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Thursday, January 9, 2020
Blame Percentage—due April 30
Rank characters by how much blame they deserve. Devise a system that totals 100% of blame. (Example: Emilia deserves 10% of the blame... .) Use 150+ words.
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Over the past week, I have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare's well-known play entitled Othello. Throughout this tragedy, the play's primary protagonist, Othello, an esteemed, recently married military general, is deceived into jealously and convinced to destroy his honor and his marriage. However, the blame for the deception does not rest in only one person. Instead, many people are at fault for the events that took place in the play. Certainly, Iago does deserve 35% of the blame. It was his idea to plot against Cassio and Othello, and he was responsible for planting the false idea of Desdemona's adultery within Othello's mind. Roderigo also clearly deserves a lot of the blame (20%) as he was Iago's partner in enacting his wicked plan. While Roderigo was blinded by his love for Desdemona, he clearly knew that what he was doing was wrong, and sought to ruin Othello and Cassio. Of course, Othello was not forced to kill Desdemona. It was, instead, his rashness and uncontrollable temper that he allowed to control him. If he would have spent more time investigating the claims made by Iago, the events of the play may not have transpired. Thus, Othello deserves 25% of the blame himself. The remaining blame belongs to Cassio and Emilia. Though neither of these people had malicious intent, they did unknowingly help in Iago's plan. Emilia gave Iago Desdemona's handkerchief even though she knew how much it meant to her, earning 10% of the blame. Cassio allowed himself to become drunk even though he knew how much alcohol affected him, also earning 10%. In the end, many people are at fault for the events in Othello, webbing a complex string of deception, rashness, and hate.
Over the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to study Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy entitled “Othello.” This novel tells the tale of Othello, an esteemed general who was recently married to the beautiful Desdemona. At first, such an esteemed event seemed like it would bring much joy and happiness to the lives of the characters. However, a ploy established by his villainous ensign Iago soon causes Othello to become consumed by jealousy, destroying both his honor and marriage in the process. Nevertheless, the blame for such a tragic event doesn’t lie with only one character but instead in six. This is shown through an analysis of their various actions and developments.
Of course, Iago deserves at least 35% of the blame. He is the person that initiated this tragedy, and he did whatever he could to make Othello believe that Desdemona was cheating on him. In fact, Iago was even willing to humiliate Cassio and kill Roderigo in order to ensure his plan succeeds. Likewise, Othello also deserves a large portion of the blame: 25%. Although he was not trying to be evil, he let his emotions get out of control. He put his faith in only a single character, and he would not listen to anyone including his wife and servants. In the end, he is the character that initiated all of the killings in the play—either indirectly or directly—causing him to have such a high blame percentage. Furthermore, Roderigo deserves 15% of the blame, due to this role as Iago’s assistant. He willingly did whatever he could to ensure Iago’s plan succeeded, including attempting to kill Cassio. As he fully understood that his actions were dishonest, he deserves this large portion of the blame.
Unlike these past three characters, the last three did not intentionally act maliciously. As such, they deserve less of the blame. Emilia and Cassio both deserve 10%. This is because they performed actions—albeit without knowing their full malicious effect—that led to the eventual tragedy. Cassio knowingly got drunk even though he knew he acted irresponsibly under alcohol. Emilia gave Desdemona’s handkerchief to Iago even though she knew it meant a lot in their relationship. Because of these actions, these characters deserve some of the blame. Finally, Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame. This is because she acted extremely passively, allowing Othello to reach the height of his jealousy without any interruptions. If she would have more vehemently declared her innocence early on, the tragedy of this play might not have occurred.
Throughout the previous week, I have read and studied the well-written play titled, "Othello". This play follows the life of a character named Othello—a newlywed general married to a sought-after woman named Desdemona. In the beginning, there is peace and happiness; however, as time goes on he is deceived by another in order to destroy his new marriage. The blame for such happenings cannot come from only one character, but many people who are at fault for the terrible occurrences follow the marriage. Lago, the character who evoked the plot to cause Othello to think he was being cheated on, deserves a large part of the blame at around 35%. Also, Othello should receive a large portion of the blame—around 20%—for even though he isn't an evil character, his anger and jealousy consumed him causing him to depend on one character, therefore causing the killing however indirectly the reader views it. Lastly, Rodrigo should also have a large portion of the blame at about 20% for his role as an assistant to Lago. Due to the fact that Rodrigo was well aware of the effect of his actions, such as the attempted murder of Cassio, he should sustain a large portion of the blame. As for the next characters, their blame percentages will fall far lower than the previous ones. Their actions were much more indirect due to the fact that they were not acting deliberately. Emilia, although not acting maliciously, gave Desdemona's handkerchief to Lago knowing the meaning that it had in her relationship; therefore, she deserves 12% of the blame. Similarly, Cassio, acting non-maliciously, got drunk knowing what alcohol does to him. Even though his actions were under the influence, the blame still comes to him with him reviewing 8% of the blame. Finally coming to Desdemona. She had the smallest blame percentage out of all of the characters with 5% of the blame. This is because as she saw Othello becoming more jealous, but she did not interject. This tragedy could have been avoided if she were to reaffirm her innocence earlier as there would have been many happenings that would be avoided. Overall, the blame for this tragedy does not fall on one person. Characters affected this event both directly and indirectly, with some acting maliciously, and others not.
Over the past two weeks, I have had the amazing opportunity to study Shakespeare's wonderfully tragic play "Othello". The story is about how the trust of a happily married couple is tested, leaving nothing but tragedy and bodies behind. While Othello did do the killing of his wife, I don't think he was the one who deserved the most blame. Iago, Othello's "friend" and trusted companion, steers Othello down a twisted road of lies and deceit. Iago puts the idea into Othello's mind that Desdemona is cheating while providing false proof of that. I think Iago deserves 50% of the blame. Othello, however, did commit murder, didn't listen to what Desdemona had to say, and never confronted Cassio. Therefore, Othello should get 25% of the blame. Desdemona did not tell Othello the truth about the lost handkerchief right away. She was not clear about her intentions. She did not deserve what happened to her, but she could have changed the severity if she was more open which is why she deserves 5% of the blame. Emelia stole the handkerchief from Desdemona and gave it to Iago. She deserves 10% of the blame for that. Finally, Cassio deserves 10% of the blame because he trusted Iago's tips of getting close to Desdemona. He did not think clearly about how getting close to another man's wife may look suspicious. He also willingly got drunk and was not careful in the decisions he made throughout the play. He was careless, especially with the handkerchief.
After watching Shakespeare's Othello, I feel that there are a few characters, in particular, that deserve the blame for the events that take place. Some characters unknowingly contribute to the tragedy and others know fully what they are doing. The amount of blame deserved for each character varies greatly. At 45%, the character deserving the greatest percentage of blame is Iago. He manipulates several characters and their actions throughout the entire novel. He is a liar with a great poker face. Othello also deserves some blame, but a little less at 25%. Othello is oblivious and irrational. He let his emotions take control, and only listened to Iago. Emilia unknowingly plays a huge role in Iago’s scheme by getting Desdemona’s handkerchief. In doing so, she unintentionally set off the fuse for this tragedy. For that, Emilia deserves 15% of the blame. Roderigo deserves 5% for his dedication to Iago’s cause. He did whatever Iago said. Cassio also deserves 5% of the blame. A big part of this is due to his excessive drinking. His bad habit made him careless as he passed Desdemona’s handkerchief down to Bianca. Desdemona deserves 5% for not standing up for herself right away when Othello accused her of cheating. If she would’ve been more upfront, maybe the situation would’ve cleared up.
Throughout the past 2 weeks, I have been able to study Shakespeare's play, "Othello." The play is about an entangled love triangle with many ups and downs in marriage, friendship, and trust. As it is classified as a tragedy, there are many people to blame for what happened. I feel that the person who deserves the most blame at 50% would be Iago. He is clearly the person who started the fire between everyone and kept up with all of the lies he created. He made everyone turn against each other so he could benefit himself. The person who I feel deserves the next amount of blame is Othello. I would give him about 30%. Othello is the one who killed Desdemona, which caused Emilia to die and him killing himself. Othello should have asked Desdemona more questions and really investigated the so-called affair with Cassio instead of just believing everything that Iago told him. I would give 5% of the blame for the tragedy. She did steal the handkerchief, however, she did not know the real reason why Iago wanted it so much. She also didn't realize how important it was to both Desdemona and Othello. I would hand Cassio about 10% of the blame. He is the one who indirectly started things between Othello and Desdemona, without realizing it. He shouldn't have trusted Iago so much and not become so close with Desdemona. The final 5% I would give to Roderigo. He was aware of his actions and how he was tearing apart Desdemona and Othello. He gave too much trust into Iago just so he could try and marry Desdemona, which we all knew would never work out.
After studying and watching Othello, there is a lot of blame to go around. The story is of a love triangle in love, marriage, friendship, and trust. The person deserving the most blame for the tragedy of Othello's death is Iago. Iago is the person who started the drama with everyone and went crazy lying. He wanted power so he makes everyone tear each other down. So, for this matter, I give Iago 60% blame. The second person deserving of blame is Othello himself. I would give Othello 20% blame because he killed Desdemona. Because he did this, Emilia died. Othello ended up taking his life soon after. Iago has Othello wrapped up in affair lies, and Othello acted upon them instead of talking things out. I think that Cassio deserves 10% of the blame, because he was an asset into the lies Iago told Othello. He pushed the fight between Othello and Desdemona. Cassio trusted in Iago too much. I would give 5% to Desdemona because she played an aid into the lies. She stole the handkerchief and trusted in Iago too much also. The final 5% blame I would give is to Roderigo. He trusted Iago just because he wanted to marry Desdemona, but she loved Othello.
Throughout the novel “Othello” by William Shakespeare, I have built a system of blame for the characters. Obviously, most of the blame goes to Iago with 60%. He is the soul mastermind of all the lies and manipulation. Iago is the only true villain in this play. This whole entire time he was doing these villainous things for his own advantages. Especially, when he took advantage of Roderigo by stealing his money into thinking that he was going to get Desdemona in the end. Roderigo gets 10% of the blame for being jealous of Othello and Desdemons’s marriage proposal. Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, also takes blame when he fills Othello’s thoughts of Desdemona cheating on him like she did to her own father. Brabantio takes 5% of the blame for being selfish. Othello will take 15% of the blame because he is the one that murders his wife. He is filled with lies and conspiracies from Iago that his wife and good friend were having an affair, but did not build up the courage to go and ask his wife himself. Leaving him with his wife’s blood on his hands. The last 3 characters have the least bit of blame: Desdemona, Emillia, and Cassio. Emilia, Iago’s wife, takes 4% of the blame. Fighting for her husband’s love and attention, Emilia takes Othello’s handkerchief and gives it to Iago. She had no idea of her Iago’s intentions of the handkerchief. Cassio and Emilia both take 3% because they were solely innocent in this ordeal, but both having the chances to take matters in their own hands to prove that they were not having an affair.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to read the novel Othello, written by William Shakespeare. This play is written about the life of Othello and the tragedy of his marriage as trust is lost. I think that Lago, Othello's friend, deserves most of the blame, around 40%. He gets Othello to think that his wife is cheating on him with false accusations. I think that Othello deserves 30% of the blame because he killed his wife. He did not listen to what she said and he never went to Cassio to get his side of the story. I think that Desdemona deserves around 15% of the blame because she did not tell the complete truth to Othello. While she did not deserve to get murdered, she could have told the truth and this would have changed the outcome. I think Emelia deserves 10% of the blame because she stole the handkerchief and gave it to Lago. Finally, I think Cassio deserves 5% of the blame because he wanted another man's wife and did not think this out completely. I think that all of these people deserved blame for what happened and if just one of these things changed, Desdemona would have lived.
Over the past few weeks, I have been able to read Shakespeare's play "Othello". This story is about what jealousy can do to someone. While reading this, I was able to see that each character in the wrong one way or another. When giving out blame, I believe that Iago deserves the most. I would give him 50% blame. Iago manipulates many of the characters throughout the book to get what he wants, and he is the one who gives Othello the idea that Desdemona is cheating. Othello would get 25% blame. He killed his wife Desdemona out of jealous rage. He never listened to Desdemona's side of the story and only believed the worse. 15% of the blame should go to Casio. Casio willingly got drunk, even though he knew the effect that alcohol had on him. Not only this, but he also got close to Desdemona, when he should have known that this would draw some suspicions. Emilia deserves 5% blame. She stole Desdemona's handkerchief and gave it to Iago even though she knew how important it was to Desdemona and Othello's relationship. Finally, the last 5% blame I would give to Desdemona. Desdemona did not do much wrong throughout the play. However, when she lost the handkerchief, she should have told Othello right away.
Over the past week, I have read and analyzed Shakespeare's play called Othello. There are many characters in this play that deserve blame. I believe that lago deserves at least around 35% of the blame because it was his idea to plot against Cassio and Othello. It was also his fault for spreading the rumor of Desdemona's cheating to Othello's mind. His partner in crime Roderigo deserves about 20% of the blame as he was the partner in the scheme. Othello should get about 25% because he committed murder, didn't listen to Desdemona, and never confronted Cassio. Desdemona only deserves about 5% of the blame because she did not tell Othello the truth about the lost handkerchief, she was not clear about her intentions. Desdemona did not deserve what happened to her. And Emilia and Cassio deserve about 10% of the blame.
After watching and reading William Shakespeare's play “Othello”, I have been able to study it immensely. One thing that I have been able to pick out is the amount of blame one should hold for the tragedy that occurred. Without always knowing, some of the plays characters contribute to it but others know very well what they are doing. For me, I believe that Iago would have to take up around 50% of the blame. He is a true villain here and he started the tragedy and kept it advancing. I would give Othello around 20% of the blame. He let his emotions get the best of him while also listening to the villain, Iago. Emilia deserves 15% percent of the blame. She unknowingly played a large part of Iago's plan when she steals the handkerchief. Cassio and Rodrigo both get 5% of the blame. Rodrigo was dedicated to Iago and Cassio’s drinking problems played a role in this. He gave the handkerchief to Bianca without thinking. Lastly, Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame. This is because she did not stand up for herself at the beginning. If she would have, maybe it would have changed the situation.
Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to watch, read, and analyze William Shakespears play “Othello”. A play about a general, Othello, who is in love and marries Desdemona but is deceived by his friend Lago. Othello is quickly filled with jealousy destroying his marriage. After deeply studying this play I have put together a ranking for the amount of blame I think each character should receive. The character that I believe deserves the most blame is Lago with 40%. I believe Lago should have such a high percentage of blame because he is the one who causes Othello to believe that he is being cheated on. Othello and Roderigo should each receive 20% blame. Othello with 20% because he loses control of his emotions and kills Desdemona. Roderigo with 20% as he acts with Lago assisting his plan as he too is in love with Desdemona. Emilia with 8% blame as she gave Desdemona's handkerchief to Lago. Cassio with 8% as he is carelessly drunk and believes everything Lago tells him. Finally Desdemona with 4% blame as she does almost nothing to calm down Othello.
Othello is a play that needs to be studied. It relates to humans as we all lose trust in people because of what others say. The play was well written, but it helped to watch it as well to see what was exactly going on between all the characters. The killing of Desdemona was a group effort. Not one person was responsible, but many were. Some characters thought they were just helping Lago out in the story when in reality they were apart of the murder. Personally, I believe that Lago is most responsible, so I’d give him about 40% of the blame. Lago was just evil and would do whatever it took to get what he wanted. Although Lago didn’t physically kill Desdemona, he was a huge influence in making Othello do so. Othello would deserve about 30% of the blame. He was the one that actually did the action of killing, so that’s why he has a higher percentage. Othello lets Lago convince him that his wife was cheating on him with Cassio. He let this really get to his head where killing his own wife seemed like the only option. Emilia deserves about 15% of the blame because she handed off the handkerchief knowing what she was doing. The handkerchief was the breaking point for Othello when he saw that Cassio somehow got a hold of it. Desdemona deserves about 10% of the blame because she didn’t try that hard to make her husband believe her. Also, she lost the handkerchief that Othello gave to her and kept it a secret for a short amount of time. Desdemona needed to be honest with her husband. She didn’t think that she would end up getting killed from hiding that I assume. Lastly, I’d give Cassio and Rodrigo each 2.5%. Both had small roles in this murder but were overall apart of Lago’s plan. Honestly, the blame is hard to say for each of these characters. Either way, each was responsible somehow, so they all played a part no matter how big or small.
Othello is full of characters that all deserve some blame for the trouble and murders that happened. I think that Iago deserves a majority of the blame at 60%. He is the villain in the story and this is apparent when he manipulates the minds of other characters to make them believe certain things. His partner in many of Iago's games is Roderigo. Roderigo is doing everything out of love for Desdemona, so he only deserves 10%. Othello deserves 15% of the blame. Although Iago's lies were very convincing, he didn't have to believe anything he was saying. He should have trusted Desdemona more and not have acted out of jealousy. 5% of the blame goes to Cassio because he got drunk which made him very careless especially with the handkerchief. Iago would have never been able to plant the handkerchief if Emilia did not get it from Desdemona, so she also gets 5%. Desdemona also gets 5% because she was not very truthful and could have stuck up for herself more when Othello killed her.
Othello is a well-known and very well written classic of William Shakespeare himself. It is full of detail and unique characters that create a masterful tragedy. On the topic of blame, there are a few ways to look at it. Either you can single out the root of the problem and blame them and only them or look at how the wrongdoings were spread and share the blame there. It would be simple to blame Iago for unearthing the idea of manipulating false motives onto characters which inevitably gets the ball rolling. However, if everyone chose to do the right thing despite his actions, then we would not have a story, would we? So there is blame all around. Iago deserves 50% of the blame. Othello puts his trust towards Iago where he shouldn't have. He carried out the action without a moral compass strong enough to stop him. Othello should receive 20% of the blame. Rodrigo's motivation is Desdemona but should have been aware of what he was really doing, therefore he receives 10% of the blame. Cassio is too susceptible to Iago's tricks and also carelessly gets drunk which makes him more susceptible. Cassio should receive 10%. And lastly, Emelia stole the handkerchief which grants her 10%.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been reading the eye-opening play Othello by William Shakespeare. Othello and Desdemona are a newlywed couple, but over time trust issues stir the pot and dent the marriage turning it into a heartbreaking tragedy. Iago, Othello's friend, goes behind Othello's back and is the one that started the plan to break up the relationship between Othello and Desdemona so he should receive 55% of the blame. Iago is the evil person in this situation and prescribes the plan to destroy the marriage. He tricks Othello into thinking that Desdemona is having an affair with someone else just to capture the love of her. Othello and Roderigo both deserve 15% of the blame. Othello deserves the blame because he let Iago deceive him into thinking there was an affair without consulting. Othello also killed his wife Desdemona. Roderigo deserves his blame because he is Iago's partner in crime. Roderigo had to have known that something bad was going to happen and should have seen the evil coming from Iago. Lastly, Emilia deserves 10% and Desdemona deserves 5%. Emilia deserves her blame for stealing the handkerchief, even though she might not have known what was happening she played a huge role. Desdemona did nothing to comfort her husband Othello and made the whole situation worse.
Over the past week or so I have been able to further study the play Othello and learn more about Shakespear. It has been interesting to learn about him through his plays and studying them. While looking over the play, I have been able to think about who really gets the blame for the tragedy that happened in this play. To me, I would give Lago 50% of the blame. He purposely lied about Othello and it was up to him to begin all of this anyways. He planted the seed in Othello's mind that Desdemona was cheating and ruined his life. Speaking of Othello, I believe that he deserves 25% of the blame. He was the one that actually comitted the crime to murder Desdemona and this caused Emilia to kill himself. Finally, characters that get the least amount of blame. Roderigo, I think he deserves 10%. He knew what he was doing, and helped Lago get his job done. Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame. I think that she is guilty because she never really defended herself and acted passively. She allowed Othello to act without defending herself. Finally, I think that Emillia and Cassio both deserve 5%. They both acted poorly throughout the play and their actions overall helped Lago achieve his goal and resulted in many deaths that were unnecessary.
Recently I have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare’s play Othello. This tragedy examines the power of jealousy, racism, and manipulation. The tragic death-filled ending to the play can be blamed on a variety of characters. Iago deserves the largest portion of blame at 40%. Iago is the evil mastermind behind much of the plot. Iago’s own jealousy drives him to manipulate other characters for his own gain and others’ suffering. Othello also deserves 25% of the blame. Othello allowed his jealousy to take control and wrongfully murdered his wife based on rumors. Emilia deserves 10% of the blame for getting Desdemona’s handkerchief. Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame as well for helping Iago with the plot. Cassio deserves 5% of the blame for being careless with alcohol and getting obliviously close to Desdemona. Lastly, Desdemona deserves the remaining 10% for not being aggressive enough in her defense. I feel like Desdemona could have been more outspoken that she was innocent and made an effort for some proof or explanations.
I have had the absolute privilege over the past couple weeks to read one of Shakespeare's many great plays, Othello. This is a tragic play that was masterfully written. In this story, a couple has run off and is happy together, but jealousy gets in the way of that. Another man gets feelings messes everything up. I believe that Lago is 60% to blame for all the problems in this story. He instigates all the problems and he is the mastermind behind making Othello believe that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. However, he is not all to blame for this. Othello has some part in this as well. He has 25% of the blame. Yes, he is the one getting tricked so it is not all on him. Othello made a very rash decision in killing his wife. He got lost in his own feelings and was not rational at all. Roderigo also played his part in this. He deserves 10% of the blame. Roderigo was the one that was also in love with Desdemona and was pretty much Lago's sidekick. Cassio also was involved, even though he may not have realized it. Michael Cassio has 5% of the blame. he was played like a sucker by Lago and was viewed as the "other man" by Othello.
During the recent weeks, I have had the opportunity to read Shakespeare's play Othello. As I have read this, I have come to be able to rank characters based on their roles in the play. I believe that some characters are knowingly for blame, while others participate with blame unknowingly. The murder was a group effort though, and the blame can't be put completely on one character. The evil Lago didn't physically kill, he is still mostly behind all of it and therefore I would give him 60% of the blame. The next on the list would be Othello. He used his own jealousy to fill his thoughts which resulted in the murder of his wife. I would give him 20% of the blame. The rest of the characters helped all in their own way with the plot, and therefore are also involved and deserve some of the blame. Roderigo deserves 5% of the blame for his carelessness. Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio also deserve 5% of the blame because they helped in their own ways as well.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to read and study William Shakespeare's tragic play, Othello. This tragedy is masterfully written by Shakespeare. Jealousy intrudes on a happy relationship between Othello and Desdemona. The tragic ending of the play can be blamed on a multitude of characters. I believe that lago should receive most of the blame. lago is the mastermind behind the play. He deserves 40% of the blame due to his jealousy that drives him to manipulate most of the characters. Othello, in my opinion, deserves 20% of the blame because he allowed his jealousy to take control of him which lead to him murdering his own wife. I then believe that Desdemona deserves around 15% due to the fact that she did not defend herself. In my opinion, she could have spoken up a little more about her innocence. I then believe that both Emilia and Roderigo deserve 10% of the blame each. Emilia gets Desdemona's handkerchief. Roderigo gets the 10% because he helped lago with his plot. Finally, I believe Cassio deserves 5% of the blame because he got drunk and got to close to Desdemona.
Throughout the past week, I have had the opportunity to read/watch the tragic events of Othello play out written by William Shakespeare. Jealousy plays a major role in all of this and is seen largely in one of the main characters, Othello. He deserves around 30% of the blame due to him murdering his wife. He let his feelings and jealousy take hold of him and not was not thinking reasonably before killing his own wife. This jealousy and fear are sparked by Iago, who I believe deserve most of the blame, 55%. He was the evil mastermind behind the whole plan and he manipulated and tricked multiple characters. He wants to steal Desdemona and in the end, is in the wrong for her death. I then believe that Rodrigo then deserves around 10%. He was Iago's partner in most of the play and he should have seen that nothing good was going to come out of the situation. Emila and Desdemona can split the rest of the blame of 5% because Emilia should not have taken Desdemona's handkerchief and Desdemona should have stood up for herself more and taken more of an effort to prove her love for Othello.
