Iago develops Manipulation in Othello
In the book Othello by Shakespeare, the character Iago that accelerates the action that takes place within the play despite Othello’s positions and deeds being the core of the story. The book is protagonist Iago, particularly on his negative character on his negative traits, which become captivating to the reader or the audience to the play. The paper looks at how Iago develops the theme of manipulation, being one of the significant issues in the play.
Iago becomes successful in manipulating Othello due to social differences between the two of them. Iago is Othello’s servant, gives better chances of his character traits, flourishing something that would not have happened is he was in a higher position. Iago’s actions of enviousness and destruction seem to be wholly motiveless, and he seems to be satisfied with the substantial gains of his misguided intellect rather than the supposed goal of getting promoted.
Iago is an intelligent, eloquent, gifted, charismatic, and highly talented character who can come up with tactics that enable him to manipulate other characters. Iago is in a position to create an analysis of other people’s weaknesses.
In addition to all these traits, Iago is a perfect actor who can hide his intentions and come out like an honest man, and just when it is necessary. He can act like a compassionate and loyal friend. For instance, he tricks Othello into believing that Cassio discussed Desdemona while in the real sense, he was talking about his sexual relationship with Desdemona. Iago also gets Cassio fired by making him perform acts of disgrace (Shakespeare, 14). This scene shows how Iago takes advantage f people’s trust, primarily Othello’s, and uses people’s thoughts against themselves.