Thursday, October 23, 2008

Machiavel

The Machiavel was discussed in Professor Little’s lecture on Othello as a stage type figure with strong ambition who will do what he must in order to achieve his goal. One who also follows the philosophy and principles established by Niccolo Machiavelli. Shakespeare's Machiavel is the villain of the play who at times will discuss his chaotic plans with the audience before he goes out and performs them. Examples Professor Little gave of these figures were Richard III and Iago. After reading Othello one can see that Iago epitomizes the figure of the machiavel quite well. Iago is one of Shakespeare's greatest villains who lets nothing stand in his way of his goal of ending the romance between Othello and Desdemona. He uses his tremendous whit and manipulative abilities to execute his plan utilizing the honor and trust he is believed to have that resulted in being referenced as "Honest Iago". Even though in the end he is caught Iago is still able to achieve his goal of bringing down the Moor and severed his marriage with Desdemona.


Jacob Lopez
TA - Ian Hoch
Discussion 1E

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