So many people deserve blame for what happened in the book of Othello. Many of the characters played a small part, but the small parts snowballed into the death of many. I think that Brabantio and Cassio deserve 5% of the blame. Brabantio is 5% to blame because he planted the seed into Othello's head. He said that his daughter was unfaithful to him, and she will be unfaithful to Othello. Even though Othello acted so strong, it started the doubt of his wife's loyalty. Cassio deserves 5% because he was very flirty with Desdemona to try to get on Othello's good side (Desdemona can convince Othello to get Cassio his rank back). He should have instead been talking to Othello or earning his rank back instead of listening to Iago and flirting. Next, I believe Desdemona and Emilia deserve 10% of the blame. Desdemona deserves 10% of the blame because she was not honest about losing her handkerchief. If she would have told Othello the truth, maybe he would have believed her and understand that someone took it. Emilia deserves 10% because she is the one to steal the handkerchief, but I gave her only 10% because she did it to feel loved by her husband and felt so guilty when Desdemona died. Othello deserves 25% of the blame because he chose to believe Iago, who wasn't even his closest friend, about Desdemona and Cassio instead of trusting his wife like he said to Brabantio. He also is the one who acted out the most by killing Desdemona and himself. Finally, Iago deserves 45% of the blame because he planned it all. He planned for Cassio and Desdemona to be close, Emilia to steal the handkerchief, and having Othello believing everything he said. Iago was the whole planner which makes him one to blame the most, but it only worked because everyone did what he said which makes them guilty as well.
I have had the opportunity to read William Shakespeare's Othello. There are many characters throughout the play that deserves blame, but some stand out more than others. First of all, Iago deserves around 55% of the blame. He is the one who deceived Othello into thinking that Desdemona was cheating on him. Iago is a very corrupt man who doesn't like Othello. Iago constantly seduces Rodrigo as well as others throughout the play. Othello also deserves quite a bit of blame, I would say around 30% of the blame. He decides that he is going to believe Iago, a man who is known for being tricky and corrupt. He lets his jealousy get to him, ultimately leading to his death. Emilia, Desdemona, and Rodrigo together deserve 10% of the blame. Emilia is the one who steals the handkerchief. Rodrigo helps Iago throughout the play. Desdemona should have been way more aggressive in defending her innocence. Cassio deserves the last 5% because he also helps in his own way.
Over the past week, I have been reading William Shakespeare's Othello—it is a little hard to follow at times, but I have enjoyed it. Throughout the play, it is clear that there is a fair share of blame to be handed out to the characters. In my opinion, Iago does deserve the most blame at 45%. He is the main problem throughout the play as he continually is plotting against Othello and was the one to start the entire ordeal. Roderigo was no better. Although he was not the brains of the plan, he did help Iago carry out the evil deeds—20%. Othello is also not entirely innocent. I give him 25% of the blame due to the fact that he did not control his emotions when Iago got in his head. He would not have had to kill anyone if he had would have asked other people and checked the validity of Iago’s story. 5% belongs to Cassio because he drank irresponsibly even when he knew how alcohol affected him. Unknowing of Iago’s plan, Emilia gave Iago Desdemona's handkerchief—5%. She had Cassio only receive 5% each because they did minor things that had more impact than they knew would come about.
After the past couple of weeks of reading William Shakespeare's Othello, I have determined who deserves to be blamed the most all the way to the least. I think the leading two for blame are Othello and Iago. I would say that Iago deserves 60% of the blame because he is the one who created the plan of tricking Othello to believe that Desdemona is cheating on him. He ensured that everything would be believable in Othello's eyes and made sure stories lined up on other ends. I also believe that Othello deserves a lot of blame; although, not as much as Iago who sort of made him act in a poor way. I give Othello 20% of the blame because he acted poorly after he let his feelings get to him. Oddly, Othello lets the mask get pulled over his eyes by Iago and trusted him after some time. I give Cassio and Emilia each 5% of the blame because Cassio acted flirty around Desdemona and Emilia took the handkerchief. Both of these things added to the credibility of Iago to Othello, so they deserve a little blame. I think Desdemona deserves 10% of the blame because she lied about losing the handkerchief he gave her and that meant a lot to Othello. I think that really convinced Othello that Iago was right.
From analyzing the movie during the zooms and on my own time, I have concluded that multiple characters deserve blame. The thing that takes the overall blame is envy. Jealously was what allowed this butterfly effect to happen. From the power of jealously, Othello murdered his wife. With this action, listening to jealousy, and not understanding the whole situation Othello deserves about 15% of the blame. One who was empowered by this jealously was Lago. Lago caused all the characters to act out of their normal and listen to the dangerous effects of envy. He filled Roderigo with the promise of being with Desdemona and filled Othello's head with the idea his wife has been unfaithful to him. Which the only reason why Lago does not deserve all the blame is that everyone acted out on their acts and did not resist the urge of envy. So I give Lago 60% of the blame. Next, I believe Desdemona deserves some blame for her death. She could have been more clear in her explanation of the handkerchief. If she was honest, Othello would have believed in his wife and most likely would not have murdered her. So I believe she deserves 10% of the blame. Next, I believe Emilia deserves 4% of the blame due to her stealing the handkerchief which sparked Othello to act out. She does not deserve so much blame due to her own story of her unloving and evil husband. One person who made Othello question his wife's loyalty was Brabantio. He put the idea into Othello's head by saying that Desdemona cheated on him so she will do the same to Othello. With this, I believe Brabantio deserves 8% of the blame. The last 3% goes to Cassio. Cassio followed and listened to Lago's instructions by flirting with Desdemona. This act only made Othello more suspicious and question his wife more.
I have had the opportunity of reading Shakespeare's play, Othello. While reading this play, I have had many mixed emotions. There is no doubt that Iago started everything, but it is everyone else's reactions that start a domino effect. Therefore, the blame cannot be placed on just Iago. The jealousy and emotions that the characters gather are from their own minds, and Iago just simply places doubt. I would still give Iago the majority of the blame at 55%. He was the mastermind behind this plan and ruined their lives because of his greed. He also lied to Othello by giving him false "proof" and telling him that Cassio was talking about Desdemona in his sleep. He also planted the handkerchief in Cassio's room, which was more "proof". The handkerchief was stolen by his wife, Emilia, which brings her blame to 10%. She did not know why she was stealing it, but without her, the plan would have not worked as well. Roderigo deserves blame as well because he unknowingly carried out Iago's plan. I would give him 15% because he still followed through with Iago's plan. I feel Othello deserves blame because he acted off of fake proof instead of trusting his wife and talking it out. He listened to his emotions instead of thinking it through. Therefore, I would give him 15%. I would give Desdemona 2.5%, because she lost the handkerchief when she knew how important it was to Othello. I would give Cassio the last 2.5%, because he was irresponsibly drinking and went to Desdemona instead of Othello, which sealed Othello's doubt.
I would love to say that Iago deserves 100% of the blame because to me that would be the easiest method, and everything can be traced back to him. However, I won't do that, and I will split it up. Starting off, I am going to give Iago 51% of the blame. He deserves a majority out of that 100% because his seeds of jealousy and doubt are responsible for everything. Secondly, I feel Othello deserves 30% of the blame. Even though he was under the effects of Iago, he still didn't make an attempt to talk to or listen to Desdemona or Cassio. He blindly trusted Iago and plotted to kill Cassio. Then he murdered his wife. The only reason he doesn't have the majority blame is that he was under Iago's influence. Next, I feel like Emilia earns 10% of the blame. While she didn't explicitly know Iago's plans, everything was set into motion when she stole Desdemona's handkerchief. She didn't know the malicious intent behind it and did it to please her husband, but she still stole it which led to Cassio's attack and Desdemona's death. The remaining 9% I feel should go to Roderigo. He was so lost in love with Desdemona that he was easily manipulated. Also, he did reveal the marriage plot to Brabantio and he attacked Cassio. I feel like Desdemona and Cassio deserve 0% because they were only victims of circumstance. They just went about their normal lives and were destroyed in the end because of it. They deserve no blame in my eyes.
Over the course of reading the difficult writing style of William Shakespeare, Othello has provided me with a great story and an entertaining ending. I would rank the characters and their blame as such: Iago- 30%, Roderigo- 25%, Emilia- 25%, Othello- 10%, Cassio- 5%, and Desdemona- 5%. I give Iago the most blame, because he is clearly the villain of the story, and if it weren't for him, the play would have been a lot less tragic. I give Roderigo 25%, because he was Iago's accomplice and let his emotions for Desdemona ruin himself, all the while taking down the other men in the play. Emilia gets 25% of the blame, because she gave Desdemona's sacred handkerchief away, which gave Othello the wrong impression and allowed Othello to get jealous and act irrationally. Had she not given it away, Iago would have had a much harder time being the evil soul that he is. This being said, I give Othello 10% of the blame, because if he would have realized that Iago was trying to destroy him, he would not have given into the temptation of jealousy. If he would have disregarded Iago's word and just trusted his wife, everything would have been just fine. It is easy to see why Othello would act out so irrationally, however. Desdemona gets 5% of the blame, because she could have prevented a lot fo the killing by just letting Othello know how innocent she was right away, instead of not saying much at all. Finally, Cassio gets 5% of the blame, because he added some fuel to the fire by getting drunk when he knows he shouldn't have.
There are many different ways where blame can be pointed in this play. It entails a lot of secrets and dishonesty between one another. I would give Iago the most blame because he is the main villain in the play and intends to turn people against one another the whole time. He deserves 60% of the blame. I think Othello deserves 10% of the blame for actually murdering his wife. He fell for Iago's tricks and the jealousy took over. I think Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame because he kept giving Iago money to mess with everyone in hopes of winning over Desdemona. I think Emilia deserves 15% of the blame because she gave away the handkerchief and pushed Othello to become more envious and fill with fury. I think that Desdemona is partially responsible to blame for her death too. She is blamed for 5% because she didn't stand up for herself when Othello came to her about cheating and she didn't say much to stop him.
Upon the reading of Shakespeare's well-known tragedy, Othello, readers are presented with many reasons to accuse and assert blame on certain characters throughout the play. The most deserving of the highest blame percentage is Iago. While many characters took part in degrading Othello and his love for Desdemona, Iago was the only character to implement these pains into Desdemona, Othello, Cassio, Roderigo, and Emilia. Due to his clever acts of evil and deception which ultimately resulted in the death of four people, Iago deserves 80%, if not more of the blame. Emilia deserves about 5% of the blame from her quick action of stealing the handkerchief that stood as a symbol for the love between Desdemona and Othello. Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame with her lack of blatant information on her remaining truthful to Othello and not partaking in an affair with Cassio. Cassio deserves 5% of the blame for his inability to talk with Othello about Desdemona and how they simply remain friends, but due to Iago's deception and use of alcohol, Cassio lost more than a friendship and rank with Othello. Othello deserves 5% of the blame as he is the result of his wife's death. Without communication between the couple, Othello assumed and relied on Iago's words as the truth rather than his own spouse. Iago was a mastermind at manipulating others such as Roderigo and Cassio to turn against each other and allow himself to rank higher on Othello's trustworthy friends list.
William Shakespeare's Othello is a tragedy surrounding a newly-wed couple and jealousy. Although no wrong was committed, a whole conspiracy took place ending in several deaths. The blame belongs to many of the characters including Iago, Othello, Emelia, Cassio, Roderigo, and Desdemona. Iago deserves most of the blame (40%) as he is the one who started the line of jealousy. He does everything in his power to make Othello believe Desdemona is cheating on him. He asks Emelia to steal a prized possession, causes Cassio to become drunk, and coaches Roderigo to pick fights. Next, Othello deserves 20% of the blame. He believes Iago is telling the truth and doesn’t listen to his wife. If he would have called for Cassio as Desdemona asked, many lives could have been saved. He let his emotions get the best of him instead of listening to reason. Both Cassio and Roderigo deserve 15% of the blame. Cassio listened to Iago and got drunk which caused him to lose his position. To regain it, Iago coached him to talk to Desdemona which caused Othello to become more jealous. Throughout the play, Roderigo listens to Iago for advice to get Desdemona which helps Iago attain his goal. Lastly, both Emelia and Desdemona deserve 5% of the blame. Emelia steals the handkerchief from Desdemona and gives it to Iago. Her intentions were not to harm anyone, but that is exactly what happened as a result of her actions. Desdemona lies to Othello when she claims she knows where the handkerchief is. If she had told him that she had misplaced it somehow maybe everything would have turned out better.
Shakespeare's Othello is a great tragedy that the plot has many specific points to cause for all the major problems to occur. Many characters are at cause for the final tragic ending. Blame can be assigned to almost every character. Blame can be assigned to Iago, Cassio, Othello, Roderigo, Emilia, and Desdemona. In my opinion, Iago deserves 50% of the blame because his jealousy caused him to want to ruin the moor. He is the one who gave Cassio the handkerchief and was the one whispering in everyone's ear. Othello receives 20% of the blame because he fell into Iago's trap and he falls to jealousy. He never gives Desdemona a chance to tell her side of the story. 15% of the blame falls on Cassio. Cassio is the ignition in the chain. When he drinks too much wine he loses his position and starts to spend more time with Desdemona to get it back. Roderigo, Emila, and Desdemona all receive 5% of the blame. Roderigo's desire for Desdemona causes him to play as Iago's puppet and will do anything he says. Emilia acquires blame because she gives Iago the handkerchief that turns Othello against Desdemona. Finally, Desdemona deserves her 5% because she is careless with the handkerchief and leaves it for Emilia to pick up
In the play Othello written by William Shakespeare, multiple characters all play a role in a plot to bring down Othello. Of the many characters, Iago is the one who deserves the most blame (50%). In the play, Iago is the evil mastermind and the original creator of the plan, arguably making him the most important character in the entire play. Next to earn the bulk of the blame are Iago's affiliates: Roderigo, Brabanzio, and his wife, Emilia. Roderigo was one of Desdemona's suitors before Othello married her and becomes employed by Iago to help in the plan to bring down Othello by attempting to murder Cassio. Roderigo allows himself to be controlled by his jealousy and, therefore, deserves about 15% of the blame. Brabantio also deserves about 15% of the blame because he sided with Iago by going against Othello. Emilia is the last character to deserve the remaining blame (20%) because of her handing off Desdemona's handkerchief to Iago, even though she was initially ignorant of the impact of her actions.
Othello has proved to be a very interesting play. It has a very interesting plot and all the characters come together to form a great story. The blame of the characters can vary from act to act as well. Based on Act III, Iago deserves 55% of the blame, Emelia deserves 5%, Desdemona deserves 10%, and Othello deserves 20%, and Cassio deserves the remaining 10%. Iago deserves over half the blame. Throughout the entire play, he is a very key character in all the chaos. In Act III, he tells Emelia to steal the handkerchief and tells Othello lies about his wife. In the other Acts of the play, he also tries to influence others in unfortunate ways and is quite good at succeeding. Emelia only deserves 10% because she is just doing as she is told. during this time period, women didn't really have the rights or recognition they deserved, she was doing what she could in order to survive. Desdemona also deserves some of the blame for lying to her husband. She could've told the truth and they could've uncovered Iago's conspiracy together. Instead, she lied and told him that she'd bring it to him because she knew where it was when she had no clue what-so-ever where it was. Then we come to Othello. He deserves 20% for listening to Iago over his wife. He also should be blamed because he isn't putting his trust in his wife to do the right thing. Lastly, Cassio deserves 10% of the blame because he took Iago's advice to talk to Desdemona and therefore made Othello more jealous which then lead to Iago's story to seem true to Othello. In the play and in life, the blame can be given to whomever people want to blame. It is whether or not people decide to believe the innocent person or not.
Blame can be thrown to tons of people throughout the story. They all took part in some evil, envious, or rude way at one part or another. This play contains a lot of secrets, lies, and jealousy so it isn't hard to find the blame for multiple people. I would definitely give Iago 60% of the blame because he clearly is the villain in this story. He is constantly stirring the pot and causing more drama. All he cares about is himself which makes him extremely selfish. I believe that Othello deserves at least 10% of the blame because he murdered his own wife. He fell for Iago's schemes and did everything Iago told him to do. Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame because he was always giving Iago money to mess with everyone just so he could win Desdemona over. He was essentially working with Iago. I think Emilia should get 15% of the blame because she gave away the handkerchief and made Othello more angry and upset. I think that Desdemona should get 5% because she just let Othello talk to her that way and didn't stick up for herself and tell Othello the truth.
Over the last few weeks, I had the brilliant opportunity to read and watch Shakespeare's Othello. This is a very entertaining and interesting story. After studying the story I had one question that I had to think of... who's fault was it? After lots of thinking I finally came to a conclusion. Iago is clearly the villain of the story and deserves the most blame. He should get 50% of the blame for this. He was constantly manipulative of the others and was greedy and was just thinking about himself. Othello himself should also be held somewhat accountable for this because he was blind and only listened to Iago and let his emotions get the best of him. For this, he should be he deserves 20% of the blame. He did not need to kill Desdemona and he should have talked it out with her and made sure and see if she was actually cheating on him or not. Emilia is the next one that has a portion of the blame. I think that she should be accountable for 15% of the blame. This is because she was the one who had taken that handkerchief and gave it to her evil husband Iago. Also, she failed to just tell that to Othello and could have helped stop his suspicion and emotion. Her stealing this was one of the main points to help Iago with his mischief. Lastly, there is Roderigo, Cassio, and Desdemona, who each deserve 5% of the blame. These all were minor in this but there are still factors that had contributed. Cassio should have been a little less friendly with Desdemona and maybe have had a better relationship with Othello. Roderigo should have not tried to pay Iago for his "help" and should not have just listened to everything that he said. Finally, Desdemona should have stood up for herself a little bit and just explained that she lost the handkerchief. She wasn't very convincing that she didn't do it she should have made it very clear that she wasn't having an affair. That is how I feel the blame should have been separated.
As I analyze Othello's play by Shakespear there are multiple characters that deserve blame. I think Lago deserves 60% of the blame because he is the character that was the villain from the very start of the play. He started everything and was the main mastermind of what went down. I would give Othello 20%. He was the one who physically did the killing. If it weren't for Lago messing with Othello I don't know if he would have done the killing though. Roderigo deserves 5% because he also had some part in it but I don't think it was a major part. The other characters play a small part in creating joyously and problems. I would give the characters Desdemona 5%, Cassio 5%, and Emilia 5% .
There is not just one character that is 100% to blame for. I think all the characters play some part in leading to what eventually happened. There was a lot of jealousy and hate throughout the whole play. A tragedy occurred that everyone took part in.
Over the last few weeks, I have been able to analyze William Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The play is about Othello and the tragedy of his marriage. After falling in love and marrying Desdemona, he is betrayed by his friend Lago. It is clear that there are many characters in the story that deserve some blame. I have devised a ranking system that displays how much blame each character should receive. First, the character that deserves the least amount of blame is Desdemona at 2%. She never speaks out to defend herself and doesn’t try to calm down Othello. She doesn’t do much wrong, so she deserves the least amount of blame. Next is Emilia at 8% blame. She gives the handkerchief of Desdemona to Lago. Cassio is next with 10% blame. He is always drunk and listens to anything Lago tells him. Next is Roderigo with 15% blame. He is an assistant for Lago and helps him with the plan. Othello is next at 25%. Othello can’t control his emotions and gets so mad that he kills Desdemona. Finally, the person that deserves the most blame should be Lago. Lago is the one who devised the plan that makes Othello feel like Desdemona is cheating on him. If Lago didn’t do this, none of this would have happened.
In this past week, I have had the chance to read and comprehend Othello, one of William Shakespeare's classic plays. The main character of the play, aptly named Othello, is first presented to be happy and recently wedded. However, he soon attempts to undo his marriage after being told many things by other characters. Iago is most at fault for ruining Othello's life. He came up with the idea of Desdemona's betraying her loving husband, telling only him that she was committing adultery. he earns himself a hefty 40% of the blame, as it's clear his intent was chaos and bloodshed. His partner in crime, Roderigo, deserves a lot of blame as well. He desperately wanted to have Desdemona for himself, so much that he'd help awful things planned by Iago. He deserves a good 25% for carelessly destroying a relationship. Overall, both have 65% of the blame, because of their evil actions. Othello himself is third in line for the blame. He let himself believe these lies rather than use truth and reasoning about his wife. He did not have to kill her either, he simply could have let her go. He gains 20% of the blame here. Emilia sort of helped with Iago's actions, but did not plan to hurt the couple. She earns herself a good 10% of the blame. Cassio, the final character to blame, gets 5% for turning a blind eye and getting drunk, the least offence in all of the chaos. It's very clear to me that Iago deserves a lot of blame here, Roderigo deserving almost as much as well for his help.
Over the past week, I have read most of Shakespeare's well-known play "Othello." This play centers around the tragedy of an alleged affair between a wife and husband. When dividing the blame percentage around the main characters, I would immediately throw 45% of the blame on Iago. Iago spends a large part of the play sneaking around, outsmarting Othello, Roderigo, Cassio, and even his own wife. Iago played Othello by making him think Desdemona (his wife) was having an affair with Cassio, when, in reality, they were just friends. Iago goes as far as to take the handkerchief that is a love connection between Othello and Desdemona and plants it in Cassio's quarters. Because Emilia stole the handkerchief which was used as a tool to convince Othello there was an affair, I would allot 10% of the blame to her. I believe Othello deserves at least 15% of the blame because he believed the alleged affair fairly quickly and ended up killing his wife. Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame because he helps Iago by paying him and believing everything Iago says because he was madly in love with Desdemona. Desdemona would get 5% of the blame because she really wasn't having an affair but never stood up to Othello to tell him the truth. Lastly, I would give Cassio 15% of the blame because he takes Iago's advice and tries to befriend Desdemona which starts the whole tragedy.
In William Shakespeare's "Othello", each main character obviously holds a percentage of blame in what happens throughout the play. I will start with the smallest amount of blame and work my way to the greatest. I believe that Desdemona deserves only 2% of the blame. She really had no idea what was happening in slandering her name and the few actions she made that worsened the situation, were from the good of her heart. I gave Emilia 5% of blame because she was just as innocent in her actions as Desdemona but giving Iago the handkerchief had a far more drastic effect on Othello. I feel like Emilia should have had somewhat of an idea about how two-sided her husband can be. Next, Cassio has 8% of the blame. He should not have let Iago convince him to drink while standing guard. He let his emotions get the better of him and was used often to convince Othello of his wrongdoing. I gave Roderigo 10% of the blame. He trusted Iago and did whatever Iago said. This included upsetting Cassio. He then even had doubts about Iago but still did nothing about it in the end. Othello has 25% of the blame because he really let Iago play up his doubts. He trusted Iago over his best friend and wife. He placed blame without investigating for himself and always took Iago's word for everything. Finally, Iago has 50% of the blame. None of this would have happened if Iago was not present. He did everything for his own advantage.
While Shakespeare may have been warning his audience about the dangers of envy and irrational decision-making through his script, I feel that he was also testifying to mankind's primitive nature with the creation of "Othello." As a society, we like to believe that there are good people and then there are bad people, and the line between them is so thick that it'll never be crossed. We fail to understand that when pushed far enough, how easily we can commit the vile acts we judge others for. That being said, I have a hard time believing that there are truly innocent characters in the play, as they all carry some guilt.
Iago (50%) - There's no doubt he's the mastermind behind the whole ordeal and such a calculated personality proves that regardless of who the characters are or how the plot is meant to go down, he was always going to be the sole perpetrator.
Othello (20%) - He was irrational, untrusting, and jealous...all cause for some serious insecurities and a doomed relationship. If it wasn't Cassio, it would have been someone else.
Brabantio (12%) - Accusing your daughter of infidelity against her husband (before she ever has a chance to prove you otherwise) because she "cheated on you" is weird. This line is definitely what put those doubts and thoughts in Othello's head in the first place.
Roderigo (10%) - I think Roderigo was probably a very insecure man to begin with, that when a "tough guy" like Iago offers to help him with his middle-school crush, it was the perfect way for him to feel more empowered. Truthfully, Roderigo was too blind with lust to see his own stupidity.
Cassio (5%) - I mean...what kind of advice is flirting with your boss's wife to get on good terms with him? Grow up, Cassio.
Emilia (2%) - Knowing that she was in an unhealthy relationship and that Iago was less than an honorable figure, stealing from her mistress for affection seems counterproductive. Regardless of whether she knew the importance of the handkerchief or not, how could she not be suspicious of her husband's knowledge of its minute details or his extreme desire to have it?
Desdemona (1%) - Understanding the time period and women's "role" in history makes it difficult to judge Desdemona for not standing up for herself more, especially as she maintained her stance of innocence throughout the entire play. Had she been firmer with Othello earlier in the plot, however, I think the likelihood of her seeing the conclusion would have been far greater.
