance Ledbellys Birthday Construction of the Feminist Archetype of the Self in Ann-Marie MacDonalds Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). Text & Presentation 2005 (2005) 43-55. Print.

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