Following this past week of reading and analyzing Shakespeare's "Othello," I have done my best to study it immensely from beginning to end. If I could summarize it in a sentence, I would say that a couple becomes very happy together but jealousy gets in the way. I would have to say that Lago is 65% to blame just because he is essentially the problem in the story or the "mastermind" and he instigates everything. He is the reason that Othello thinks that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Although Othello is the one getting played through all of this, he does have about 20% of the blame in my opinion. Since he was being tricked I think it confused him to the point where he wasn't always thinking at his best, leading to him having some of the blame. Roderigo also deserves some blame for this because he was Othello's "sideman" if you will, and he was also in love with Desdemona which never ends well. We will give him 5%. Cassio also deserves 5% of the blame. Giving the advice to flirt with the boss's wife to get on his good side is terrible advice. And then I think we have to give Desdemona 5% blame as well. Of course, it would be hard for her to stand up for herself during these times, but since she didn't I think she deserves a little of the blame.
The play "Othello" is an example of how mankind can be so irrational and mislead so easily. Sometimes, our emotions dominate our rational thinking skills and can become a crucial weakness in our biology. Although emotions are important and shouldn't be ignored, in desperate times we have to rely on our logic and the facts presented to us. The tragedy of "Othello" cannot be blamed on one single person because almost all of the characters had a role of negligence or intent.
Iago 50% - Obviously, Iago deserves a large majority of the blame because he was the mastermind of the evil plot to destroy Othello and Desdemona's marriage. He manipulated and lied so many of the characters in order to achieve his selfish, jealous, and hateful reasons.
Roderigo 25%- Roderigo deserves a large part to blame because he was basically Iago's henchman through the play. He knew about the entire plot to destroy the marriage and wanted to help because he was jealous of Othello and wanted Desdemona.
Othello 10%- Othello deserves a fairly decent amount of blame for his own tragedy because of his stupidity. As a leader, he was too trusting and emotional for his own good. However, he did murder his own wife rather than trying to solve their imaginary problem with a conversation.
Cassio 5%- Cassio deserves a small portion of the blame for getting drunk and stabbing Montano. Also, it seemed he was fairly close and almost flirtatious with Desdemona. Maybe that's not true but I think it would give Othello a reason to worry.
Emilia 5%- Emilia was easily manipulated by her husband. She pretty much took the handkerchief without too many questions asked. I understand that it's her husband but you think you would be a little more hesitant to steal from your friend.
In conclusion, it's hard to put an exact number on how much each person contributed but I think it's safe to say Iago is the main villain. Most people didn't even mean to commit actions with evil intent but were manipulated into doing so. I think this play is a great example of why you should be careful with trust. Othello gives all of his trust into some man spewing lies about an affair rather than trusting the love of his life.
This week we have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare's play, Othello. The style of writing has been hard to get used to, but after some better understanding, I have enjoyed the story. In the play, there are many different characters that can be blamed. Each character carries a lot of secrets. Many are very dishonest with each other. I believe that lago is the one who has the most blame out of all the characters. Lago is the antagonist, the bad guy, the villain in this play. I believe that he deserves sixty-five percent of the blame. Lago caused great pain for the rest of the characters and this is why I think he deserves the most. Because Othello murdered his wife, I believe he deserves ten percent of the blame. Rodrigo also deserves ten percent because he was the one aiding ago. He too was selfish and in the end, he wanted Desdemona. Emilia deserves ten percent as well because she gave the handkerchief away. She also caused Othello to be something he was not. Lastly, Desdemona with five percent. Desdemona didn't necessarily do anything wrong, however, she could have tried to stop everything but she didn't.
Throughout the course of the past few weeks, I have had the chance to read William Shakespeare’s “Othello”. This is a play that is written in 1603 and has been performed countless times in front of an audience. In a short summary, it is about Othello and his tragedy that stems from his marriage to Desdemona. Othello is a very highly viewed military general and he is tricked into jealousy and in that he destroys his honor as well as his marriage. But as everyone knows there are always two or more sides to a story, and I don’t think that Othello is completely to blame in this situation. But in this case, I am going to give Iago the most blame out of anyone with 45% with the plan to mess with Cassio and Othello with the planting of false momento’s of Desdemona cheating on Othello. So Iago basically planted all of the traps and Othello stepped in nearly everyone. Next up on the blame percentage is going to be Othello and he is going to be 20% of blame and he gets that percent because of his actions in killing Desdemona and the jealousy that controls his actions. Next, is Rodrigo with 15% because he is Iago’s partner in these terrible actions and he should have seen the evil that Iago was trying to do. Next are Emilia and Cassio and they are both going to be gifted with 7.5% of the blam because they had done some actions even though they didn’t act negatively or with intent to harm. But their actions eventually ended up in the tragedy that this play is. Lastly, Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame because was non-agresseve to her own defense which makes it easier for the plan to work for Iago. That is how I would rank the blam percentages for Shakespeare’s work.
While reading the play I had this blog task question in mind. I tried to devise a system where each person got a certain percentage of the blame but the more I read and the more I think about the play the more and more percent of the blame went on Iago's shoulders. Throughout the story, Iago manipulated and lied and turned everyone's lives upside down. He lied and put thoughts into people's heads that I don't believe would be there without Iago's mischief. Therefore I place 100% of the blame upon Iago's shoulders. I think if we were to remove Iago out of the equation in the story you would come up with a completely different end result. A result that I would argue would be a happy ending. I like things to be simple and although things aren't always black and white I believe this play and who deserves the blame is quite simple. 100% Iago's fault.
After watching and reading the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, there isn't just one character that deserves all the blame. Between each of the characters, they all are to blame, some more than others. I think Lago deserves the most blame, he has been a problem from the start. I would give him 50% of the blame just because he starts all the problems and is the villain of it all. He is very selfish which causes him to make problems for everyone else. I think Othello deserves at least 15% because he is very gullible, falling for Lago's actions. Othello also murdered his own wife, so he definitely deserves some blame, but not as much as Lago. I think Roderigo deserves 15% of the blame as well as Othello. Roderigo was always helping Lago with his schemes, giving him money to essentially win over Desdemona. Desdemona deserves 10 % of the blame because she gave away the handkerchief. Then I think Emilia deserves 5% of the blame, as well as Cassio. This is how I believe the blame should be split up between all of the characters.
Through the past few weeks, I have been given the opportunity to study one of Shakespeare's play, Othello. This play displays the effects that manipulation and jealousy have. That being said there is a lot of blame spread out amongst the characters. One of the characters I believe deserve the most blame is Lago. Lago deserves around 60% of the blame as he is the Kickstarter to the upbringing of the evil. Lago manipulates because of his jealously towards others to make his own personal gain not caring for the effects on the other characters. The other character who is almost Lago's partner in crime is Rodrigo. I feel Rodrigo should receive a 20% blame. Rodrigo is with Lago through his evil decision making not stopping what Lago is doing but rather adding on to the flame as his love for Desdemona effects his irrational behavior. Next is Othello who should have 10% of the blame. Othello leads off of his own emotions causing him to make poor decisions like choosing to kill his wife rather than trying to resolve the problem. the last two to take the rest of the blame should be Cassio and Emilia. They both should take half and half of the remaining 10%. Emilia gets manipulated by her husband later stealing the handkerchief to add on to the problems while Cassio is the blame for stabbing Montano adding again another event to the evil plot.
After studying Shakespeare’s tragic play, there are multiple characters we can blame for the play's ending. Iago is the obvious character that all readers want to blame. He created a web of lies around every character, creating a facade that he was a noble man. However, I would blame Othello just as much as Iago, giving them a tie at 30%. Othello was way too trusting and rash. He put all of his trust into Iago and acted out without confirming the death of Cassio or the betrayal of Desdemona. He murdered his wife without second thoughts. If Othello was thinking rationally, he would have seen the love Desdemona had for him as well as all the drama and trouble that followed Iago. Roderigo follows close behind the following characters at 20%. He was Iago’s right-hand man and his love for Desdemona completely clouded his judgement, making him out to be an utter fool. Emelia receives 10% of the blame because she steals Desdemona’s handkerchief, fueling Othello’s jealousy. Cassio and Desdemona both get a blame of 5%. I feel like most of their actions were harmless, they both could have defended themselves stronger, but ultimately they were the victims of the play.
Throughout the past few weeks, while given the chance to study Shakespeare's play, Othello, I have discovered that the amount of blame varies greatly depending on each character. In many instances, all the blame is cast on one single person but in "Othello" this is not the case. If you have seen the movie or read the book, it goes without saying that Lago deserves the most blame. Lago gets 60% of all the blame because he always seems to be the catalyst behind all of the misfortune that happens. Lago is also the biggest villain in the play. Next, I am going to give Othello 25% of the blame because of the death of Desdemona and the fact that he lets himself be tricked and e lets his jealousy control his life. Lastly, I think the last 15% blame goes to Rodrigo because he was Lago's sidekick so he had a lot of second-hand involvement.
Over the past two weeks I’ve had the opportunity to study the famous story “Othello”, by William Shakespeare. The story tells the tale of Othello, an esteemed Venetian General who is turned against his wife by his own internal jealousy. That is not to say that There were not other factors and people in the mix. Iago plays a large part and ultimately turns Othello on his wife by sparking the jealousy inside him. As for who is to blame, one could assign blame to everyone, or to just one person. I believe to truly assign blame it is 90% Iago’s fault, 3% Roderigo, and 7% Othellos fault. I give the blame to Iago because we know his intentions and he has the hate for Othello. On top of that, he deliberately turns Othello on his wife knowing that Othello would turn in on himself. If Iago had not been in the story none of the death and tragedy would have happened. I assign Roderigo a slight bit of blame because he provided the opportunity for Iago to take advantage of everyone out of revenge. Lastly, I assign Othello quite a bit of blame for being so jealous and untrustworthy of his wife and not listening to the voice of reason. I believe that the main factor in assigning the blame to Iago was knowing his intentions of being evil and making havoc.
From the study of Shakespeare's play Othello, it is easy to say that characters deserve blame for the ending. The most obvious one would be Lago. He is the main antagonist, the villain, and weaves lies around everyone in order to form how the story moves along. Lago deserves at least 80% blame, with Othello being 15%, and 5% being Roderigo's fault. Lago starts the entire fiasco by turning Othello against his own wife. We also know that Lago specifically targeted Othello for the sole fact that he hated him and Othello was "in the way". Othello is at fault for being greedy, jealous, and overall stupid. He falls much too easily for Latho's tricks and continues to treat his wife as if she is the untrustworthy one. Roderigo deserves some of the blame because although he was doing everything to win over Desdemona he still was willing to help Lago with his schemes. I would add other characters in for some blame but I felt they were too insignificant when compared to the one's with the actual real issues.
From the study of Shakespeare's play Othello, it is easy to say that characters deserve blame for the ending. The most obvious one would be Lago. He is the main antagonist, the villain, and weaves lies around everyone in order to form how the story moves along. Lago deserves at least 80% blame, with Othello being 15%, and 5% being Roderigo's fault. Lago starts the entire fiasco by turning Othello against his own wife. We also know that Lago specifically targeted Othello for the sole fact that he hated him and Othello was "in the way". Othello is at fault for being greedy, jealous, and overall stupid. He falls much too easily for Latho's tricks and continues to treat his wife as if she is the untrustworthy one. Roderigo deserves some of the blame because although he was doing everything to win over Desdemona he still was willing to help Lago with his schemes. I would add other characters in for some blame but I felt they were too insignificant when compared to the one's with the actual real issues.
After studying Shakespeare’s tragic play “Othello”, I have come to question who ultimately deserves the blame for the fallout of these characters. This is a twisted, yet enticing play. It is a web of lies, assumptions, and murders drawn out by these characters as each one is a part of it in some way. Though timing and chance were what really kept the ball rolling, there were many things the characters did that led to the tragic ending. First, I believe the most blame goes to Iago at 53%. He is given over half of the blame because he was the planner and was able to convince people to fall for his lies in order to get what he wanted. Othello is next, getting 19% of the blame. Though he did not begin with evil intentions, he quickly spiraled out of control with jealousy after Iago put the thought of Desdemona cheating on him in his head. Rodrigo is given 13% because he was not a large part of this story; however, his actions, in the beginning, helped start the downfall of everything else. The last few are Emilia with 8%, Desdemona with 4%, and Cassio having 3%. Starting with Emilia, she also did not have poor intentions but her finding the handkerchief was extremely important and after she gave it to Iago, it aided in Othello’s insanity. Desdemona is given a small portion of blame because while Othello’s doubts are growing, she does not do much to convince him that she is not a cheater. Lastly, Cassio deserves some blame for helping Iago by flirting with Desdemona, along with getting too drunk to handle himself. Overall, it was a tough decision to rank these characters, but they each helped Rodrigo in some way and no one was able to stop it.
During the past couple of weeks I have had the privilege to watch and study the phenomenal work of Shakespear, Othello. Shakespear has a gift for writing tragic stories that keep you on the seat at all times. This story starts with a couple, Othello and Desdemona, getting married in secret. They were a very happy couple for a while, but jealousy causes many problems in the relationship. Iago is definitely the most to blame of all. I would say at least 90% of the blame could be put on Iago. He starts by getting in Othello’s head and planting seeds of anxiety and fear in his head of Desdemona cheating on him with Cassio. Othello is the second most to blame at 9%. Othello could not think straight for most of the play, his jealousy got in the driver's seat of his head and took off without looking back. His decision making causes more problems than necessary, and if he trusted himself there would not have been all these problems. The least to blame with being able to be blamed is Roderigo at 1%. Roderigo being in love with Desdomona as well means he had motives that benefitted himself in his helping of Iago.
Throughout Othello, the slightest action continues to cause problems and twist the overall mindset of characters. Blame for these events falls on those who willingly and unwillingly ended up taking place in Iago's plan. The first character deserving of blame is the mastermind behind the whole story, Iago. I would argue that Iago holds a solid 50% of the blame. He was the one who caused all the drama to take place between Othello and Desdemona by manipulating people behind the scenes. If he did not have a weird suspicion that Othello had slept with his wife and therefore wanted revenge, you could argue none of the ending actions would have taken place. Mentally, Iago was to blame for the plan; Othello holds physical blame. I gave Othello 30% of the blame for being the one who allowed Iago to get inside his mind and not trust his wife. He should have listened to Desdemona and tried to calmly work things out. He didn't and decided to murder his wife on pure suspicion. Some characters have smaller contributions to blame. I gave Emilia 10% of the blame because she initially started the handoff of the handkerchief which led to the ultimate downfall of everything. Working so close with Desdemona, she should have known the consequences of stealing it. Next, I gave Rodrigo 5% for stupidly still pursuing his feelings for Desdemona even though she was married and blindly following the advice of Iago. Lastly, I gave Cassio 5%. He was used by Iago as a scapegoat for most of the story but still could have questioned Iago's credibility more.
While reading Shakespeares “Othello”, I judged which characters are the most to blame. A lot of crazy and dramatic things happened in this play that could have been easily avoided. That being said I think for some characters their endings were unavoidable. I think Iago holds 50% of the blame in this play. Iago is the main villain and messes with the other characters' lives. I would have given him a higher percentage, but the rest of the characters fell into his game way too easily. Othello caved into Iago’s game of jealousy way too easily. He believed all the lies that Iago whispered to him, Othello should have really just paid attention and trusted his wife. Due to these events, I think Othello deserves 28% of the blame. Another character that blindly followed Emilia. Emilia was Iago’s wife and she stole the handkerchief and gave it to Iago. This action made it seem that Desdemona was cheating on Othello with Cassio. So I give Emilia 9% of the blame. Cassio could have handled things better. Number one, he should not have drunk all that alcohol or gotten into the fight. As a new high ranking military officer, you would think that he would restrain himself. Cassio was manipulated by Iago because he wanted his reputation back, I can’t blame him too much so I will give him 10% of the blame. Lastly, I give Desdemona 3% of the blame. Desdemona was innocent. She stayed faithful to Othello, she did not cheat on him with Cassio. Desdemona just wanted to help her friend get his ranking back. Also, she did not deserve the ending she got.
Over the past couple weeks, I have had the opportunity to watch and study William Shakespeare’s play, “Othello”. While watching the play, I was able to analyze every character and their actions. After watching the play, I believe that there are certain characters in particular that deserve blame for the events that occur. Some more than others. In my opinion, Lago deserves the largest percentage of the blame—60%--due to his manipulative, lying behavior. He is the one who started the drama between everyone. The second person I would give the most blame to is Othello. I would give him 20% of the blame. He is the one who killed Desdemona and as a result, Emilia also died. I would give Emilia 15% of the blame because she was a large part of Lago’s plan without even knowing it. Cassio deserves 5% of the blame because he is always drunk and does/believes everything Lago tells him.
Throughout the Second Quarter of my Second Semester, I was given the opportunity of reading William Shakespeares' "Othello" and I was told to given the characters blame for what happened. Many things throughout "Othello" happen that could have been avoided and often remind me of reading other such tragedies. I would give 75% of the blame to Lago since he is the main antagonist and is the main reason for why all of this had happened. He came up with the ideas that caused the events to unfold. I would give 10% to Othello for not trusting his wife and following Lago's lies without thinking about everything first. Lagos wife, Emilia, deserves 10% as well for doing what Lago said without stopping to think if it was the right thing first, Emilia would have gained a higher percentage if it was not for the time she was in and women were told to follow their husbands blindly and viewed more as property then a human being. The final 5% would go to Cassio for being a "scapegoat".
Othello's obvious obstructions. Over the past couple of weeks being given the chance to study and observe Othello, I found that blame can be placed in each and every character. Creating a scale of the blame for me is a rough idea to complete quite honestly. I found so many faults within each character and how they evaluated the world through their eyes. I tried to not evaluate this as the analytical person I am when it comes to movies and books, however, it was hard for me to pass up on these. First of all, I think Iago Iago obviously deserves most of the blame when coming to the story. Iago was the mastermind behind the acts and created the dubious relationships that eventually collided and ended by other's hands. Iago deserves at least 75 percent of the blame which is quite a large portion. However, he did use characters and his own wife for his own grievances. The next percentage I would like to establish was Othello, Othello was narcissistic throughout the whole book and movie. He established this early on and his own ego leads to his downfall. He was a titan ready to fall with the simplest push. Othello deserves 15 percent of the blame himself. The last percentage falls upon a few characters. Cassio gets 5 percent. This is pure because of his own ego as well, he is an officer and should have been able to talk about the grievances with Othello freely without fear. And 5 percent also falls upon Roderigo, this is because he was Iagos puppet and did all the second-hand tasks that Iago would not do himself.
While trapped in this very extended quartine, I have read one of Shakespeares' most popular plays, "Othello". Many of the characters are very interesting in how heinous and disgusting their behavior is, i.e. Iago saying, "all women do not work and only play and only work in bed" (calling all women whores even though he is lusting after Othello's wife). But if I was to rank who is responsible for the events that unfold throughout the play it would go like this. Iago—no matter how much blame could fall on the other characters—is the main villain of the story; none of the events that followed his jealous and cowardly plan due to his feelings of being slighted by Othello, would not have occurred if this schemer had never put them into motion in the first place—thus Iago receives 40% of the blame (it was nearly half but then it really downplays the other players' parts in the tragedy). Next, the second-largest part belongs to Othello himself—if he was not a distrustful man (except for believing Iago of course) who had believed what his servants and wife were saying—he was the one who ultimately killed Desdemona, thus he receives 25% of the blame. The third-largest portion is to Rodrigo himself, for allowing himself to get roped into helping Iago's schemes even though he knows the lies to be false, thus he gets 20% of the blame. The final 15% is split three ways between the characters who still carry some blame but also not nearly brought upon disaster as much as the three above them did. Cassio receives 5% for allowing himself to get drunk in the first place, Emilia receives her 5% for giving away the sentimental gift of Desdemona's handkerchief, and Desdemona receivers her 5% for not trying to protest against Iago's baseless assumptions that she was sleeping with Cassio. Ultimately, the blame falls to everyone in this scenario—just far more onto Iago's shoulders than anyone else though.
Since this inundating quarantine has begun, the time that draws on longer and longer drives me insane. I cannot stand this gargantuan amount of time that I ironically craved in the past; however, I have been able to distract my mind with many things, one of those being Shakespeare's "Othello." A novel that stands the test of time and is still being taught in classrooms (or zoom calls) around the nation. In my reading, I have found a number of characters that are very interesting to examine with my literary "specs" and can now determine their percentage of blame throughout the novel. Firstly, I think a large majority of the blame goes to our main antagonist, Iago. He manipulated people to believe in his lies in order to put himself higher and to get whatever his heart desired, so I would probably give him about 60% of the blame. Our main character, Othello deserves 15% of the blame. He made ill-minded decisions that led him to this ultimate spiral. He should have trusted his wife, the person he MARRIED, instead of Iago. Emilia, I believe, deserves 5% of the blame for trusting Iago even though she knew he wasn't honorable. Rodrigo deserves 10% of the blame. He continued to help Iago even though he knew that the lies he was telling weren't true. Rodrigo knew what was going on was bad, yet he continued. I think that Cassio and Desdemona both receive 5% each as well. Cassio for bad decisions such as getting drunk, and Desdemona's for not standing up for herself. Even with the current time period and its political convictions, she should've had more self-respect.
Throughout reading and watching the movie recreation of Othello by William Shakespeare, I have observed that many of the characters in the play deserve blame for the events in the story. However, the blame for the secrets, dishonestly, and jealousy throughout the play cannot be pinned onto one character. First, Iago deserves 50% of the blame, in my opinion. Without him, the jealousy in the play wouldn't have happened, and the rest of those deserving blame wouldn't have been blamed at all. Next, Othello himself deserves 20% of the blame, because he gave into Iago's trap, and murdered his wife. Although he didn't know everything that was going on, he still murdered his wife. After that, Emilia and Desdemona each deserve 10% of blame. Emilia stole the handkerchief, and if she hadn't of done that, Othello wouldn't have killed his wife. Similarly, Desdemona deserves the same amount of blame because if she had been honest with Othello, he wouldn't have had as much reason to murder her. Lastly both Brabantio and Cassio 5% of blame, because Brabantio made Othello suspicious of Desdemona and Cassio flirted with Desdemona. They both contributed to the events that led to Desdemona's death.
To start off, I think this book was kinda interesting, actually. When many people hear Shakeseear they immediately get turned off and kinda go into a robotic poetry mode. I thought it was a great story, the drama, the betrayal, the gossip! A true soap opera! In spite of that, we still need to be able to go through the story and find blame for the characters that lead to the untimely demise of Desdemona. Who I, by the way, think deserves two percent of the blame. She was very passive in the novel and maybe if she just said something or tried to fight back in any way possible, this whole situation never would have happened. Anyways, I also think that Iago is the main person to blame. I mean, he's the bad guy. I think he should receive about seventy-five percent of the blame. If he hadn't used his deception to take advantage of the other characters, I don't think any of this would have even happened. He clearly had bad intentions and led other people to make bad choices as well. However, I don't think it was only antagonist's fault, Othello also had a large(r) part of the blame. He should have been smarter with his decisions and used his brain and his heart to make choices. Instead, I think he let his emotions take hold of him to make dramatic choices with even more dramatic consequences thus earning him thirteen percent of the blame. With a remaining ten percent, I would give Cassio, Emilia, and Rodrigo three point three repeating percent because they all helped with Iago's overall plan and caused trouble instead of helping, whether that be on purpose or accidentally.
Studying Othello leads the reader to form their own opinions about all of the involved characters. When analyzing the blame that should be placed upon each character’s shoulders, there are many factors to consider. The obvious contender for the most about of blame is Iago. Without Iago’s influence, none of the events in the play would have happened. With this being said, Iago holds 55 percent of the blame. Othello holds the next highest amount of blame at 25 percent; his rash actions and not actually speaking to other sources led him to believe in false situations and wrongly kill his wife. Roderigo is the third at 9 percent. His devotion to being with Desdemona caused him to also follow Iago, not thinking about any of the consequences. Emilia holds the next place at 5 percent because of her giving Iago the handkerchief even with knowing that Desdemona treasured it. Cassio comes second to last at 4 percent as he really was only trying to win back Othello by the means of getting Desdemona on his side, his intentions weren't intentionally harmful. Desdemona possesses the least amount of blame at 2 percent as her only fault was not asserting herself more when Othello falsely accused her of being unfaithful.
Throughout William Shakespeare's Othello many problems occur. The vast majority of these problems could have been solved if the characters had just been direct with each other instead of just assuming. Iago, Othello, Roderigo, Emilia, Desdemona, and Cassio are all in part to blame for the tragic deaths at the end. Iago comes in at 45 percent of the blame. It is because of his idea of plotting against Cassio and Othello that the falsehood of Desdemona's adultery was created in Othello's mind. Throughout the play he was whispering in everyone's ear, twisting and manipulating what they heard and thought. Othello comes in second with 30 percent. He chooses to believe Iago instead of listening to his wife and getting the full complete story from her side. Emotionally he lost control. His rash temper made him jump ship quickly leading to Desdemona's death. If he had just listened, the events that transpired during the play would not have occurred. Roderigo, Iago's partner in crime also receives some of the blame, 13 percent. Despite knowing what he did was wrong he continued to because he desired Desdemona. Cassio, Emilia, and Desdemona all come in at 4 percent. Cassio got drunk and lost his position and hung out with Desdemona in an attempt to gain his status back. Emilia steals the handkerchief and despite not intending to hurt anyone her actions started the chain reaction that did end up hurting people. Desdemona lies about knowing where the handkerchief is. Honesty is said to be the best policy and that is certainly true. In this case, being honest may have lead to a different outcome such as avoiding the death of Desdemona. As you can see many people contribute to the tragic events that transpire in Othello forming the web of deception, lies, and trickery.
Reading William Shakespeare's Othello I have noticed many similarities to Romeo and Juliet. I believe Shakespeare really enjoys writing tragedies and giving the reader all of the knowledge and the character's so little. To me, this is very aggravating to watch characters make mistakes and act on false information. There are obvious villains who plan against the protagonist, such as Iago, who deserves almost all of the blame. I do not think all characters are to blame. Here is my devised system of blame:
Iago (50%)- He is the mastermind villain in this story. He gives false information to multiple people in order to ensure his revenge on Othello.
Othello (25%) - Othello should have taken the knowledge he has received responsibly. There are numerous times where he is being irrational and jealous.
Roderigo (10%)- He was a very annoying character with too many insecurities that made it so he and Iago were planning against Othello the entire time. It was aggravating to watch someone try and win over someone who is married to another. His insecurities gave Iago more of a motivation.
Barbantio (10%)- He is constantly accusing his daughter of infidelity and is always quick to attack Othello.
Desdemona (5%)- I think she should have talked to Othello more and they should have kept more open communication between the two.
We have been reading Othello, a play written by Shakespeare that I think is very good. It is written about the life of Othello and the tragedy of his marriage as trust is lost. I think Iago, deserves most of the blame, 40%. In fact, I made a video about it so go check out my PowerPoint (period 6 act 3). He gets Othello to think that his wife is cheating on him with false accusations and manipulation. He gets everybody to do his dirty work for him and sees nothing wrong with what he is doing. I think that Othello deserves 25% of the blame because he killed Desdemona. He didn't listen to her and he never went to Cassio for his side of the story. I think that Desdemona deserves 20% of the blame because she did not tell the complete truth to Othello. Also, she is no naive and helpless and believes anything that anybody. Also, she could have told the truth and that possibly could have changed the outcome. I think Emelia deserves 2% of the blame because she stole the handkerchief and gave it to Iago. Finally, I think Cassio deserves 13% of the blame because he wanted another man's wife and did not think this out completely. Also, he just blindly follows and does whatever Iago tells him to do. For instance drinking and losing his job. As much as I want to just blame Iago for what happened, everybody else naiveness and inability to see what was really going on played a huge factor in all of it.
The blame of the tragedy in the story of Othello I think can best be distributed as 40% of the blame being on Iago who is a man of destruction and chaos. He is the one that put the plan in place to cause so much destruction and take everything away from Othello. Next would be Roderigo with 30% of the blame, this is because he was in on Iago but rather than stop it when it started to go too far he stuck along and didn't warn anyone or even try at that. Next would be Othello at 10% blame. I think to kill someone over mere speculation or hearsay that your lover had been loving other men and jump it to that she had done it a thousand times and then kill he puts you at some form of blame at yourself. Next at 10% again would be Destamona who could have talked to Othello more or just even explained her side, but rather just let things run their course until Othello ended her life. Last would be Emelia who I would give the remaining 10% of the blame. This is because she took the handkerchief and gave it the Iago who I would think she knew the best and would have to know what he could have been planning.
Over the past few weeks, I have been given the chance to study and observe the great William Shakespeare's play "Othello". After reading and studying the play, I have found that blame can be placed on all the characters. While some have more blame than others they definitely all played a part. In my opinion, Lago should receive the most blame at 60% because of his manipulation and lying throughout the play. I believe he is the main villain. Next, I would give Othello the second most blame. He deserves 20% because he killed Desdemona and was believing all the lies that Lago was telling. Roderigo deserves 15% because he helped Lago and was basically his right-hand man and made him do tasks that Lago wouldn't. Lastly, Emilia would get 5% because she steals then handkerchief from Desdemona and gives it to Lago. And these are the reasons why the characters of "Othello" deserved blame.
over the past couple of weeks we have been reading a lot of great things, this week I read Othello. In this blog task we have to rate the characters on blame, but I think that a lot of characters are to blame in different ways. I believe that Lagos deserves 50% of the blame because he always seems to be the started behind all the important events that happen, he is also the biggest villain throughout the entire story. I believe that Othello deserves 40% of the blame because of the death of Desdemona and that fact that he let himself be tricked. the last amount of blame goes to Rodrigo, 10%, because he was Lagos right hand man and he sort of had a lot of involvement.
After reading and studying Othello by William Shakespeare, I have devised a way to rank the characters based on the blame they deserve for this big, ugly mess. It is easy to give Iago most of the blame, he also deserves it because he was the one who formed this web of lies that ended in so much distrust, paranoia, and death. He gets 50% of the blame because without him there would be far less deceit and distrust. However, Iago was only the creator of these lies, he can only do so much. Othello himself must believe the lies and tricks to make this all happen, so he gets 30% of the blame. If Othello would have just trusted his wife, communicated better with her, and stayed away from Iago and his lies, this would have been far less significant. Yet, given the nature of Iago and Othello's bond, the nature of Venician women (known to cheat on their husbands) and the outstanding way that Desdemona has lied before (she lied to her father about her and Othello's relationship), it is hard to say that Othello is completely in the wrong here. That is why I am giving 10% of the blame to Roderigo. If he would have just kept his crush on Desdemona inside, maybe Iago would not have gone so far. However, Iago has his other reasons to ruin Othello's marriage/life (he did not get the promotion he wanted, he thinks Othello may have slept with his wife once upon a time, etc.). Also, I think Roderigo is kind of an airhead since most of the bad things he did were influenced by Iago. I do not really want to say Emelia deserves much blame at all, after all, she is the one who revealed Iago at the end, but she could have possibly prevented this, or at least tried to ease some of the tension. She is the one who gives Iago the handkerchief that sends the lies into action, but does that really make her "to blame" for the whole thing? That is why she only gets 5%. Cassio gets 3% of the blame because he is dumb for getting drunk on duty and messing around. Although he does not do much to stir the pot, why couldn't he have just manned up and talked to Othello himself? That would have prevented Othello from seeing him with Desdemona and also prevented Desdemona for having to mention Cassio to Othello all the time. The remaining 2% of the blame goes to Desdemona. I really do not think she deserves much of it because she had no idea what Iago was feeding to Othello. She obviously was not sleeping with Cassio, so how was she supposed to prove that to Othello when she did not even know what specific situation he was mad at her for? Yet, she still gets a tiny fraction of the blame because instead of telling Othello why she keeps talking about Cassio so much (to help him get his job back) she just goes on about her day and keeps blabbing about "Cassio this" and "Cassio that". If she would have said, "Othello, Cassio came to me and asked for me to help get his job back/win you over," maybe Othello would not have given into Iago's lies so easily.
After reading and comprehending Othello by William Shakespeare, I have found a way to rank the characters based upon the blame that they deserve in this story. I believe it is extremely easy to give Lago most of the blame. I give him about 40% of the blame. I think this because he does so many things throughout the story that is extremely selfish and he does not even think about how they would affect others. He forces others to do his dirty work for him without feeling any sort of remorse. He also devises a plan to accuse Othello of sleeping with his wife. Next, I believe that Othello deserves 30 percent of the blame. He decides that it is better to listen to Lago instead of his own wife. He is very emotional and makes very rash decisions. Some of these decisions lead up to Desdemona's demise in the end. Desdemona and Emilia deserve an equal amount of blame in my opinion. They each deserve 12.5%. I believe this is the case because Desdemona could have done more in order to avoid her death. She could have talked with Othello more and been honest with him. This would have given Othello less of a reason to kill her. Emilia deserves blame because she stole the handkerchief which if it would not have happened, then Desdemona wouldn't have died. Lastly, I think Roderigo gets the last bit of blame. He gets 5% of the blame. He helped Lago with his plan the entire time. If he wasn't there, I don't believe much would have changed. The outcome would have stayed the same but it might have been a little more messy without him.
After Studying Othello by Shakespeare, I have thought about who to blame and the reasoning behind it. A large percentage of the blame can be easily given to lago; he was the creator of all these lies and without him, there wouldn't be as much drama, which is why I would give him about 40% of the blame. Although his lies can only carry him so much, I believe Othello can be blamed also. Othello should have had more trust in his wife and not believe what others were saying and just talked with her directly. His overthinking and irrationality added more mess into all of this drama; this is why I'm giving Othello 40% of the blame as well. Rodrigo can also be blamed here too, about 10% since his actions were influenced by lago but he still went through with them. The last 10% I would give to Desdemona because communication is two ways and she could have been more open with Othello and try and find out what his problems were and not talk about Cassio so much when she could tell it bothered him.
From reading Othello by William Shakespeare and fully immersing myself into the story, it is easy to see that Lago was a huge thorn in everyone's side and deserves a big share of the blame. I would give Lago a whopping 60% of the total blame. He was at the center of every controversy and every lie that was told throughout the book. He was a master manipulator and used everyone else to do his dirty work. Next, I would Give Othello around 20% of the blame do to his easily deceived mind. He barely had any trust for his wife and on top of that, he fell for Lago's very dumb tricks. For the final 20%, I would delegate that to Rodrigo. He was always at Lago's call and was a huge piece in all of Lago's dumb tricks. I could see where Desdemona could get some blame for her role in being quiet with Othello but ultimately I feel like there was not enough to give her some blame.
After reading and studying Othello by William Shakespeare it is easy to associate different characters with blame. Initially, I thought that Iago deserved almost all if not all of the blame. Beginning in Act One, Iago created chaos surrounding Othello and Desdemona with the help of Roderigo. He is to blame for lying, starting rumors, and the plan he used to cause Othello to think that Desdemona was cheating on him. I think that Iago deserves 60% of the blame because of his actions throughout the story. Othello also didn't make the situation better, I think his irrational decisions and emotions were his downfall. He did not confront Desdemona about the scandal, he only listened to Iago and his lies. Instead of believing only Iago, he should have asked his wife about the supposed affair with Cassio. Because he listened to these lies and didn't trust his wife, he killed her which resulted in Emila's death followed by his own. I think he deserves 15% of the blame, but because he is so scrutinized by everyone I think it would have been hard to be trusting. Emilia played a huge role in Iago's plan when she stole the handkerchief, but she did so unknowingly so I think she deserves 10% of the blame. Roderigo and Cassio both deserve 5% of the blame, Roderigo helped Iago with his plan because of his love for Desdemona. Cassio's drinking problem caused him to be easily manipulated by Iago and he was careless with the handkerchief. Desdemona also deserves 5% of the blame, if she would have went to Othello with the truth it could have prevented further lies or rumors.
After studying and observing William Shakespeare's famous play, Othello, I have come to believe that most of the characters deserve some of the blame for how things turned out. First of all, Iago was the one who conspired to cause trouble. He lied and deceived, so I'm giving him 60% of the blame. Othello also deserves some blame because of his actions. He fell for the tricks and let his emotions get the best of him, so I'll give him 20%. I think that Emilia should get 10% of the blame because she stole the handkerchief, which started all of the drama. The last 10% I would like to split up between Desdemona, Rodrigo, and Cassio. Desdemona should have talked to Othello, and helped him realize that he was being led to believe a lie. Rodrigo was sort of a pawn to Iago, but he still needs to be held accountable. Lastly, Cassio should have talked to Othello as well. If they had only spoken to each other about Desdemona, Othello would have realized that nothing was going on.
Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, Othello, there are many characters who could be considered to carry some sort of blame. I believe that the majority of the blame for the deaths of several characters can be placed on the heads of two characters. Iago for one deserves roughly forty-five percent of the blame. He orchestrated the entire plot and set up several characters to make them appear worse than they are. Othello also deserves roughly thirty-five percent of the blame for not having faith in his friends and in his wife. If Othello could have controlled his emotions and kept a level head, the entire tragedy could have been avoided. Emilia deserves six percent of the blame because she gave Iago the handkerchief. She doesn’t need more blame than that because she was ignorant as to Iago’s intent. The last four percent of the blame goes to Cassio. He was not directly involved in the affair but he also did not help to clear the air between him and Othello. He was overly flirtatious and being ignorant is no excuse.
There are many faults with a majority of the characters within the story Othello. Each character adds to the overall tragedy of the novel though certain characters deserve much more of the blame than others. Undeniably the character who deserves the most blame(50%) would be Iago as he is the one who orchestrates the events of the story ultimately leading to tragedy. Othello falls right into Iago's trap and ultimately performs the ultimate tragedy of killing in his innocent wife. As a result of this egregious action, Othello deserves 20% of the blame. Rodrigo is another unfortunate character who is taken in by Iago’s lies and is convinced to kill Cassio. This action spurs Othello to kill his wife and as such deserves 10% of the blame. Desdemona is the most innocent character in the story with her only mistake being misplacing the handkerchief Othello gifted her which leads to Emilia stealing. I believe she would only deserve 2% of the blame. Brabantio was against the marriage of Othello and his daughter and planted the first seed of doubt into Othello’s mind and as such deserves 6% of the blame. Emilia steals Desdemona’s handkerchief which is used to frame Cassio and lead to conflict. Although she was oblivious to why Iago wanted the cloth, she still deserves 8% of the blame. Finally, Cassio was unknowingly tricked into spending time with Desdomona so that Othello would be jealous. Cassio deserves only 4% of the blame.
Over the past week or so I have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare. This is the first time that I have ever had this sort of opportunity in school, and it did not disappoint. The play that I am referring to is Othello. I believe that all characters deserve some blame for what happened in the story. I am going to give them a certain percentage of the blame, starting from highest to lowest. I would start with I believe that the largest amount of blame to be dished out is Iago, I say this because he played the whole story on both sides of the fence. He was really the mastermind through all of this. I think that 45% is a fair amount for him. The next person on the list is Othello himself. He didn't believe Desdemona which is unfair of him. But he was in a very tight situation. Because you would want to believe your wife, but he had been fed lies, making it hard for him to make a choice. I believe that it is best to give him 20% of the blame. Next, I would say that Roderigo deserves 15% blame. I say this because he was right there helping Iago the whole time. He was the right-hand man. Emilia gets 10% of the blame because she went out and got Desdemona's handkerchief. Desdemona gets 5% because she denied the cheating story because she could have made more of an effort to prove her innocence. Cassio gets 5% because he was flirting with Desdemona, and we all know that that never ends well for any parties.
Othello by William Shakespeare was an amazing book and just like his other stories, this one was not a letdown. All characters deserve a portion of the blame, for not one person is totally at fault. Iago, to me, deserves the most blame. He is the main bad person in the story. He jumped from side to side and didn't have any guilt for what he did. He gets a 59% blame from me. The next highest person to blame would be Othello. He deserves a portion of the blame because he killed his own wife and not having faith in those he should trust. I would give him a 22% blame count. Roderigo deserves blame also because he was Iago's assistant, so to speak. He was bad too, but not as bad as Iago. He gets 28% of the blame. The last person would be Emilia was essential to Iago's plan when she stole Desdemona's handkerchief. Sure, she didn't know what she was doing it for but she still helped. Also, she helped arrest Bianca later on. And Bianca was also innocent. I give her 13% of the blame. Overall, this story was very entertaining and definitely had a lot of things I didn't see coming. But Shakespear never disappoints.
I have always been a fan of "Billy Shakes" and this story definitely did not disappoint. I believe that the blame was distributed amongst many people. Everyone had some sort of role within the whole ordeal. Lago most obviously deserves the most blame. He is the mastermind behind it all. Let's say he deserves 60% of the blame. Rodrigo, essentially being Lago's sidekick, deserves 20% of the blame as well. Now, Othello has definitely stumped me. I would certainly like to side with him. However, there was no need for him to let the others get under his skin and practically make decisions for him. He didn't have to be so rash. Killing his wife was not necessary and he deserves blame. Othello will receive 10% blame. The remaining 10% will equally split between Emilia and Cassio. They played minor roles in the whole fall of events, but they had lasting effects. My percentages may change day by day, but they will stay relative to this.
In William Shakespeare's play "Othello," Othello, the main protagonist, destroys his marriage and his honor. However, several characters contribute to this, as deception had ultimately led Othello into the jealousy which convinced him to do these actions. However, Othello should not commit to life-changing actions like these before fully searching for and finding the truth, and especially not out of losing his temper. I give him 28% of the blame.
Iago, however, appears to be the catalyst of this tragedy, as he did everything in his power to make Othello believe that Desdemona was cheating on him, even if it is not the truth. Iago would even humiliate Cassio and kill Roderigo to carry all the way through with his plan. I would give Iago 43% of the blame, and 16% to his assistant, Roderigo, who did whatever he could do to carry out Iago's evil plan and make it succeed.
Emilia and Cassio both deserve 5% of the blame, as they were not trying to act maliciously. Emilia giving Iago Desdemona's handkerchief and Cassio getting drunk when he knew how it negatively affected him both unintentionally helped Iago's plan. Finally I give Desdemona 3% of the blame. It is not her responsibility to make Othello trust her, but it is her responsibility to be trustworthy. She should have said early on her innocence, and that should be enough for a healthy relationship.
Actually, scratch that. It might be the answer that most want to hear, but here is what I think:
Othello and Desdemona each get 50% of the blame. All relationships are going to face outside factors, hardships, and some jealousy. But it is on those in the relationship, and those only, to maintain a strong relationship which cannot be torn apart by outside forces. Yes, Othello is the one who lost his trust and his temper, but Othello and Desdemona get equal amounts of blame because a relationship is two ways. Desdemona should have seen that Othello didn't have faith in her and their relationship and done something about it—either spoke with him or gotten out of the relationship. Unless she has broken Othello's trust before, she should have seen that she deserves better. And it falls on Othello to make sure he is with somebody that he trusts.
In William Shakespeare's play "Othello," Othello, the main protagonist, destroys his marriage and his honor. However, several characters contribute to this, as deception had ultimately led Othello into the jealousy which convinced him to do these actions. However, Othello should not commit to life-changing actions like these before fully searching for and finding the truth, and especially not out of losing his temper. I give him 28% of the blame.
Iago, however, appears to be the catalyst of this tragedy, as he did everything in his power to make Othello believe that Desdemona was cheating on him, even if it is not the truth. Iago would even humiliate Cassio and kill Roderigo to carry all the way through with his plan. I would give Iago 43% of the blame, and 16% to his assistant, Roderigo, who did whatever he could do to carry out Iago's evil plan and make it succeed.
Emilia and Cassio both deserve 5% of the blame, as they were not trying to act maliciously. Emilia giving Iago Desdemona's handkerchief and Cassio getting drunk when he knew how it negatively affected him both unintentionally helped Iago's plan. Finally I give Desdemona 3% of the blame. It is not her responsibility to make Othello trust her, but it is her responsibility to be trustworthy. She should have said early on her innocence, and that should be enough for a healthy relationship.
Actually, scratch that. It might be the answer that most want to hear, but here is what I think:
Othello and Desdemona each get 50% of the blame. All relationships are going to face outside factors, hardships, and some jealousy. But it is on those in the relationship, and those only, to maintain a strong relationship which cannot be torn apart by outside forces. Yes, Othello is the one who lost his trust and his temper, but Othello and Desdemona get equal amounts of blame because a relationship is two ways. Desdemona should have seen that Othello didn't have faith in her and their relationship and done something about it—either spoke with him or gotten out of the relationship. Unless she has broken Othello's trust before, she should have seen that she deserves better. And it falls on Othello to make sure he is with somebody that he trusts.
After reading William Shakespeare’s Othello it is clear that many of the characters take more blame than the others. First, we start with the characters that have the most blame. Iago obviously takes the most blame since he was the one that caused all of the madness. Therefore, I think that Iago deserves 60% of the blame. Next, I think that Emilia deserves 10 percent of the blame since she helped Iago without even questioning what he was doing. However, in the end, I think she realized her mistake and tried ended up dying while confronting Iago. Next, I think that Othello also deserves 20% of the blame since his jealousy is what drove him insane and is ultimately what led to Iago succeeding with his plan. Finally, I think that Roderigo and Cassio both share 5% of the blame. Cassio only made a simple mistake of getting drunk in the play which was set up by Iago. Roderigo was incredibly jealous of Othello which led to Iago’s plan forming and succeeding in Act 5.
From reading Shakespeare's "Othello", I have wondered a lot regarding who to place the blame upon when it comes to the tragic end of this play. I also have read a few other responses that seem to contradict the conclusion that I have come to. I believe that Iago deserves if not 100%, then let's say 98% of the blame. Many of the other responses come to the conclusion that everyone did something wrong, so everyone deserves a little bit of the blame. I whole-heartedly disagree. I think that blame should only be counted towards the intent of the offender. Emilia, like the rest of the characters, was duped by Iago. Her only crime was being a little bit stupid, a crime for which she later tried to make amends. Iago got Cassio drunk, which isn't smart on Cassio's part but he, again, was manipulated by Iago. One should blame a drunk driver for causing harm to someone else, but when someone was pumping drinks into him all night with the intention of putting him behind the wheel, that someone is the one deserving of blame. Finally, the only mistake that Othello made was being human, and being in love. Although his actions were not right by any means, the reason he had such strong feelings of betrayal and anger was due to the manipulation of Iago. The same goes for Rodrigo, as he was just a dumb guy who was in love. Iago manipulated those feelings and everyone else as well. Since Iago wanted exactly what happened to happen, and since he was the one behind the scenes the whole time doing his best to make it happen, I think that Iago deserves all of the blame.
I have studied Shakespeare's play "Othello" quite closely and it is a very dramatic and emotional story. When it comes to placing blame on the characters it is sort of tricky to pinpoint who should hold more blame than another person. The most obvious character is Iago and I believe he holds 70% of the blame. He is the classic villain who plots and schemes behind the characters' backs. He gains the trust of Othello when he is only lying to him and he hates him in reality. Although Emilia is not a villain like her husband, she holds 10% blame because of her involvement in taking the handkerchief. Although Othello falls victim to Iago's scheme I think he holds 20% of the blame solely because he believes Iago when he tells him that Desdemona is cheating on him. He should have trusted Desdemona more and not let his emotions take over. I don't blame any of the other characters because even if they hold some blame it doesn't compare to the amount that the characters I named hold.
While analyzing and studying the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, I have noticed that it is very dramatic and tragic. Throughout the story, blame can be distributed to each character for the series of unfortunate events that go down. First of all, I believe Iago deserves the most blame, around 40%. He was ruthless and caused all of the rumors of mayhem. Without him, there would most likely not have been any tragedy. Then I think Othello deserves 30% of the blame. He believed the untruthful rumors Iago installed in his head with zero evidence of them being true. He also overreacted by wanting to kill his wife. Roderigo, Emilia, and Cassio each will receive 10% blame. They all had little parts where they added to the tragedy. Without them, the tragedies would maybe not have happened! The blame is truly distributed throughout many of the characters.
I think Igor has 60% of the blame. He is the reason for the whole mess. He made the scheme and he tried everything he could to draw it out; even when things went wrong. For example, when Roderigo was killed, he was killed because he failed to kill Cassio. Igor took it upon himself to try and kill Cassio as well. This didn't work, however, but he had made a strong effort. He also is the one who keeps messing with the minds of the lovers, and even betrays the one he was trying to "help." His efforts are also based on a rumor that Othello slept with his wife. Othello has 20% of the blame. He was believing things that other people told him without trying to find the proof. The only real piece of evidence he had was the handkerchief. Even though Cassio was seen with his wife, there could have been many different reasons for them to talk and he was overreacting. Had he trusted his wife and consulted in her I think that all of this would have been resolved. Cassio, Emilia, and Des all have 10% of the blame. They were more minor characters (besides Cassio), however, they played a big part. I think if they all just confided in their husbands and spoke out the truth in a calm manner without criticism none of this would have happened.
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Over the past week, I have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare's well-known play entitled Othello. Throughout this tragedy, the play's primary protagonist, Othello, an esteemed, recently married military general, is deceived into jealously and convinced to destroy his honor and his marriage. However, the blame for the deception does not rest in only one person. Instead, many people are at fault for the events that took place in the play. Certainly, Iago does deserve 35% of the blame. It was his idea to plot against Cassio and Othello, and he was responsible for planting the false idea of Desdemona's adultery within Othello's mind. Roderigo also clearly deserves a lot of the blame (20%) as he was Iago's partner in enacting his wicked plan. While Roderigo was blinded by his love for Desdemona, he clearly knew that what he was doing was wrong, and sought to ruin Othello and Cassio. Of course, Othello was not forced to kill Desdemona. It was, instead, his rashness and uncontrollable temper that he allowed to control him. If he would have spent more time investigating the claims made by Iago, the events of the play may not have transpired. Thus, Othello deserves 25% of the blame himself. The remaining blame belongs to Cassio and Emilia. Though neither of these people had malicious intent, they did unknowingly help in Iago's plan. Emilia gave Iago Desdemona's handkerchief even though she knew how much it meant to her, earning 10% of the blame. Cassio allowed himself to become drunk even though he knew how much alcohol affected him, also earning 10%. In the end, many people are at fault for the events in Othello, webbing a complex string of deception, rashness, and hate.
Over the past few weeks, I have had the opportunity to study Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy entitled “Othello.” This novel tells the tale of Othello, an esteemed general who was recently married to the beautiful Desdemona. At first, such an esteemed event seemed like it would bring much joy and happiness to the lives of the characters. However, a ploy established by his villainous ensign Iago soon causes Othello to become consumed by jealousy, destroying both his honor and marriage in the process. Nevertheless, the blame for such a tragic event doesn’t lie with only one character but instead in six. This is shown through an analysis of their various actions and developments.
Of course, Iago deserves at least 35% of the blame. He is the person that initiated this tragedy, and he did whatever he could to make Othello believe that Desdemona was cheating on him. In fact, Iago was even willing to humiliate Cassio and kill Roderigo in order to ensure his plan succeeds. Likewise, Othello also deserves a large portion of the blame: 25%. Although he was not trying to be evil, he let his emotions get out of control. He put his faith in only a single character, and he would not listen to anyone including his wife and servants. In the end, he is the character that initiated all of the killings in the play—either indirectly or directly—causing him to have such a high blame percentage. Furthermore, Roderigo deserves 15% of the blame, due to this role as Iago’s assistant. He willingly did whatever he could to ensure Iago’s plan succeeded, including attempting to kill Cassio. As he fully understood that his actions were dishonest, he deserves this large portion of the blame.
Unlike these past three characters, the last three did not intentionally act maliciously. As such, they deserve less of the blame. Emilia and Cassio both deserve 10%. This is because they performed actions—albeit without knowing their full malicious effect—that led to the eventual tragedy. Cassio knowingly got drunk even though he knew he acted irresponsibly under alcohol. Emilia gave Desdemona’s handkerchief to Iago even though she knew it meant a lot in their relationship. Because of these actions, these characters deserve some of the blame. Finally, Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame. This is because she acted extremely passively, allowing Othello to reach the height of his jealousy without any interruptions. If she would have more vehemently declared her innocence early on, the tragedy of this play might not have occurred.
Throughout the previous week, I have read and studied the well-written play titled, "Othello". This play follows the life of a character named Othello—a newlywed general married to a sought-after woman named Desdemona. In the beginning, there is peace and happiness; however, as time goes on he is deceived by another in order to destroy his new marriage. The blame for such happenings cannot come from only one character, but many people who are at fault for the terrible occurrences follow the marriage.
Lago, the character who evoked the plot to cause Othello to think he was being cheated on, deserves a large part of the blame at around 35%. Also, Othello should receive a large portion of the blame—around 20%—for even though he isn't an evil character, his anger and jealousy consumed him causing him to depend on one character, therefore causing the killing however indirectly the reader views it. Lastly, Rodrigo should also have a large portion of the blame at about 20% for his role as an assistant to Lago. Due to the fact that Rodrigo was well aware of the effect of his actions, such as the attempted murder of Cassio, he should sustain a large portion of the blame.
As for the next characters, their blame percentages will fall far lower than the previous ones. Their actions were much more indirect due to the fact that they were not acting deliberately. Emilia, although not acting maliciously, gave Desdemona's handkerchief to Lago knowing the meaning that it had in her relationship; therefore, she deserves 12% of the blame. Similarly, Cassio, acting non-maliciously, got drunk knowing what alcohol does to him. Even though his actions were under the influence, the blame still comes to him with him reviewing 8% of the blame. Finally coming to Desdemona. She had the smallest blame percentage out of all of the characters with 5% of the blame. This is because as she saw Othello becoming more jealous, but she did not interject. This tragedy could have been avoided if she were to reaffirm her innocence earlier as there would have been many happenings that would be avoided.
Overall, the blame for this tragedy does not fall on one person. Characters affected this event both directly and indirectly, with some acting maliciously, and others not.
Over the past two weeks, I have had the amazing opportunity to study Shakespeare's wonderfully tragic play "Othello". The story is about how the trust of a happily married couple is tested, leaving nothing but tragedy and bodies behind. While Othello did do the killing of his wife, I don't think he was the one who deserved the most blame. Iago, Othello's "friend" and trusted companion, steers Othello down a twisted road of lies and deceit. Iago puts the idea into Othello's mind that Desdemona is cheating while providing false proof of that. I think Iago deserves 50% of the blame. Othello, however, did commit murder, didn't listen to what Desdemona had to say, and never confronted Cassio. Therefore, Othello should get 25% of the blame. Desdemona did not tell Othello the truth about the lost handkerchief right away. She was not clear about her intentions. She did not deserve what happened to her, but she could have changed the severity if she was more open which is why she deserves 5% of the blame. Emelia stole the handkerchief from Desdemona and gave it to Iago. She deserves 10% of the blame for that. Finally, Cassio deserves 10% of the blame because he trusted Iago's tips of getting close to Desdemona. He did not think clearly about how getting close to another man's wife may look suspicious. He also willingly got drunk and was not careful in the decisions he made throughout the play. He was careless, especially with the handkerchief.
After watching Shakespeare's Othello, I feel that there are a few characters, in particular, that deserve the blame for the events that take place. Some characters unknowingly contribute to the tragedy and others know fully what they are doing. The amount of blame deserved for each character varies greatly. At 45%, the character deserving the greatest percentage of blame is Iago. He manipulates several characters and their actions throughout the entire novel. He is a liar with a great poker face. Othello also deserves some blame, but a little less at 25%. Othello is oblivious and irrational. He let his emotions take control, and only listened to Iago. Emilia unknowingly plays a huge role in Iago’s scheme by getting Desdemona’s handkerchief. In doing so, she unintentionally set off the fuse for this tragedy. For that, Emilia deserves 15% of the blame. Roderigo deserves 5% for his dedication to Iago’s cause. He did whatever Iago said. Cassio also deserves 5% of the blame. A big part of this is due to his excessive drinking. His bad habit made him careless as he passed Desdemona’s handkerchief down to Bianca. Desdemona deserves 5% for not standing up for herself right away when Othello accused her of cheating. If she would’ve been more upfront, maybe the situation would’ve cleared up.
Throughout the past 2 weeks, I have been able to study Shakespeare's play, "Othello." The play is about an entangled love triangle with many ups and downs in marriage, friendship, and trust. As it is classified as a tragedy, there are many people to blame for what happened. I feel that the person who deserves the most blame at 50% would be Iago. He is clearly the person who started the fire between everyone and kept up with all of the lies he created. He made everyone turn against each other so he could benefit himself. The person who I feel deserves the next amount of blame is Othello. I would give him about 30%. Othello is the one who killed Desdemona, which caused Emilia to die and him killing himself. Othello should have asked Desdemona more questions and really investigated the so-called affair with Cassio instead of just believing everything that Iago told him. I would give 5% of the blame for the tragedy. She did steal the handkerchief, however, she did not know the real reason why Iago wanted it so much. She also didn't realize how important it was to both Desdemona and Othello. I would hand Cassio about 10% of the blame. He is the one who indirectly started things between Othello and Desdemona, without realizing it. He shouldn't have trusted Iago so much and not become so close with Desdemona. The final 5% I would give to Roderigo. He was aware of his actions and how he was tearing apart Desdemona and Othello. He gave too much trust into Iago just so he could try and marry Desdemona, which we all knew would never work out.
After studying and watching Othello, there is a lot of blame to go around. The story is of a love triangle in love, marriage, friendship, and trust. The person deserving the most blame for the tragedy of Othello's death is Iago. Iago is the person who started the drama with everyone and went crazy lying. He wanted power so he makes everyone tear each other down. So, for this matter, I give Iago 60% blame. The second person deserving of blame is Othello himself. I would give Othello 20% blame because he killed Desdemona. Because he did this, Emilia died. Othello ended up taking his life soon after. Iago has Othello wrapped up in affair lies, and Othello acted upon them instead of talking things out. I think that Cassio deserves 10% of the blame, because he was an asset into the lies Iago told Othello. He pushed the fight between Othello and Desdemona. Cassio trusted in Iago too much. I would give 5% to Desdemona because she played an aid into the lies. She stole the handkerchief and trusted in Iago too much also. The final 5% blame I would give is to Roderigo. He trusted Iago just because he wanted to marry Desdemona, but she loved Othello.
Throughout the novel “Othello” by William Shakespeare, I have built a system of blame for the characters. Obviously, most of the blame goes to Iago with 60%. He is the soul mastermind of all the lies and manipulation. Iago is the only true villain in this play. This whole entire time he was doing these villainous things for his own advantages. Especially, when he took advantage of Roderigo by stealing his money into thinking that he was going to get Desdemona in the end. Roderigo gets 10% of the blame for being jealous of Othello and Desdemons’s marriage proposal. Brabantio, Desdemona’s father, also takes blame when he fills Othello’s thoughts of Desdemona cheating on him like she did to her own father. Brabantio takes 5% of the blame for being selfish. Othello will take 15% of the blame because he is the one that murders his wife. He is filled with lies and conspiracies from Iago that his wife and good friend were having an affair, but did not build up the courage to go and ask his wife himself. Leaving him with his wife’s blood on his hands. The last 3 characters have the least bit of blame: Desdemona, Emillia, and Cassio. Emilia, Iago’s wife, takes 4% of the blame. Fighting for her husband’s love and attention, Emilia takes Othello’s handkerchief and gives it to Iago. She had no idea of her Iago’s intentions of the handkerchief. Cassio and Emilia both take 3% because they were solely innocent in this ordeal, but both having the chances to take matters in their own hands to prove that they were not having an affair.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to read the novel Othello, written by William Shakespeare. This play is written about the life of Othello and the tragedy of his marriage as trust is lost. I think that Lago, Othello's friend, deserves most of the blame, around 40%. He gets Othello to think that his wife is cheating on him with false accusations. I think that Othello deserves 30% of the blame because he killed his wife. He did not listen to what she said and he never went to Cassio to get his side of the story. I think that Desdemona deserves around 15% of the blame because she did not tell the complete truth to Othello. While she did not deserve to get murdered, she could have told the truth and this would have changed the outcome. I think Emelia deserves 10% of the blame because she stole the handkerchief and gave it to Lago. Finally, I think Cassio deserves 5% of the blame because he wanted another man's wife and did not think this out completely. I think that all of these people deserved blame for what happened and if just one of these things changed, Desdemona would have lived.
Over the past few weeks, I have been able to read Shakespeare's play "Othello". This story is about what jealousy can do to someone. While reading this, I was able to see that each character in the wrong one way or another. When giving out blame, I believe that Iago deserves the most. I would give him 50% blame. Iago manipulates many of the characters throughout the book to get what he wants, and he is the one who gives Othello the idea that Desdemona is cheating. Othello would get 25% blame. He killed his wife Desdemona out of jealous rage. He never listened to Desdemona's side of the story and only believed the worse. 15% of the blame should go to Casio. Casio willingly got drunk, even though he knew the effect that alcohol had on him. Not only this, but he also got close to Desdemona, when he should have known that this would draw some suspicions. Emilia deserves 5% blame. She stole Desdemona's handkerchief and gave it to Iago even though she knew how important it was to Desdemona and Othello's relationship. Finally, the last 5% blame I would give to Desdemona. Desdemona did not do much wrong throughout the play. However, when she lost the handkerchief, she should have told Othello right away.
Over the past week, I have read and analyzed Shakespeare's play called Othello. There are many characters in this play that deserve blame. I believe that lago deserves at least around 35% of the blame because it was his idea to plot against Cassio and Othello. It was also his fault for spreading the rumor of Desdemona's cheating to Othello's mind. His partner in crime Roderigo deserves about 20% of the blame as he was the partner in the scheme. Othello should get about 25% because he committed murder, didn't listen to Desdemona, and never confronted Cassio. Desdemona only deserves about 5% of the blame because she did not tell Othello the truth about the lost handkerchief, she was not clear about her intentions. Desdemona did not deserve what happened to her. And Emilia and Cassio deserve about 10% of the blame.
After watching and reading William Shakespeare's play “Othello”, I have been able to study it immensely. One thing that I have been able to pick out is the amount of blame one should hold for the tragedy that occurred. Without always knowing, some of the plays characters contribute to it but others know very well what they are doing. For me, I believe that Iago would have to take up around 50% of the blame. He is a true villain here and he started the tragedy and kept it advancing. I would give Othello around 20% of the blame. He let his emotions get the best of him while also listening to the villain, Iago. Emilia deserves 15% percent of the blame. She unknowingly played a large part of Iago's plan when she steals the handkerchief. Cassio and Rodrigo both get 5% of the blame. Rodrigo was dedicated to Iago and Cassio’s drinking problems played a role in this. He gave the handkerchief to Bianca without thinking. Lastly, Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame. This is because she did not stand up for herself at the beginning. If she would have, maybe it would have changed the situation.
Over the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to watch, read, and analyze William Shakespears play “Othello”. A play about a general, Othello, who is in love and marries Desdemona but is deceived by his friend Lago. Othello is quickly filled with jealousy destroying his marriage. After deeply studying this play I have put together a ranking for the amount of blame I think each character should receive. The character that I believe deserves the most blame is Lago with 40%. I believe Lago should have such a high percentage of blame because he is the one who causes Othello to believe that he is being cheated on. Othello and Roderigo should each receive 20% blame. Othello with 20% because he loses control of his emotions and kills Desdemona. Roderigo with 20% as he acts with Lago assisting his plan as he too is in love with Desdemona. Emilia with 8% blame as she gave Desdemona's handkerchief to Lago. Cassio with 8% as he is carelessly drunk and believes everything Lago tells him. Finally Desdemona with 4% blame as she does almost nothing to calm down Othello.
Othello is a play that needs to be studied. It relates to humans as we all lose trust in people because of what others say. The play was well written, but it helped to watch it as well to see what was exactly going on between all the characters. The killing of Desdemona was a group effort. Not one person was responsible, but many were. Some characters thought they were just helping Lago out in the story when in reality they were apart of the murder. Personally, I believe that Lago is most responsible, so I’d give him about 40% of the blame. Lago was just evil and would do whatever it took to get what he wanted. Although Lago didn’t physically kill Desdemona, he was a huge influence in making Othello do so. Othello would deserve about 30% of the blame. He was the one that actually did the action of killing, so that’s why he has a higher percentage. Othello lets Lago convince him that his wife was cheating on him with Cassio. He let this really get to his head where killing his own wife seemed like the only option. Emilia deserves about 15% of the blame because she handed off the handkerchief knowing what she was doing. The handkerchief was the breaking point for Othello when he saw that Cassio somehow got a hold of it. Desdemona deserves about 10% of the blame because she didn’t try that hard to make her husband believe her. Also, she lost the handkerchief that Othello gave to her and kept it a secret for a short amount of time. Desdemona needed to be honest with her husband. She didn’t think that she would end up getting killed from hiding that I assume. Lastly, I’d give Cassio and Rodrigo each 2.5%. Both had small roles in this murder but were overall apart of Lago’s plan. Honestly, the blame is hard to say for each of these characters. Either way, each was responsible somehow, so they all played a part no matter how big or small.
Othello is full of characters that all deserve some blame for the trouble and murders that happened. I think that Iago deserves a majority of the blame at 60%. He is the villain in the story and this is apparent when he manipulates the minds of other characters to make them believe certain things. His partner in many of Iago's games is Roderigo. Roderigo is doing everything out of love for Desdemona, so he only deserves 10%. Othello deserves 15% of the blame. Although Iago's lies were very convincing, he didn't have to believe anything he was saying. He should have trusted Desdemona more and not have acted out of jealousy. 5% of the blame goes to Cassio because he got drunk which made him very careless especially with the handkerchief. Iago would have never been able to plant the handkerchief if Emilia did not get it from Desdemona, so she also gets 5%. Desdemona also gets 5% because she was not very truthful and could have stuck up for herself more when Othello killed her.
Othello is a well-known and very well written classic of William Shakespeare himself. It is full of detail and unique characters that create a masterful tragedy. On the topic of blame, there are a few ways to look at it. Either you can single out the root of the problem and blame them and only them or look at how the wrongdoings were spread and share the blame there. It would be simple to blame Iago for unearthing the idea of manipulating false motives onto characters which inevitably gets the ball rolling. However, if everyone chose to do the right thing despite his actions, then we would not have a story, would we? So there is blame all around. Iago deserves 50% of the blame. Othello puts his trust towards Iago where he shouldn't have. He carried out the action without a moral compass strong enough to stop him. Othello should receive 20% of the blame. Rodrigo's motivation is Desdemona but should have been aware of what he was really doing, therefore he receives 10% of the blame. Cassio is too susceptible to Iago's tricks and also carelessly gets drunk which makes him more susceptible. Cassio should receive 10%. And lastly, Emelia stole the handkerchief which grants her 10%.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been reading the eye-opening play Othello by William Shakespeare. Othello and Desdemona are a newlywed couple, but over time trust issues stir the pot and dent the marriage turning it into a heartbreaking tragedy. Iago, Othello's friend, goes behind Othello's back and is the one that started the plan to break up the relationship between Othello and Desdemona so he should receive 55% of the blame. Iago is the evil person in this situation and prescribes the plan to destroy the marriage. He tricks Othello into thinking that Desdemona is having an affair with someone else just to capture the love of her. Othello and Roderigo both deserve 15% of the blame. Othello deserves the blame because he let Iago deceive him into thinking there was an affair without consulting. Othello also killed his wife Desdemona. Roderigo deserves his blame because he is Iago's partner in crime. Roderigo had to have known that something bad was going to happen and should have seen the evil coming from Iago. Lastly, Emilia deserves 10% and Desdemona deserves 5%. Emilia deserves her blame for stealing the handkerchief, even though she might not have known what was happening she played a huge role. Desdemona did nothing to comfort her husband Othello and made the whole situation worse.
Over the past week or so I have been able to further study the play Othello and learn more about Shakespear. It has been interesting to learn about him through his plays and studying them. While looking over the play, I have been able to think about who really gets the blame for the tragedy that happened in this play. To me, I would give Lago 50% of the blame. He purposely lied about Othello and it was up to him to begin all of this anyways. He planted the seed in Othello's mind that Desdemona was cheating and ruined his life. Speaking of Othello, I believe that he deserves 25% of the blame. He was the one that actually comitted the crime to murder Desdemona and this caused Emilia to kill himself. Finally, characters that get the least amount of blame. Roderigo, I think he deserves 10%. He knew what he was doing, and helped Lago get his job done. Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame. I think that she is guilty because she never really defended herself and acted passively. She allowed Othello to act without defending herself. Finally, I think that Emillia and Cassio both deserve 5%. They both acted poorly throughout the play and their actions overall helped Lago achieve his goal and resulted in many deaths that were unnecessary.
Recently I have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare’s play Othello. This tragedy examines the power of jealousy, racism, and manipulation. The tragic death-filled ending to the play can be blamed on a variety of characters. Iago deserves the largest portion of blame at 40%. Iago is the evil mastermind behind much of the plot. Iago’s own jealousy drives him to manipulate other characters for his own gain and others’ suffering. Othello also deserves 25% of the blame. Othello allowed his jealousy to take control and wrongfully murdered his wife based on rumors. Emilia deserves 10% of the blame for getting Desdemona’s handkerchief. Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame as well for helping Iago with the plot. Cassio deserves 5% of the blame for being careless with alcohol and getting obliviously close to Desdemona. Lastly, Desdemona deserves the remaining 10% for not being aggressive enough in her defense. I feel like Desdemona could have been more outspoken that she was innocent and made an effort for some proof or explanations.
I have had the absolute privilege over the past couple weeks to read one of Shakespeare's many great plays, Othello. This is a tragic play that was masterfully written. In this story, a couple has run off and is happy together, but jealousy gets in the way of that. Another man gets feelings messes everything up. I believe that Lago is 60% to blame for all the problems in this story. He instigates all the problems and he is the mastermind behind making Othello believe that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. However, he is not all to blame for this. Othello has some part in this as well. He has 25% of the blame. Yes, he is the one getting tricked so it is not all on him. Othello made a very rash decision in killing his wife. He got lost in his own feelings and was not rational at all. Roderigo also played his part in this. He deserves 10% of the blame. Roderigo was the one that was also in love with Desdemona and was pretty much Lago's sidekick. Cassio also was involved, even though he may not have realized it. Michael Cassio has 5% of the blame. he was played like a sucker by Lago and was viewed as the "other man" by Othello.
Lago - 60%
Othello - 25%
Roderigo - 10%
Cassio - 5%
During the recent weeks, I have had the opportunity to read Shakespeare's play Othello. As I have read this, I have come to be able to rank characters based on their roles in the play. I believe that some characters are knowingly for blame, while others participate with blame unknowingly. The murder was a group effort though, and the blame can't be put completely on one character. The evil Lago didn't physically kill, he is still mostly behind all of it and therefore I would give him 60% of the blame. The next on the list would be Othello. He used his own jealousy to fill his thoughts which resulted in the murder of his wife. I would give him 20% of the blame. The rest of the characters helped all in their own way with the plot, and therefore are also involved and deserve some of the blame. Roderigo deserves 5% of the blame for his carelessness. Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio also deserve 5% of the blame because they helped in their own ways as well.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have had the opportunity to read and study William Shakespeare's tragic play, Othello. This tragedy is masterfully written by Shakespeare. Jealousy intrudes on a happy relationship between Othello and Desdemona. The tragic ending of the play can be blamed on a multitude of characters. I believe that lago should receive most of the blame. lago is the mastermind behind the play. He deserves 40% of the blame due to his jealousy that drives him to manipulate most of the characters. Othello, in my opinion, deserves 20% of the blame because he allowed his jealousy to take control of him which lead to him murdering his own wife. I then believe that Desdemona deserves around 15% due to the fact that she did not defend herself. In my opinion, she could have spoken up a little more about her innocence. I then believe that both Emilia and Roderigo deserve 10% of the blame each. Emilia gets Desdemona's handkerchief. Roderigo gets the 10% because he helped lago with his plot. Finally, I believe Cassio deserves 5% of the blame because he got drunk and got to close to Desdemona.
Throughout the past week, I have had the opportunity to read/watch the tragic events of Othello play out written by William Shakespeare. Jealousy plays a major role in all of this and is seen largely in one of the main characters, Othello. He deserves around 30% of the blame due to him murdering his wife. He let his feelings and jealousy take hold of him and not was not thinking reasonably before killing his own wife. This jealousy and fear are sparked by Iago, who I believe deserve most of the blame, 55%. He was the evil mastermind behind the whole plan and he manipulated and tricked multiple characters. He wants to steal Desdemona and in the end, is in the wrong for her death. I then believe that Rodrigo then deserves around 10%. He was Iago's partner in most of the play and he should have seen that nothing good was going to come out of the situation. Emila and Desdemona can split the rest of the blame of 5% because Emilia should not have taken Desdemona's handkerchief and Desdemona should have stood up for herself more and taken more of an effort to prove her love for Othello.
So many people deserve blame for what happened in the book of Othello. Many of the characters played a small part, but the small parts snowballed into the death of many. I think that Brabantio and Cassio deserve 5% of the blame. Brabantio is 5% to blame because he planted the seed into Othello's head. He said that his daughter was unfaithful to him, and she will be unfaithful to Othello. Even though Othello acted so strong, it started the doubt of his wife's loyalty. Cassio deserves 5% because he was very flirty with Desdemona to try to get on Othello's good side (Desdemona can convince Othello to get Cassio his rank back). He should have instead been talking to Othello or earning his rank back instead of listening to Iago and flirting. Next, I believe Desdemona and Emilia deserve 10% of the blame. Desdemona deserves 10% of the blame because she was not honest about losing her handkerchief. If she would have told Othello the truth, maybe he would have believed her and understand that someone took it. Emilia deserves 10% because she is the one to steal the handkerchief, but I gave her only 10% because she did it to feel loved by her husband and felt so guilty when Desdemona died. Othello deserves 25% of the blame because he chose to believe Iago, who wasn't even his closest friend, about Desdemona and Cassio instead of trusting his wife like he said to Brabantio. He also is the one who acted out the most by killing Desdemona and himself. Finally, Iago deserves 45% of the blame because he planned it all. He planned for Cassio and Desdemona to be close, Emilia to steal the handkerchief, and having Othello believing everything he said. Iago was the whole planner which makes him one to blame the most, but it only worked because everyone did what he said which makes them guilty as well.
I have had the opportunity to read William Shakespeare's Othello. There are many characters throughout the play that deserves blame, but some stand out more than others. First of all, Iago deserves around 55% of the blame. He is the one who deceived Othello into thinking that Desdemona was cheating on him. Iago is a very corrupt man who doesn't like Othello. Iago constantly seduces Rodrigo as well as others throughout the play. Othello also deserves quite a bit of blame, I would say around 30% of the blame. He decides that he is going to believe Iago, a man who is known for being tricky and corrupt. He lets his jealousy get to him, ultimately leading to his death. Emilia, Desdemona, and Rodrigo together deserve 10% of the blame. Emilia is the one who steals the handkerchief. Rodrigo helps Iago throughout the play. Desdemona should have been way more aggressive in defending her innocence. Cassio deserves the last 5% because he also helps in his own way.
Over the past week, I have been reading William Shakespeare's Othello—it is a little hard to follow at times, but I have enjoyed it. Throughout the play, it is clear that there is a fair share of blame to be handed out to the characters. In my opinion, Iago does deserve the most blame at 45%. He is the main problem throughout the play as he continually is plotting against Othello and was the one to start the entire ordeal. Roderigo was no better. Although he was not the brains of the plan, he did help Iago carry out the evil deeds—20%. Othello is also not entirely innocent. I give him 25% of the blame due to the fact that he did not control his emotions when Iago got in his head. He would not have had to kill anyone if he had would have asked other people and checked the validity of Iago’s story. 5% belongs to Cassio because he drank irresponsibly even when he knew how alcohol affected him. Unknowing of Iago’s plan, Emilia gave Iago Desdemona's handkerchief—5%. She had Cassio only receive 5% each because they did minor things that had more impact than they knew would come about.
After the past couple of weeks of reading William Shakespeare's Othello, I have determined who deserves to be blamed the most all the way to the least. I think the leading two for blame are Othello and Iago. I would say that Iago deserves 60% of the blame because he is the one who created the plan of tricking Othello to believe that Desdemona is cheating on him. He ensured that everything would be believable in Othello's eyes and made sure stories lined up on other ends. I also believe that Othello deserves a lot of blame; although, not as much as Iago who sort of made him act in a poor way. I give Othello 20% of the blame because he acted poorly after he let his feelings get to him. Oddly, Othello lets the mask get pulled over his eyes by Iago and trusted him after some time. I give Cassio and Emilia each 5% of the blame because Cassio acted flirty around Desdemona and Emilia took the handkerchief. Both of these things added to the credibility of Iago to Othello, so they deserve a little blame. I think Desdemona deserves 10% of the blame because she lied about losing the handkerchief he gave her and that meant a lot to Othello. I think that really convinced Othello that Iago was right.
From analyzing the movie during the zooms and on my own time, I have concluded that multiple characters deserve blame. The thing that takes the overall blame is envy. Jealously was what allowed this butterfly effect to happen. From the power of jealously, Othello murdered his wife. With this action, listening to jealousy, and not understanding the whole situation Othello deserves about 15% of the blame. One who was empowered by this jealously was Lago. Lago caused all the characters to act out of their normal and listen to the dangerous effects of envy. He filled Roderigo with the promise of being with Desdemona and filled Othello's head with the idea his wife has been unfaithful to him. Which the only reason why Lago does not deserve all the blame is that everyone acted out on their acts and did not resist the urge of envy. So I give Lago 60% of the blame. Next, I believe Desdemona deserves some blame for her death. She could have been more clear in her explanation of the handkerchief. If she was honest, Othello would have believed in his wife and most likely would not have murdered her. So I believe she deserves 10% of the blame. Next, I believe Emilia deserves 4% of the blame due to her stealing the handkerchief which sparked Othello to act out. She does not deserve so much blame due to her own story of her unloving and evil husband. One person who made Othello question his wife's loyalty was Brabantio. He put the idea into Othello's head by saying that Desdemona cheated on him so she will do the same to Othello. With this, I believe Brabantio deserves 8% of the blame. The last 3% goes to Cassio. Cassio followed and listened to Lago's instructions by flirting with Desdemona. This act only made Othello more suspicious and question his wife more.
I have had the opportunity of reading Shakespeare's play, Othello. While reading this play, I have had many mixed emotions. There is no doubt that Iago started everything, but it is everyone else's reactions that start a domino effect. Therefore, the blame cannot be placed on just Iago. The jealousy and emotions that the characters gather are from their own minds, and Iago just simply places doubt. I would still give Iago the majority of the blame at 55%. He was the mastermind behind this plan and ruined their lives because of his greed. He also lied to Othello by giving him false "proof" and telling him that Cassio was talking about Desdemona in his sleep. He also planted the handkerchief in Cassio's room, which was more "proof". The handkerchief was stolen by his wife, Emilia, which brings her blame to 10%. She did not know why she was stealing it, but without her, the plan would have not worked as well. Roderigo deserves blame as well because he unknowingly carried out Iago's plan. I would give him 15% because he still followed through with Iago's plan. I feel Othello deserves blame because he acted off of fake proof instead of trusting his wife and talking it out. He listened to his emotions instead of thinking it through. Therefore, I would give him 15%. I would give Desdemona 2.5%, because she lost the handkerchief when she knew how important it was to Othello. I would give Cassio the last 2.5%, because he was irresponsibly drinking and went to Desdemona instead of Othello, which sealed Othello's doubt.
I would love to say that Iago deserves 100% of the blame because to me that would be the easiest method, and everything can be traced back to him. However, I won't do that, and I will split it up. Starting off, I am going to give Iago 51% of the blame. He deserves a majority out of that 100% because his seeds of jealousy and doubt are responsible for everything. Secondly, I feel Othello deserves 30% of the blame. Even though he was under the effects of Iago, he still didn't make an attempt to talk to or listen to Desdemona or Cassio. He blindly trusted Iago and plotted to kill Cassio. Then he murdered his wife. The only reason he doesn't have the majority blame is that he was under Iago's influence. Next, I feel like Emilia earns 10% of the blame. While she didn't explicitly know Iago's plans, everything was set into motion when she stole Desdemona's handkerchief. She didn't know the malicious intent behind it and did it to please her husband, but she still stole it which led to Cassio's attack and Desdemona's death. The remaining 9% I feel should go to Roderigo. He was so lost in love with Desdemona that he was easily manipulated. Also, he did reveal the marriage plot to Brabantio and he attacked Cassio. I feel like Desdemona and Cassio deserve 0% because they were only victims of circumstance. They just went about their normal lives and were destroyed in the end because of it. They deserve no blame in my eyes.
Over the course of reading the difficult writing style of William Shakespeare, Othello has provided me with a great story and an entertaining ending. I would rank the characters and their blame as such: Iago- 30%, Roderigo- 25%, Emilia- 25%, Othello- 10%, Cassio- 5%, and Desdemona- 5%. I give Iago the most blame, because he is clearly the villain of the story, and if it weren't for him, the play would have been a lot less tragic. I give Roderigo 25%, because he was Iago's accomplice and let his emotions for Desdemona ruin himself, all the while taking down the other men in the play. Emilia gets 25% of the blame, because she gave Desdemona's sacred handkerchief away, which gave Othello the wrong impression and allowed Othello to get jealous and act irrationally. Had she not given it away, Iago would have had a much harder time being the evil soul that he is. This being said, I give Othello 10% of the blame, because if he would have realized that Iago was trying to destroy him, he would not have given into the temptation of jealousy. If he would have disregarded Iago's word and just trusted his wife, everything would have been just fine. It is easy to see why Othello would act out so irrationally, however. Desdemona gets 5% of the blame, because she could have prevented a lot fo the killing by just letting Othello know how innocent she was right away, instead of not saying much at all. Finally, Cassio gets 5% of the blame, because he added some fuel to the fire by getting drunk when he knows he shouldn't have.
There are many different ways where blame can be pointed in this play. It entails a lot of secrets and dishonesty between one another. I would give Iago the most blame because he is the main villain in the play and intends to turn people against one another the whole time. He deserves 60% of the blame. I think Othello deserves 10% of the blame for actually murdering his wife. He fell for Iago's tricks and the jealousy took over. I think Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame because he kept giving Iago money to mess with everyone in hopes of winning over Desdemona. I think Emilia deserves 15% of the blame because she gave away the handkerchief and pushed Othello to become more envious and fill with fury. I think that Desdemona is partially responsible to blame for her death too. She is blamed for 5% because she didn't stand up for herself when Othello came to her about cheating and she didn't say much to stop him.
Upon the reading of Shakespeare's well-known tragedy, Othello, readers are presented with many reasons to accuse and assert blame on certain characters throughout the play. The most deserving of the highest blame percentage is Iago. While many characters took part in degrading Othello and his love for Desdemona, Iago was the only character to implement these pains into Desdemona, Othello, Cassio, Roderigo, and Emilia. Due to his clever acts of evil and deception which ultimately resulted in the death of four people, Iago deserves 80%, if not more of the blame. Emilia deserves about 5% of the blame from her quick action of stealing the handkerchief that stood as a symbol for the love between Desdemona and Othello. Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame with her lack of blatant information on her remaining truthful to Othello and not partaking in an affair with Cassio. Cassio deserves 5% of the blame for his inability to talk with Othello about Desdemona and how they simply remain friends, but due to Iago's deception and use of alcohol, Cassio lost more than a friendship and rank with Othello. Othello deserves 5% of the blame as he is the result of his wife's death. Without communication between the couple, Othello assumed and relied on Iago's words as the truth rather than his own spouse. Iago was a mastermind at manipulating others such as Roderigo and Cassio to turn against each other and allow himself to rank higher on Othello's trustworthy friends list.
William Shakespeare's Othello is a tragedy surrounding a newly-wed couple and jealousy. Although no wrong was committed, a whole conspiracy took place ending in several deaths. The blame belongs to many of the characters including Iago, Othello, Emelia, Cassio, Roderigo, and Desdemona. Iago deserves most of the blame (40%) as he is the one who started the line of jealousy. He does everything in his power to make Othello believe Desdemona is cheating on him. He asks Emelia to steal a prized possession, causes Cassio to become drunk, and coaches Roderigo to pick fights. Next, Othello deserves 20% of the blame. He believes Iago is telling the truth and doesn’t listen to his wife. If he would have called for Cassio as Desdemona asked, many lives could have been saved. He let his emotions get the best of him instead of listening to reason. Both Cassio and Roderigo deserve 15% of the blame. Cassio listened to Iago and got drunk which caused him to lose his position. To regain it, Iago coached him to talk to Desdemona which caused Othello to become more jealous. Throughout the play, Roderigo listens to Iago for advice to get Desdemona which helps Iago attain his goal. Lastly, both Emelia and Desdemona deserve 5% of the blame. Emelia steals the handkerchief from Desdemona and gives it to Iago. Her intentions were not to harm anyone, but that is exactly what happened as a result of her actions. Desdemona lies to Othello when she claims she knows where the handkerchief is. If she had told him that she had misplaced it somehow maybe everything would have turned out better.
Shakespeare's Othello is a great tragedy that the plot has many specific points to cause for all the major problems to occur. Many characters are at cause for the final tragic ending. Blame can be assigned to almost every character. Blame can be assigned to Iago, Cassio, Othello, Roderigo, Emilia, and Desdemona. In my opinion, Iago deserves 50% of the blame because his jealousy caused him to want to ruin the moor. He is the one who gave Cassio the handkerchief and was the one whispering in everyone's ear. Othello receives 20% of the blame because he fell into Iago's trap and he falls to jealousy. He never gives Desdemona a chance to tell her side of the story. 15% of the blame falls on Cassio. Cassio is the ignition in the chain. When he drinks too much wine he loses his position and starts to spend more time with Desdemona to get it back. Roderigo, Emila, and Desdemona all receive 5% of the blame. Roderigo's desire for Desdemona causes him to play as Iago's puppet and will do anything he says. Emilia acquires blame because she gives Iago the handkerchief that turns Othello against Desdemona. Finally, Desdemona deserves her 5% because she is careless with the handkerchief and leaves it for Emilia to pick up
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In the play Othello written by William Shakespeare, multiple characters all play a role in a plot to bring down Othello. Of the many characters, Iago is the one who deserves the most blame (50%). In the play, Iago is the evil mastermind and the original creator of the plan, arguably making him the most important character in the entire play. Next to earn the bulk of the blame are Iago's affiliates: Roderigo, Brabanzio, and his wife, Emilia. Roderigo was one of Desdemona's suitors before Othello married her and becomes employed by Iago to help in the plan to bring down Othello by attempting to murder Cassio. Roderigo allows himself to be controlled by his jealousy and, therefore, deserves about 15% of the blame. Brabantio also deserves about 15% of the blame because he sided with Iago by going against Othello. Emilia is the last character to deserve the remaining blame (20%) because of her handing off Desdemona's handkerchief to Iago, even though she was initially ignorant of the impact of her actions.
Othello has proved to be a very interesting play. It has a very interesting plot and all the characters come together to form a great story. The blame of the characters can vary from act to act as well. Based on Act III, Iago deserves 55% of the blame, Emelia deserves 5%, Desdemona deserves 10%, and Othello deserves 20%, and Cassio deserves the remaining 10%. Iago deserves over half the blame. Throughout the entire play, he is a very key character in all the chaos. In Act III, he tells Emelia to steal the handkerchief and tells Othello lies about his wife. In the other Acts of the play, he also tries to influence others in unfortunate ways and is quite good at succeeding. Emelia only deserves 10% because she is just doing as she is told. during this time period, women didn't really have the rights or recognition they deserved, she was doing what she could in order to survive. Desdemona also deserves some of the blame for lying to her husband. She could've told the truth and they could've uncovered Iago's conspiracy together. Instead, she lied and told him that she'd bring it to him because she knew where it was when she had no clue what-so-ever where it was. Then we come to Othello. He deserves 20% for listening to Iago over his wife. He also should be blamed because he isn't putting his trust in his wife to do the right thing. Lastly, Cassio deserves 10% of the blame because he took Iago's advice to talk to Desdemona and therefore made Othello more jealous which then lead to Iago's story to seem true to Othello. In the play and in life, the blame can be given to whomever people want to blame. It is whether or not people decide to believe the innocent person or not.
Blame can be thrown to tons of people throughout the story. They all took part in some evil, envious, or rude way at one part or another. This play contains a lot of secrets, lies, and jealousy so it isn't hard to find the blame for multiple people. I would definitely give Iago 60% of the blame because he clearly is the villain in this story. He is constantly stirring the pot and causing more drama. All he cares about is himself which makes him extremely selfish. I believe that Othello deserves at least 10% of the blame because he murdered his own wife. He fell for Iago's schemes and did everything Iago told him to do. Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame because he was always giving Iago money to mess with everyone just so he could win Desdemona over. He was essentially working with Iago. I think Emilia should get 15% of the blame because she gave away the handkerchief and made Othello more angry and upset. I think that Desdemona should get 5% because she just let Othello talk to her that way and didn't stick up for herself and tell Othello the truth.
Over the last few weeks, I had the brilliant opportunity to read and watch Shakespeare's Othello. This is a very entertaining and interesting story. After studying the story I had one question that I had to think of... who's fault was it? After lots of thinking I finally came to a conclusion. Iago is clearly the villain of the story and deserves the most blame. He should get 50% of the blame for this. He was constantly manipulative of the others and was greedy and was just thinking about himself. Othello himself should also be held somewhat accountable for this because he was blind and only listened to Iago and let his emotions get the best of him. For this, he should be he deserves 20% of the blame. He did not need to kill Desdemona and he should have talked it out with her and made sure and see if she was actually cheating on him or not. Emilia is the next one that has a portion of the blame. I think that she should be accountable for 15% of the blame. This is because she was the one who had taken that handkerchief and gave it to her evil husband Iago. Also, she failed to just tell that to Othello and could have helped stop his suspicion and emotion. Her stealing this was one of the main points to help Iago with his mischief. Lastly, there is Roderigo, Cassio, and Desdemona, who each deserve 5% of the blame. These all were minor in this but there are still factors that had contributed. Cassio should have been a little less friendly with Desdemona and maybe have had a better relationship with Othello. Roderigo should have not tried to pay Iago for his "help" and should not have just listened to everything that he said. Finally, Desdemona should have stood up for herself a little bit and just explained that she lost the handkerchief. She wasn't very convincing that she didn't do it she should have made it very clear that she wasn't having an affair. That is how I feel the blame should have been separated.
As I analyze Othello's play by Shakespear there are multiple characters that deserve blame. I think Lago deserves 60% of the blame because he is the character that was the villain from the very start of the play. He started everything and was the main mastermind of what went down. I would give Othello 20%. He was the one who physically did the killing. If it weren't for Lago messing with Othello I don't know if he would have done the killing though. Roderigo deserves 5% because he also had some part in it but I don't think it was a major part. The other characters play a small part in creating joyously and problems. I would give the characters
Desdemona 5%, Cassio 5%, and Emilia 5% .
There is not just one character that is 100% to blame for. I think all the characters play some part in leading to what eventually happened. There was a lot of jealousy and hate throughout the whole play. A tragedy occurred that everyone took part in.
Over the last few weeks, I have been able to analyze William Shakespeare’s “Othello.” The play is about Othello and the tragedy of his marriage. After falling in love and marrying Desdemona, he is betrayed by his friend Lago. It is clear that there are many characters in the story that deserve some blame. I have devised a ranking system that displays how much blame each character should receive. First, the character that deserves the least amount of blame is Desdemona at 2%. She never speaks out to defend herself and doesn’t try to calm down Othello. She doesn’t do much wrong, so she deserves the least amount of blame. Next is Emilia at 8% blame. She gives the handkerchief of Desdemona to Lago. Cassio is next with 10% blame. He is always drunk and listens to anything Lago tells him. Next is Roderigo with 15% blame. He is an assistant for Lago and helps him with the plan. Othello is next at 25%. Othello can’t control his emotions and gets so mad that he kills Desdemona. Finally, the person that deserves the most blame should be Lago. Lago is the one who devised the plan that makes Othello feel like Desdemona is cheating on him. If Lago didn’t do this, none of this would have happened.
In this past week, I have had the chance to read and comprehend Othello, one of William Shakespeare's classic plays. The main character of the play, aptly named Othello, is first presented to be happy and recently wedded. However, he soon attempts to undo his marriage after being told many things by other characters. Iago is most at fault for ruining Othello's life. He came up with the idea of Desdemona's betraying her loving husband, telling only him that she was committing adultery. he earns himself a hefty 40% of the blame, as it's clear his intent was chaos and bloodshed. His partner in crime, Roderigo, deserves a lot of blame as well. He desperately wanted to have Desdemona for himself, so much that he'd help awful things planned by Iago. He deserves a good 25% for carelessly destroying a relationship. Overall, both have 65% of the blame, because of their evil actions. Othello himself is third in line for the blame. He let himself believe these lies rather than use truth and reasoning about his wife. He did not have to kill her either, he simply could have let her go. He gains 20% of the blame here. Emilia sort of helped with Iago's actions, but did not plan to hurt the couple. She earns herself a good 10% of the blame. Cassio, the final character to blame, gets 5% for turning a blind eye and getting drunk, the least offence in all of the chaos. It's very clear to me that Iago deserves a lot of blame here, Roderigo deserving almost as much as well for his help.
Over the past week, I have read most of Shakespeare's well-known play "Othello." This play centers around the tragedy of an alleged affair between a wife and husband. When dividing the blame percentage around the main characters, I would immediately throw 45% of the blame on Iago. Iago spends a large part of the play sneaking around, outsmarting Othello, Roderigo, Cassio, and even his own wife. Iago played Othello by making him think Desdemona (his wife) was having an affair with Cassio, when, in reality, they were just friends. Iago goes as far as to take the handkerchief that is a love connection between Othello and Desdemona and plants it in Cassio's quarters. Because Emilia stole the handkerchief which was used as a tool to convince Othello there was an affair, I would allot 10% of the blame to her. I believe Othello deserves at least 15% of the blame because he believed the alleged affair fairly quickly and ended up killing his wife. Roderigo deserves 10% of the blame because he helps Iago by paying him and believing everything Iago says because he was madly in love with Desdemona. Desdemona would get 5% of the blame because she really wasn't having an affair but never stood up to Othello to tell him the truth. Lastly, I would give Cassio 15% of the blame because he takes Iago's advice and tries to befriend Desdemona which starts the whole tragedy.
In William Shakespeare's "Othello", each main character obviously holds a percentage of blame in what happens throughout the play. I will start with the smallest amount of blame and work my way to the greatest. I believe that Desdemona deserves only 2% of the blame. She really had no idea what was happening in slandering her name and the few actions she made that worsened the situation, were from the good of her heart. I gave Emilia 5% of blame because she was just as innocent in her actions as Desdemona but giving Iago the handkerchief had a far more drastic effect on Othello. I feel like Emilia should have had somewhat of an idea about how two-sided her husband can be. Next, Cassio has 8% of the blame. He should not have let Iago convince him to drink while standing guard. He let his emotions get the better of him and was used often to convince Othello of his wrongdoing. I gave Roderigo 10% of the blame. He trusted Iago and did whatever Iago said. This included upsetting Cassio. He then even had doubts about Iago but still did nothing about it in the end. Othello has 25% of the blame because he really let Iago play up his doubts. He trusted Iago over his best friend and wife. He placed blame without investigating for himself and always took Iago's word for everything. Finally, Iago has 50% of the blame. None of this would have happened if Iago was not present. He did everything for his own advantage.
While Shakespeare may have been warning his audience about the dangers of envy and irrational decision-making through his script, I feel that he was also testifying to mankind's primitive nature with the creation of "Othello." As a society, we like to believe that there are good people and then there are bad people, and the line between them is so thick that it'll never be crossed. We fail to understand that when pushed far enough, how easily we can commit the vile acts we judge others for. That being said, I have a hard time believing that there are truly innocent characters in the play, as they all carry some guilt.
Iago (50%) - There's no doubt he's the mastermind behind the whole ordeal and such a calculated personality proves that regardless of who the characters are or how the plot is meant to go down, he was always going to be the sole perpetrator.
Othello (20%) - He was irrational, untrusting, and jealous...all cause for some serious insecurities and a doomed relationship. If it wasn't Cassio, it would have been someone else.
Brabantio (12%) - Accusing your daughter of infidelity against her husband (before she ever has a chance to prove you otherwise) because she "cheated on you" is weird. This line is definitely what put those doubts and thoughts in Othello's head in the first place.
Roderigo (10%) - I think Roderigo was probably a very insecure man to begin with, that when a "tough guy" like Iago offers to help him with his middle-school crush, it was the perfect way for him to feel more empowered. Truthfully, Roderigo was too blind with lust to see his own stupidity.
Cassio (5%) - I mean...what kind of advice is flirting with your boss's wife to get on good terms with him? Grow up, Cassio.
Emilia (2%) - Knowing that she was in an unhealthy relationship and that Iago was less than an honorable figure, stealing from her mistress for affection seems counterproductive. Regardless of whether she knew the importance of the handkerchief or not, how could she not be suspicious of her husband's knowledge of its minute details or his extreme desire to have it?
Desdemona (1%) - Understanding the time period and women's "role" in history makes it difficult to judge Desdemona for not standing up for herself more, especially as she maintained her stance of innocence throughout the entire play. Had she been firmer with Othello earlier in the plot, however, I think the likelihood of her seeing the conclusion would have been far greater.
Following this past week of reading and analyzing Shakespeare's "Othello," I have done my best to study it immensely from beginning to end. If I could summarize it in a sentence, I would say that a couple becomes very happy together but jealousy gets in the way. I would have to say that Lago is 65% to blame just because he is essentially the problem in the story or the "mastermind" and he instigates everything. He is the reason that Othello thinks that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. Although Othello is the one getting played through all of this, he does have about 20% of the blame in my opinion. Since he was being tricked I think it confused him to the point where he wasn't always thinking at his best, leading to him having some of the blame. Roderigo also deserves some blame for this because he was Othello's "sideman" if you will, and he was also in love with Desdemona which never ends well. We will give him 5%. Cassio also deserves 5% of the blame. Giving the advice to flirt with the boss's wife to get on his good side is terrible advice. And then I think we have to give Desdemona 5% blame as well. Of course, it would be hard for her to stand up for herself during these times, but since she didn't I think she deserves a little of the blame.
The play "Othello" is an example of how mankind can be so irrational and mislead so easily. Sometimes, our emotions dominate our rational thinking skills and can become a crucial weakness in our biology. Although emotions are important and shouldn't be ignored, in desperate times we have to rely on our logic and the facts presented to us. The tragedy of "Othello" cannot be blamed on one single person because almost all of the characters had a role of negligence or intent.
Iago 50% - Obviously, Iago deserves a large majority of the blame because he was the mastermind of the evil plot to destroy Othello and Desdemona's marriage. He manipulated and lied so many of the characters in order to achieve his selfish, jealous, and hateful reasons.
Roderigo 25%- Roderigo deserves a large part to blame because he was basically Iago's henchman through the play. He knew about the entire plot to destroy the marriage and wanted to help because he was jealous of Othello and wanted Desdemona.
Othello 10%- Othello deserves a fairly decent amount of blame for his own tragedy because of his stupidity. As a leader, he was too trusting and emotional for his own good. However, he did murder his own wife rather than trying to solve their imaginary problem with a conversation.
Cassio 5%- Cassio deserves a small portion of the blame for getting drunk and stabbing Montano. Also, it seemed he was fairly close and almost flirtatious with Desdemona. Maybe that's not true but I think it would give Othello a reason to worry.
Emilia 5%- Emilia was easily manipulated by her husband. She pretty much took the handkerchief without too many questions asked. I understand that it's her husband but you think you would be a little more hesitant to steal from your friend.
In conclusion, it's hard to put an exact number on how much each person contributed but I think it's safe to say Iago is the main villain. Most people didn't even mean to commit actions with evil intent but were manipulated into doing so. I think this play is a great example of why you should be careful with trust. Othello gives all of his trust into some man spewing lies about an affair rather than trusting the love of his life.
This week we have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare's play, Othello. The style of writing has been hard to get used to, but after some better understanding, I have enjoyed the story. In the play, there are many different characters that can be blamed. Each character carries a lot of secrets. Many are very dishonest with each other. I believe that lago is the one who has the most blame out of all the characters. Lago is the antagonist, the bad guy, the villain in this play. I believe that he deserves sixty-five percent of the blame. Lago caused great pain for the rest of the characters and this is why I think he deserves the most. Because Othello murdered his wife, I believe he deserves ten percent of the blame. Rodrigo also deserves ten percent because he was the one aiding ago. He too was selfish and in the end, he wanted Desdemona. Emilia deserves ten percent as well because she gave the handkerchief away. She also caused Othello to be something he was not. Lastly, Desdemona with five percent. Desdemona didn't necessarily do anything wrong, however, she could have tried to stop everything but she didn't.
Throughout the course of the past few weeks, I have had the chance to read William Shakespeare’s “Othello”. This is a play that is written in 1603 and has been performed countless times in front of an audience. In a short summary, it is about Othello and his tragedy that stems from his marriage to Desdemona. Othello is a very highly viewed military general and he is tricked into jealousy and in that he destroys his honor as well as his marriage. But as everyone knows there are always two or more sides to a story, and I don’t think that Othello is completely to blame in this situation. But in this case, I am going to give Iago the most blame out of anyone with 45% with the plan to mess with Cassio and Othello with the planting of false momento’s of Desdemona cheating on Othello. So Iago basically planted all of the traps and Othello stepped in nearly everyone. Next up on the blame percentage is going to be Othello and he is going to be 20% of blame and he gets that percent because of his actions in killing Desdemona and the jealousy that controls his actions. Next, is Rodrigo with 15% because he is Iago’s partner in these terrible actions and he should have seen the evil that Iago was trying to do. Next are Emilia and Cassio and they are both going to be gifted with 7.5% of the blam because they had done some actions even though they didn’t act negatively or with intent to harm. But their actions eventually ended up in the tragedy that this play is. Lastly, Desdemona deserves 5% of the blame because was non-agresseve to her own defense which makes it easier for the plan to work for Iago. That is how I would rank the blam percentages for Shakespeare’s work.
While reading the play I had this blog task question in mind. I tried to devise a system where each person got a certain percentage of the blame but the more I read and the more I think about the play the more and more percent of the blame went on Iago's shoulders. Throughout the story, Iago manipulated and lied and turned everyone's lives upside down. He lied and put thoughts into people's heads that I don't believe would be there without Iago's mischief. Therefore I place 100% of the blame upon Iago's shoulders. I think if we were to remove Iago out of the equation in the story you would come up with a completely different end result. A result that I would argue would be a happy ending. I like things to be simple and although things aren't always black and white I believe this play and who deserves the blame is quite simple. 100% Iago's fault.
After watching and reading the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, there isn't just one character that deserves all the blame. Between each of the characters, they all are to blame, some more than others. I think Lago deserves the most blame, he has been a problem from the start. I would give him 50% of the blame just because he starts all the problems and is the villain of it all. He is very selfish which causes him to make problems for everyone else. I think Othello deserves at least 15% because he is very gullible, falling for Lago's actions. Othello also murdered his own wife, so he definitely deserves some blame, but not as much as Lago. I think Roderigo deserves 15% of the blame as well as Othello. Roderigo was always helping Lago with his schemes, giving him money to essentially win over Desdemona. Desdemona deserves 10 % of the blame because she gave away the handkerchief. Then I think Emilia deserves 5% of the blame, as well as Cassio. This is how I believe the blame should be split up between all of the characters.
Through the past few weeks, I have been given the opportunity to study one of Shakespeare's play, Othello. This play displays the effects that manipulation and jealousy have. That being said there is a lot of blame spread out amongst the characters. One of the characters I believe deserve the most blame is Lago. Lago deserves around 60% of the blame as he is the Kickstarter to the upbringing of the evil. Lago manipulates because of his jealously towards others to make his own personal gain not caring for the effects on the other characters. The other character who is almost Lago's partner in crime is Rodrigo. I feel Rodrigo should receive a 20% blame. Rodrigo is with Lago through his evil decision making not stopping what Lago is doing but rather adding on to the flame as his love for Desdemona effects his irrational behavior. Next is Othello who should have 10% of the blame. Othello leads off of his own emotions causing him to make poor decisions like choosing to kill his wife rather than trying to resolve the problem. the last two to take the rest of the blame should be Cassio and Emilia. They both should take half and half of the remaining 10%. Emilia gets manipulated by her husband later stealing the handkerchief to add on to the problems while Cassio is the blame for stabbing Montano adding again another event to the evil plot.
After studying Shakespeare’s tragic play, there are multiple characters we can blame for the play's ending. Iago is the obvious character that all readers want to blame. He created a web of lies around every character, creating a facade that he was a noble man. However, I would blame Othello just as much as Iago, giving them a tie at 30%. Othello was way too trusting and rash. He put all of his trust into Iago and acted out without confirming the death of Cassio or the betrayal of Desdemona. He murdered his wife without second thoughts. If Othello was thinking rationally, he would have seen the love Desdemona had for him as well as all the drama and trouble that followed Iago. Roderigo follows close behind the following characters at 20%. He was Iago’s right-hand man and his love for Desdemona completely clouded his judgement, making him out to be an utter fool. Emelia receives 10% of the blame because she steals Desdemona’s handkerchief, fueling Othello’s jealousy. Cassio and Desdemona both get a blame of 5%. I feel like most of their actions were harmless, they both could have defended themselves stronger, but ultimately they were the victims of the play.
Throughout the past few weeks, while given the chance to study Shakespeare's play, Othello, I have discovered that the amount of blame varies greatly depending on each character. In many instances, all the blame is cast on one single person but in "Othello" this is not the case. If you have seen the movie or read the book, it goes without saying that Lago deserves the most blame. Lago gets 60% of all the blame because he always seems to be the catalyst behind all of the misfortune that happens. Lago is also the biggest villain in the play. Next, I am going to give Othello 25% of the blame because of the death of Desdemona and the fact that he lets himself be tricked and e lets his jealousy control his life. Lastly, I think the last 15% blame goes to Rodrigo because he was Lago's sidekick so he had a lot of second-hand involvement.
Over the past two weeks I’ve had the opportunity to study the famous story “Othello”, by William Shakespeare. The story tells the tale of Othello, an esteemed Venetian General who is turned against his wife by his own internal jealousy. That is not to say that There were not other factors and people in the mix. Iago plays a large part and ultimately turns Othello on his wife by sparking the jealousy inside him. As for who is to blame, one could assign blame to everyone, or to just one person. I believe to truly assign blame it is 90% Iago’s fault, 3% Roderigo, and 7% Othellos fault. I give the blame to Iago because we know his intentions and he has the hate for Othello. On top of that, he deliberately turns Othello on his wife knowing that Othello would turn in on himself. If Iago had not been in the story none of the death and tragedy would have happened. I assign Roderigo a slight bit of blame because he provided the opportunity for Iago to take advantage of everyone out of revenge. Lastly, I assign Othello quite a bit of blame for being so jealous and untrustworthy of his wife and not listening to the voice of reason. I believe that the main factor in assigning the blame to Iago was knowing his intentions of being evil and making havoc.
From the study of Shakespeare's play Othello, it is easy to say that characters deserve blame for the ending. The most obvious one would be Lago. He is the main antagonist, the villain, and weaves lies around everyone in order to form how the story moves along. Lago deserves at least 80% blame, with Othello being 15%, and 5% being Roderigo's fault. Lago starts the entire fiasco by turning Othello against his own wife. We also know that Lago specifically targeted Othello for the sole fact that he hated him and Othello was "in the way". Othello is at fault for being greedy, jealous, and overall stupid. He falls much too easily for Latho's tricks and continues to treat his wife as if she is the untrustworthy one. Roderigo deserves some of the blame because although he was doing everything to win over Desdemona he still was willing to help Lago with his schemes. I would add other characters in for some blame but I felt they were too insignificant when compared to the one's with the actual real issues.
From the study of Shakespeare's play Othello, it is easy to say that characters deserve blame for the ending. The most obvious one would be Lago. He is the main antagonist, the villain, and weaves lies around everyone in order to form how the story moves along. Lago deserves at least 80% blame, with Othello being 15%, and 5% being Roderigo's fault. Lago starts the entire fiasco by turning Othello against his own wife. We also know that Lago specifically targeted Othello for the sole fact that he hated him and Othello was "in the way". Othello is at fault for being greedy, jealous, and overall stupid. He falls much too easily for Latho's tricks and continues to treat his wife as if she is the untrustworthy one. Roderigo deserves some of the blame because although he was doing everything to win over Desdemona he still was willing to help Lago with his schemes. I would add other characters in for some blame but I felt they were too insignificant when compared to the one's with the actual real issues.
After studying Shakespeare’s tragic play “Othello”, I have come to question who ultimately deserves the blame for the fallout of these characters. This is a twisted, yet enticing play. It is a web of lies, assumptions, and murders drawn out by these characters as each one is a part of it in some way. Though timing and chance were what really kept the ball rolling, there were many things the characters did that led to the tragic ending. First, I believe the most blame goes to Iago at 53%. He is given over half of the blame because he was the planner and was able to convince people to fall for his lies in order to get what he wanted. Othello is next, getting 19% of the blame. Though he did not begin with evil intentions, he quickly spiraled out of control with jealousy after Iago put the thought of Desdemona cheating on him in his head. Rodrigo is given 13% because he was not a large part of this story; however, his actions, in the beginning, helped start the downfall of everything else. The last few are Emilia with 8%, Desdemona with 4%, and Cassio having 3%. Starting with Emilia, she also did not have poor intentions but her finding the handkerchief was extremely important and after she gave it to Iago, it aided in Othello’s insanity. Desdemona is given a small portion of blame because while Othello’s doubts are growing, she does not do much to convince him that she is not a cheater. Lastly, Cassio deserves some blame for helping Iago by flirting with Desdemona, along with getting too drunk to handle himself. Overall, it was a tough decision to rank these characters, but they each helped Rodrigo in some way and no one was able to stop it.
During the past couple of weeks I have had the privilege to watch and study the phenomenal work of Shakespear, Othello. Shakespear has a gift for writing tragic stories that keep you on the seat at all times. This story starts with a couple, Othello and Desdemona, getting married in secret. They were a very happy couple for a while, but jealousy causes many problems in the relationship. Iago is definitely the most to blame of all. I would say at least 90% of the blame could be put on Iago. He starts by getting in Othello’s head and planting seeds of anxiety and fear in his head of Desdemona cheating on him with Cassio. Othello is the second most to blame at 9%. Othello could not think straight for most of the play, his jealousy got in the driver's seat of his head and took off without looking back. His decision making causes more problems than necessary, and if he trusted himself there would not have been all these problems. The least to blame with being able to be blamed is Roderigo at 1%. Roderigo being in love with Desdomona as well means he had motives that benefitted himself in his helping of Iago.
Throughout Othello, the slightest action continues to cause problems and twist the overall mindset of characters. Blame for these events falls on those who willingly and unwillingly ended up taking place in Iago's plan. The first character deserving of blame is the mastermind behind the whole story, Iago. I would argue that Iago holds a solid 50% of the blame. He was the one who caused all the drama to take place between Othello and Desdemona by manipulating people behind the scenes. If he did not have a weird suspicion that Othello had slept with his wife and therefore wanted revenge, you could argue none of the ending actions would have taken place. Mentally, Iago was to blame for the plan; Othello holds physical blame. I gave Othello 30% of the blame for being the one who allowed Iago to get inside his mind and not trust his wife. He should have listened to Desdemona and tried to calmly work things out. He didn't and decided to murder his wife on pure suspicion. Some characters have smaller contributions to blame. I gave Emilia 10% of the blame because she initially started the handoff of the handkerchief which led to the ultimate downfall of everything. Working so close with Desdemona, she should have known the consequences of stealing it. Next, I gave Rodrigo 5% for stupidly still pursuing his feelings for Desdemona even though she was married and blindly following the advice of Iago. Lastly, I gave Cassio 5%. He was used by Iago as a scapegoat for most of the story but still could have questioned Iago's credibility more.
While reading Shakespeares “Othello”, I judged which characters are the most to blame. A lot of crazy and dramatic things happened in this play that could have been easily avoided. That being said I think for some characters their endings were unavoidable. I think Iago holds 50% of the blame in this play. Iago is the main villain and messes with the other characters' lives. I would have given him a higher percentage, but the rest of the characters fell into his game way too easily. Othello caved into Iago’s game of jealousy way too easily. He believed all the lies that Iago whispered to him, Othello should have really just paid attention and trusted his wife. Due to these events, I think Othello deserves 28% of the blame. Another character that blindly followed Emilia. Emilia was Iago’s wife and she stole the handkerchief and gave it to Iago. This action made it seem that Desdemona was cheating on Othello with Cassio. So I give Emilia 9% of the blame. Cassio could have handled things better. Number one, he should not have drunk all that alcohol or gotten into the fight. As a new high ranking military officer, you would think that he would restrain himself. Cassio was manipulated by Iago because he wanted his reputation back, I can’t blame him too much so I will give him 10% of the blame. Lastly, I give Desdemona 3% of the blame. Desdemona was innocent. She stayed faithful to Othello, she did not cheat on him with Cassio. Desdemona just wanted to help her friend get his ranking back. Also, she did not deserve the ending she got.
Over the past couple weeks, I have had the opportunity to watch and study William Shakespeare’s play, “Othello”. While watching the play, I was able to analyze every character and their actions. After watching the play, I believe that there are certain characters in particular that deserve blame for the events that occur. Some more than others. In my opinion, Lago deserves the largest percentage of the blame—60%--due to his manipulative, lying behavior. He is the one who started the drama between everyone. The second person I would give the most blame to is Othello. I would give him 20% of the blame. He is the one who killed Desdemona and as a result, Emilia also died. I would give Emilia 15% of the blame because she was a large part of Lago’s plan without even knowing it. Cassio deserves 5% of the blame because he is always drunk and does/believes everything Lago tells him.
Throughout the Second Quarter of my Second Semester, I was given the opportunity of reading William Shakespeares' "Othello" and I was told to given the characters blame for what happened. Many things throughout "Othello" happen that could have been avoided and often remind me of reading other such tragedies. I would give 75% of the blame to Lago since he is the main antagonist and is the main reason for why all of this had happened. He came up with the ideas that caused the events to unfold. I would give 10% to Othello for not trusting his wife and following Lago's lies without thinking about everything first. Lagos wife, Emilia, deserves 10% as well for doing what Lago said without stopping to think if it was the right thing first, Emilia would have gained a higher percentage if it was not for the time she was in and women were told to follow their husbands blindly and viewed more as property then a human being. The final 5% would go to Cassio for being a "scapegoat".
Othello's obvious obstructions. Over the past couple of weeks being given the chance to study and observe Othello, I found that blame can be placed in each and every character. Creating a scale of the blame for me is a rough idea to complete quite honestly. I found so many faults within each character and how they evaluated the world through their eyes. I tried to not evaluate this as the analytical person I am when it comes to movies and books, however, it was hard for me to pass up on these. First of all, I think Iago Iago obviously deserves most of the blame when coming to the story. Iago was the mastermind behind the acts and created the dubious relationships that eventually collided and ended by other's hands. Iago deserves at least 75 percent of the blame which is quite a large portion. However, he did use characters and his own wife for his own grievances. The next percentage I would like to establish was Othello, Othello was narcissistic throughout the whole book and movie. He established this early on and his own ego leads to his downfall. He was a titan ready to fall with the simplest push. Othello deserves 15 percent of the blame himself. The last percentage falls upon a few characters. Cassio gets 5 percent. This is pure because of his own ego as well, he is an officer and should have been able to talk about the grievances with Othello freely without fear. And 5 percent also falls upon Roderigo, this is because he was Iagos puppet and did all the second-hand tasks that Iago would not do himself.
While trapped in this very extended quartine, I have read one of Shakespeares' most popular plays, "Othello". Many of the characters are very interesting in how heinous and disgusting their behavior is, i.e. Iago saying, "all women do not work and only play and only work in bed" (calling all women whores even though he is lusting after Othello's wife). But if I was to rank who is responsible for the events that unfold throughout the play it would go like this. Iago—no matter how much blame could fall on the other characters—is the main villain of the story; none of the events that followed his jealous and cowardly plan due to his feelings of being slighted by Othello, would not have occurred if this schemer had never put them into motion in the first place—thus Iago receives 40% of the blame (it was nearly half but then it really downplays the other players' parts in the tragedy). Next, the second-largest part belongs to Othello himself—if he was not a distrustful man (except for believing Iago of course) who had believed what his servants and wife were saying—he was the one who ultimately killed Desdemona, thus he receives 25% of the blame. The third-largest portion is to Rodrigo himself, for allowing himself to get roped into helping Iago's schemes even though he knows the lies to be false, thus he gets 20% of the blame. The final 15% is split three ways between the characters who still carry some blame but also not nearly brought upon disaster as much as the three above them did. Cassio receives 5% for allowing himself to get drunk in the first place, Emilia receives her 5% for giving away the sentimental gift of Desdemona's handkerchief, and Desdemona receivers her 5% for not trying to protest against Iago's baseless assumptions that she was sleeping with Cassio. Ultimately, the blame falls to everyone in this scenario—just far more onto Iago's shoulders than anyone else though.
Since this inundating quarantine has begun, the time that draws on longer and longer drives me insane. I cannot stand this gargantuan amount of time that I ironically craved in the past; however, I have been able to distract my mind with many things, one of those being Shakespeare's "Othello." A novel that stands the test of time and is still being taught in classrooms (or zoom calls) around the nation. In my reading, I have found a number of characters that are very interesting to examine with my literary "specs" and can now determine their percentage of blame throughout the novel. Firstly, I think a large majority of the blame goes to our main antagonist, Iago. He manipulated people to believe in his lies in order to put himself higher and to get whatever his heart desired, so I would probably give him about 60% of the blame. Our main character, Othello deserves 15% of the blame. He made ill-minded decisions that led him to this ultimate spiral. He should have trusted his wife, the person he MARRIED, instead of Iago. Emilia, I believe, deserves 5% of the blame for trusting Iago even though she knew he wasn't honorable. Rodrigo deserves 10% of the blame. He continued to help Iago even though he knew that the lies he was telling weren't true. Rodrigo knew what was going on was bad, yet he continued. I think that Cassio and Desdemona both receive 5% each as well. Cassio for bad decisions such as getting drunk, and Desdemona's for not standing up for herself. Even with the current time period and its political convictions, she should've had more self-respect.
Throughout reading and watching the movie recreation of Othello by William Shakespeare, I have observed that many of the characters in the play deserve blame for the events in the story. However, the blame for the secrets, dishonestly, and jealousy throughout the play cannot be pinned onto one character. First, Iago deserves 50% of the blame, in my opinion. Without him, the jealousy in the play wouldn't have happened, and the rest of those deserving blame wouldn't have been blamed at all. Next, Othello himself deserves 20% of the blame, because he gave into Iago's trap, and murdered his wife. Although he didn't know everything that was going on, he still murdered his wife. After that, Emilia and Desdemona each deserve 10% of blame. Emilia stole the handkerchief, and if she hadn't of done that, Othello wouldn't have killed his wife. Similarly, Desdemona deserves the same amount of blame because if she had been honest with Othello, he wouldn't have had as much reason to murder her. Lastly both Brabantio and Cassio 5% of blame, because Brabantio made Othello suspicious of Desdemona and Cassio flirted with Desdemona. They both contributed to the events that led to Desdemona's death.
To start off, I think this book was kinda interesting, actually. When many people hear Shakeseear they immediately get turned off and kinda go into a robotic poetry mode. I thought it was a great story, the drama, the betrayal, the gossip! A true soap opera! In spite of that, we still need to be able to go through the story and find blame for the characters that lead to the untimely demise of Desdemona. Who I, by the way, think deserves two percent of the blame. She was very passive in the novel and maybe if she just said something or tried to fight back in any way possible, this whole situation never would have happened. Anyways, I also think that Iago is the main person to blame. I mean, he's the bad guy. I think he should receive about seventy-five percent of the blame. If he hadn't used his deception to take advantage of the other characters, I don't think any of this would have even happened. He clearly had bad intentions and led other people to make bad choices as well. However, I don't think it was only antagonist's fault, Othello also had a large(r) part of the blame. He should have been smarter with his decisions and used his brain and his heart to make choices. Instead, I think he let his emotions take hold of him to make dramatic choices with even more dramatic consequences thus earning him thirteen percent of the blame. With a remaining ten percent, I would give Cassio, Emilia, and Rodrigo three point three repeating percent because they all helped with Iago's overall plan and caused trouble instead of helping, whether that be on purpose or accidentally.
Studying Othello leads the reader to form their own opinions about all of the involved characters. When analyzing the blame that should be placed upon each character’s shoulders, there are many factors to consider. The obvious contender for the most about of blame is Iago. Without Iago’s influence, none of the events in the play would have happened. With this being said, Iago holds 55 percent of the blame. Othello holds the next highest amount of blame at 25 percent; his rash actions and not actually speaking to other sources led him to believe in false situations and wrongly kill his wife. Roderigo is the third at 9 percent. His devotion to being with Desdemona caused him to also follow Iago, not thinking about any of the consequences. Emilia holds the next place at 5 percent because of her giving Iago the handkerchief even with knowing that Desdemona treasured it. Cassio comes second to last at 4 percent as he really was only trying to win back Othello by the means of getting Desdemona on his side, his intentions weren't intentionally harmful. Desdemona possesses the least amount of blame at 2 percent as her only fault was not asserting herself more when Othello falsely accused her of being unfaithful.
Throughout William Shakespeare's Othello many problems occur. The vast majority of these problems could have been solved if the characters had just been direct with each other instead of just assuming. Iago, Othello, Roderigo, Emilia, Desdemona, and Cassio are all in part to blame for the tragic deaths at the end. Iago comes in at 45 percent of the blame. It is because of his idea of plotting against Cassio and Othello that the falsehood of Desdemona's adultery was created in Othello's mind. Throughout the play he was whispering in everyone's ear, twisting and manipulating what they heard and thought. Othello comes in second with 30 percent. He chooses to believe Iago instead of listening to his wife and getting the full complete story from her side. Emotionally he lost control. His rash temper made him jump ship quickly leading to Desdemona's death. If he had just listened, the events that transpired during the play would not have occurred. Roderigo, Iago's partner in crime also receives some of the blame, 13 percent. Despite knowing what he did was wrong he continued to because he desired Desdemona. Cassio, Emilia, and Desdemona all come in at 4 percent. Cassio got drunk and lost his position and hung out with Desdemona in an attempt to gain his status back. Emilia steals the handkerchief and despite not intending to hurt anyone her actions started the chain reaction that did end up hurting people. Desdemona lies about knowing where the handkerchief is. Honesty is said to be the best policy and that is certainly true. In this case, being honest may have lead to a different outcome such as avoiding the death of Desdemona. As you can see many people contribute to the tragic events that transpire in Othello forming the web of deception, lies, and trickery.
Reading William Shakespeare's Othello I have noticed many similarities to Romeo and Juliet. I believe Shakespeare really enjoys writing tragedies and giving the reader all of the knowledge and the character's so little. To me, this is very aggravating to watch characters make mistakes and act on false information. There are obvious villains who plan against the protagonist, such as Iago, who deserves almost all of the blame. I do not think all characters are to blame. Here is my devised system of blame:
Iago (50%)- He is the mastermind villain in this story. He gives false information to multiple people in order to ensure his revenge on Othello.
Othello (25%) - Othello should have taken the knowledge he has received responsibly. There are numerous times where he is being irrational and jealous.
Roderigo (10%)- He was a very annoying character with too many insecurities that made it so he and Iago were planning against Othello the entire time. It was aggravating to watch someone try and win over someone who is married to another. His insecurities gave Iago more of a motivation.
Barbantio (10%)- He is constantly accusing his daughter of infidelity and is always quick to attack Othello.
Desdemona (5%)- I think she should have talked to Othello more and they should have kept more open communication between the two.
We have been reading Othello, a play written by Shakespeare that I think is very good. It is written about the life of Othello and the tragedy of his marriage as trust is lost. I think Iago, deserves most of the blame, 40%. In fact, I made a video about it so go check out my PowerPoint (period 6 act 3). He gets Othello to think that his wife is cheating on him with false accusations and manipulation. He gets everybody to do his dirty work for him and sees nothing wrong with what he is doing. I think that Othello deserves 25% of the blame because he killed Desdemona. He didn't listen to her and he never went to Cassio for his side of the story. I think that Desdemona deserves 20% of the blame because she did not tell the complete truth to Othello. Also, she is no naive and helpless and believes anything that anybody. Also, she could have told the truth and that possibly could have changed the outcome. I think Emelia deserves 2% of the blame because she stole the handkerchief and gave it to Iago. Finally, I think Cassio deserves 13% of the blame because he wanted another man's wife and did not think this out completely. Also, he just blindly follows and does whatever Iago tells him to do. For instance drinking and losing his job. As much as I want to just blame Iago for what happened, everybody else naiveness and inability to see what was really going on played a huge factor in all of it.
The blame of the tragedy in the story of Othello I think can best be distributed as 40% of the blame being on Iago who is a man of destruction and chaos. He is the one that put the plan in place to cause so much destruction and take everything away from Othello. Next would be Roderigo with 30% of the blame, this is because he was in on Iago but rather than stop it when it started to go too far he stuck along and didn't warn anyone or even try at that. Next would be Othello at 10% blame. I think to kill someone over mere speculation or hearsay that your lover had been loving other men and jump it to that she had done it a thousand times and then kill he puts you at some form of blame at yourself. Next at 10% again would be Destamona who could have talked to Othello more or just even explained her side, but rather just let things run their course until Othello ended her life. Last would be Emelia who I would give the remaining 10% of the blame. This is because she took the handkerchief and gave it the Iago who I would think she knew the best and would have to know what he could have been planning.
Over the past few weeks, I have been given the chance to study and observe the great William Shakespeare's play "Othello". After reading and studying the play, I have found that blame can be placed on all the characters. While some have more blame than others they definitely all played a part. In my opinion, Lago should receive the most blame at 60% because of his manipulation and lying throughout the play. I believe he is the main villain. Next, I would give Othello the second most blame. He deserves 20% because he killed Desdemona and was believing all the lies that Lago was telling. Roderigo deserves 15% because he helped Lago and was basically his right-hand man and made him do tasks that Lago wouldn't. Lastly, Emilia would get 5% because she steals then handkerchief from Desdemona and gives it to Lago. And these are the reasons why the characters of "Othello" deserved blame.
over the past couple of weeks we have been reading a lot of great things, this week I read Othello. In this blog task we have to rate the characters on blame, but I think that a lot of characters are to blame in different ways. I believe that Lagos deserves 50% of the blame because he always seems to be the started behind all the important events that happen, he is also the biggest villain throughout the entire story. I believe that Othello deserves 40% of the blame because of the death of Desdemona and that fact that he let himself be tricked. the last amount of blame goes to Rodrigo, 10%, because he was Lagos right hand man and he sort of had a lot of involvement.
After reading and studying Othello by William Shakespeare, I have devised a way to rank the characters based on the blame they deserve for this big, ugly mess. It is easy to give Iago most of the blame, he also deserves it because he was the one who formed this web of lies that ended in so much distrust, paranoia, and death. He gets 50% of the blame because without him there would be far less deceit and distrust. However, Iago was only the creator of these lies, he can only do so much. Othello himself must believe the lies and tricks to make this all happen, so he gets 30% of the blame. If Othello would have just trusted his wife, communicated better with her, and stayed away from Iago and his lies, this would have been far less significant. Yet, given the nature of Iago and Othello's bond, the nature of Venician women (known to cheat on their husbands) and the outstanding way that Desdemona has lied before (she lied to her father about her and Othello's relationship), it is hard to say that Othello is completely in the wrong here. That is why I am giving 10% of the blame to Roderigo. If he would have just kept his crush on Desdemona inside, maybe Iago would not have gone so far. However, Iago has his other reasons to ruin Othello's marriage/life (he did not get the promotion he wanted, he thinks Othello may have slept with his wife once upon a time, etc.). Also, I think Roderigo is kind of an airhead since most of the bad things he did were influenced by Iago. I do not really want to say Emelia deserves much blame at all, after all, she is the one who revealed Iago at the end, but she could have possibly prevented this, or at least tried to ease some of the tension. She is the one who gives Iago the handkerchief that sends the lies into action, but does that really make her "to blame" for the whole thing? That is why she only gets 5%. Cassio gets 3% of the blame because he is dumb for getting drunk on duty and messing around. Although he does not do much to stir the pot, why couldn't he have just manned up and talked to Othello himself? That would have prevented Othello from seeing him with Desdemona and also prevented Desdemona for having to mention Cassio to Othello all the time. The remaining 2% of the blame goes to Desdemona. I really do not think she deserves much of it because she had no idea what Iago was feeding to Othello. She obviously was not sleeping with Cassio, so how was she supposed to prove that to Othello when she did not even know what specific situation he was mad at her for? Yet, she still gets a tiny fraction of the blame because instead of telling Othello why she keeps talking about Cassio so much (to help him get his job back) she just goes on about her day and keeps blabbing about "Cassio this" and "Cassio that". If she would have said, "Othello, Cassio came to me and asked for me to help get his job back/win you over," maybe Othello would not have given into Iago's lies so easily.
After reading and comprehending Othello by William Shakespeare, I have found a way to rank the characters based upon the blame that they deserve in this story. I believe it is extremely easy to give Lago most of the blame. I give him about 40% of the blame. I think this because he does so many things throughout the story that is extremely selfish and he does not even think about how they would affect others. He forces others to do his dirty work for him without feeling any sort of remorse. He also devises a plan to accuse Othello of sleeping with his wife. Next, I believe that Othello deserves 30 percent of the blame. He decides that it is better to listen to Lago instead of his own wife. He is very emotional and makes very rash decisions. Some of these decisions lead up to Desdemona's demise in the end. Desdemona and Emilia deserve an equal amount of blame in my opinion. They each deserve 12.5%. I believe this is the case because Desdemona could have done more in order to avoid her death. She could have talked with Othello more and been honest with him. This would have given Othello less of a reason to kill her. Emilia deserves blame because she stole the handkerchief which if it would not have happened, then Desdemona wouldn't have died. Lastly, I think Roderigo gets the last bit of blame. He gets 5% of the blame. He helped Lago with his plan the entire time. If he wasn't there, I don't believe much would have changed. The outcome would have stayed the same but it might have been a little more messy without him.
After Studying Othello by Shakespeare, I have thought about who to blame and the reasoning behind it. A large percentage of the blame can be easily given to lago; he was the creator of all these lies and without him, there wouldn't be as much drama, which is why I would give him about 40% of the blame. Although his lies can only carry him so much, I believe Othello can be blamed also. Othello should have had more trust in his wife and not believe what others were saying and just talked with her directly. His overthinking and irrationality added more mess into all of this drama; this is why I'm giving Othello 40% of the blame as well. Rodrigo can also be blamed here too, about 10% since his actions were influenced by lago but he still went through with them. The last 10% I would give to Desdemona because communication is two ways and she could have been more open with Othello and try and find out what his problems were and not talk about Cassio so much when she could tell it bothered him.
From reading Othello by William Shakespeare and fully immersing myself into the story, it is easy to see that Lago was a huge thorn in everyone's side and deserves a big share of the blame. I would give Lago a whopping 60% of the total blame. He was at the center of every controversy and every lie that was told throughout the book. He was a master manipulator and used everyone else to do his dirty work. Next, I would Give Othello around 20% of the blame do to his easily deceived mind. He barely had any trust for his wife and on top of that, he fell for Lago's very dumb tricks. For the final 20%, I would delegate that to Rodrigo. He was always at Lago's call and was a huge piece in all of Lago's dumb tricks. I could see where Desdemona could get some blame for her role in being quiet with Othello but ultimately I feel like there was not enough to give her some blame.
After reading and studying Othello by William Shakespeare it is easy to associate different characters with blame. Initially, I thought that Iago deserved almost all if not all of the blame. Beginning in Act One, Iago created chaos surrounding Othello and Desdemona with the help of Roderigo. He is to blame for lying, starting rumors, and the plan he used to cause Othello to think that Desdemona was cheating on him. I think that Iago deserves 60% of the blame because of his actions throughout the story. Othello also didn't make the situation better, I think his irrational decisions and emotions were his downfall. He did not confront Desdemona about the scandal, he only listened to Iago and his lies. Instead of believing only Iago, he should have asked his wife about the supposed affair with Cassio. Because he listened to these lies and didn't trust his wife, he killed her which resulted in Emila's death followed by his own. I think he deserves 15% of the blame, but because he is so scrutinized by everyone I think it would have been hard to be trusting. Emilia played a huge role in Iago's plan when she stole the handkerchief, but she did so unknowingly so I think she deserves 10% of the blame. Roderigo and Cassio both deserve 5% of the blame, Roderigo helped Iago with his plan because of his love for Desdemona. Cassio's drinking problem caused him to be easily manipulated by Iago and he was careless with the handkerchief. Desdemona also deserves 5% of the blame, if she would have went to Othello with the truth it could have prevented further lies or rumors.
After studying and observing William Shakespeare's famous play, Othello, I have come to believe that most of the characters deserve some of the blame for how things turned out. First of all, Iago was the one who conspired to cause trouble. He lied and deceived, so I'm giving him 60% of the blame. Othello also deserves some blame because of his actions. He fell for the tricks and let his emotions get the best of him, so I'll give him 20%. I think that Emilia should get 10% of the blame because she stole the handkerchief, which started all of the drama. The last 10% I would like to split up between Desdemona, Rodrigo, and Cassio. Desdemona should have talked to Othello, and helped him realize that he was being led to believe a lie. Rodrigo was sort of a pawn to Iago, but he still needs to be held accountable. Lastly, Cassio should have talked to Othello as well. If they had only spoken to each other about Desdemona, Othello would have realized that nothing was going on.
Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, Othello, there are many characters who could be considered to carry some sort of blame. I believe that the majority of the blame for the deaths of several characters can be placed on the heads of two characters. Iago for one deserves roughly forty-five percent of the blame. He orchestrated the entire plot and set up several characters to make them appear worse than they are. Othello also deserves roughly thirty-five percent of the blame for not having faith in his friends and in his wife. If Othello could have controlled his emotions and kept a level head, the entire tragedy could have been avoided. Emilia deserves six percent of the blame because she gave Iago the handkerchief. She doesn’t need more blame than that because she was ignorant as to Iago’s intent. The last four percent of the blame goes to Cassio. He was not directly involved in the affair but he also did not help to clear the air between him and Othello. He was overly flirtatious and being ignorant is no excuse.
There are many faults with a majority of the characters within the story Othello. Each character adds to the overall tragedy of the novel though certain characters deserve much more of the blame than others. Undeniably the character who deserves the most blame(50%) would be Iago as he is the one who orchestrates the events of the story ultimately leading to tragedy. Othello falls right into Iago's trap and ultimately performs the ultimate tragedy of killing in his innocent wife. As a result of this egregious action, Othello deserves 20% of the blame. Rodrigo is another unfortunate character who is taken in by Iago’s lies and is convinced to kill Cassio. This action spurs Othello to kill his wife and as such deserves 10% of the blame. Desdemona is the most innocent character in the story with her only mistake being misplacing the handkerchief Othello gifted her which leads to Emilia stealing. I believe she would only deserve 2% of the blame. Brabantio was against the marriage of Othello and his daughter and planted the first seed of doubt into Othello’s mind and as such deserves 6% of the blame. Emilia steals Desdemona’s handkerchief which is used to frame Cassio and lead to conflict. Although she was oblivious to why Iago wanted the cloth, she still deserves 8% of the blame. Finally, Cassio was unknowingly tricked into spending time with Desdomona so that Othello would be jealous. Cassio deserves only 4% of the blame.
Over the past week or so I have had the opportunity to study William Shakespeare. This is the first time that I have ever had this sort of opportunity in school, and it did not disappoint. The play that I am referring to is Othello. I believe that all characters deserve some blame for what happened in the story. I am going to give them a certain percentage of the blame, starting from highest to lowest. I would start with I believe that the largest amount of blame to be dished out is Iago, I say this because he played the whole story on both sides of the fence. He was really the mastermind through all of this. I think that 45% is a fair amount for him. The next person on the list is Othello himself. He didn't believe Desdemona which is unfair of him. But he was in a very tight situation. Because you would want to believe your wife, but he had been fed lies, making it hard for him to make a choice. I believe that it is best to give him 20% of the blame. Next, I would say that Roderigo deserves 15% blame. I say this because he was right there helping Iago the whole time. He was the right-hand man. Emilia gets 10% of the blame because she went out and got Desdemona's handkerchief. Desdemona gets 5% because she denied the cheating story because she could have made more of an effort to prove her innocence. Cassio gets 5% because he was flirting with Desdemona, and we all know that that never ends well for any parties.
Othello by William Shakespeare was an amazing book and just like his other stories, this one was not a letdown. All characters deserve a portion of the blame, for not one person is totally at fault. Iago, to me, deserves the most blame. He is the main bad person in the story. He jumped from side to side and didn't have any guilt for what he did. He gets a 59% blame from me. The next highest person to blame would be Othello. He deserves a portion of the blame because he killed his own wife and not having faith in those he should trust. I would give him a 22% blame count. Roderigo deserves blame also because he was Iago's assistant, so to speak. He was bad too, but not as bad as Iago. He gets 28% of the blame. The last person would be Emilia was essential to Iago's plan when she stole Desdemona's handkerchief. Sure, she didn't know what she was doing it for but she still helped. Also, she helped arrest Bianca later on. And Bianca was also innocent. I give her 13% of the blame. Overall, this story was very entertaining and definitely had a lot of things I didn't see coming. But Shakespear never disappoints.
I have always been a fan of "Billy Shakes" and this story definitely did not disappoint. I believe that the blame was distributed amongst many people. Everyone had some sort of role within the whole ordeal. Lago most obviously deserves the most blame. He is the mastermind behind it all. Let's say he deserves 60% of the blame. Rodrigo, essentially being Lago's sidekick, deserves 20% of the blame as well. Now, Othello has definitely stumped me. I would certainly like to side with him. However, there was no need for him to let the others get under his skin and practically make decisions for him. He didn't have to be so rash. Killing his wife was not necessary and he deserves blame. Othello will receive 10% blame. The remaining 10% will equally split between Emilia and Cassio. They played minor roles in the whole fall of events, but they had lasting effects. My percentages may change day by day, but they will stay relative to this.
In William Shakespeare's play "Othello," Othello, the main protagonist, destroys his marriage and his honor. However, several characters contribute to this, as deception had ultimately led Othello into the jealousy which convinced him to do these actions. However, Othello should not commit to life-changing actions like these before fully searching for and finding the truth, and especially not out of losing his temper. I give him 28% of the blame.
Iago, however, appears to be the catalyst of this tragedy, as he did everything in his power to make Othello believe that Desdemona was cheating on him, even if it is not the truth. Iago would even humiliate Cassio and kill Roderigo to carry all the way through with his plan. I would give Iago 43% of the blame, and 16% to his assistant, Roderigo, who did whatever he could do to carry out Iago's evil plan and make it succeed.
Emilia and Cassio both deserve 5% of the blame, as they were not trying to act maliciously. Emilia giving Iago Desdemona's handkerchief and Cassio getting drunk when he knew how it negatively affected him both unintentionally helped Iago's plan. Finally I give Desdemona 3% of the blame. It is not her responsibility to make Othello trust her, but it is her responsibility to be trustworthy. She should have said early on her innocence, and that should be enough for a healthy relationship.
Actually, scratch that. It might be the answer that most want to hear, but here is what I think:
Othello and Desdemona each get 50% of the blame. All relationships are going to face outside factors, hardships, and some jealousy. But it is on those in the relationship, and those only, to maintain a strong relationship which cannot be torn apart by outside forces. Yes, Othello is the one who lost his trust and his temper, but Othello and Desdemona get equal amounts of blame because a relationship is two ways. Desdemona should have seen that Othello didn't have faith in her and their relationship and done something about it—either spoke with him or gotten out of the relationship. Unless she has broken Othello's trust before, she should have seen that she deserves better. And it falls on Othello to make sure he is with somebody that he trusts.
In William Shakespeare's play "Othello," Othello, the main protagonist, destroys his marriage and his honor. However, several characters contribute to this, as deception had ultimately led Othello into the jealousy which convinced him to do these actions. However, Othello should not commit to life-changing actions like these before fully searching for and finding the truth, and especially not out of losing his temper. I give him 28% of the blame.
Iago, however, appears to be the catalyst of this tragedy, as he did everything in his power to make Othello believe that Desdemona was cheating on him, even if it is not the truth. Iago would even humiliate Cassio and kill Roderigo to carry all the way through with his plan. I would give Iago 43% of the blame, and 16% to his assistant, Roderigo, who did whatever he could do to carry out Iago's evil plan and make it succeed.
Emilia and Cassio both deserve 5% of the blame, as they were not trying to act maliciously. Emilia giving Iago Desdemona's handkerchief and Cassio getting drunk when he knew how it negatively affected him both unintentionally helped Iago's plan. Finally I give Desdemona 3% of the blame. It is not her responsibility to make Othello trust her, but it is her responsibility to be trustworthy. She should have said early on her innocence, and that should be enough for a healthy relationship.
Actually, scratch that. It might be the answer that most want to hear, but here is what I think:
Othello and Desdemona each get 50% of the blame. All relationships are going to face outside factors, hardships, and some jealousy. But it is on those in the relationship, and those only, to maintain a strong relationship which cannot be torn apart by outside forces. Yes, Othello is the one who lost his trust and his temper, but Othello and Desdemona get equal amounts of blame because a relationship is two ways. Desdemona should have seen that Othello didn't have faith in her and their relationship and done something about it—either spoke with him or gotten out of the relationship. Unless she has broken Othello's trust before, she should have seen that she deserves better. And it falls on Othello to make sure he is with somebody that he trusts.
After reading William Shakespeare’s Othello it is clear that many of the characters take more blame than the others. First, we start with the characters that have the most blame. Iago obviously takes the most blame since he was the one that caused all of the madness. Therefore, I think that Iago deserves 60% of the blame. Next, I think that Emilia deserves 10 percent of the blame since she helped Iago without even questioning what he was doing. However, in the end, I think she realized her mistake and tried ended up dying while confronting Iago. Next, I think that Othello also deserves 20% of the blame since his jealousy is what drove him insane and is ultimately what led to Iago succeeding with his plan. Finally, I think that Roderigo and Cassio both share 5% of the blame. Cassio only made a simple mistake of getting drunk in the play which was set up by Iago. Roderigo was incredibly jealous of Othello which led to Iago’s plan forming and succeeding in Act 5.
From reading Shakespeare's "Othello", I have wondered a lot regarding who to place the blame upon when it comes to the tragic end of this play. I also have read a few other responses that seem to contradict the conclusion that I have come to. I believe that Iago deserves if not 100%, then let's say 98% of the blame. Many of the other responses come to the conclusion that everyone did something wrong, so everyone deserves a little bit of the blame. I whole-heartedly disagree. I think that blame should only be counted towards the intent of the offender. Emilia, like the rest of the characters, was duped by Iago. Her only crime was being a little bit stupid, a crime for which she later tried to make amends. Iago got Cassio drunk, which isn't smart on Cassio's part but he, again, was manipulated by Iago. One should blame a drunk driver for causing harm to someone else, but when someone was pumping drinks into him all night with the intention of putting him behind the wheel, that someone is the one deserving of blame. Finally, the only mistake that Othello made was being human, and being in love. Although his actions were not right by any means, the reason he had such strong feelings of betrayal and anger was due to the manipulation of Iago. The same goes for Rodrigo, as he was just a dumb guy who was in love. Iago manipulated those feelings and everyone else as well. Since Iago wanted exactly what happened to happen, and since he was the one behind the scenes the whole time doing his best to make it happen, I think that Iago deserves all of the blame.
I have studied Shakespeare's play "Othello" quite closely and it is a very dramatic and emotional story. When it comes to placing blame on the characters it is sort of tricky to pinpoint who should hold more blame than another person. The most obvious character is Iago and I believe he holds 70% of the blame. He is the classic villain who plots and schemes behind the characters' backs. He gains the trust of Othello when he is only lying to him and he hates him in reality. Although Emilia is not a villain like her husband, she holds 10% blame because of her involvement in taking the handkerchief. Although Othello falls victim to Iago's scheme I think he holds 20% of the blame solely because he believes Iago when he tells him that Desdemona is cheating on him. He should have trusted Desdemona more and not let his emotions take over. I don't blame any of the other characters because even if they hold some blame it doesn't compare to the amount that the characters I named hold.
While analyzing and studying the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare, I have noticed that it is very dramatic and tragic. Throughout the story, blame can be distributed to each character for the series of unfortunate events that go down. First of all, I believe Iago deserves the most blame, around 40%. He was ruthless and caused all of the rumors of mayhem. Without him, there would most likely not have been any tragedy. Then I think Othello deserves 30% of the blame. He believed the untruthful rumors Iago installed in his head with zero evidence of them being true. He also overreacted by wanting to kill his wife. Roderigo, Emilia, and Cassio each will receive 10% blame. They all had little parts where they added to the tragedy. Without them, the tragedies would maybe not have happened! The blame is truly distributed throughout many of the characters.
I think Igor has 60% of the blame. He is the reason for the whole mess. He made the scheme and he tried everything he could to draw it out; even when things went wrong. For example, when Roderigo was killed, he was killed because he failed to kill Cassio. Igor took it upon himself to try and kill Cassio as well. This didn't work, however, but he had made a strong effort. He also is the one who keeps messing with the minds of the lovers, and even betrays the one he was trying to "help." His efforts are also based on a rumor that Othello slept with his wife. Othello has 20% of the blame. He was believing things that other people told him without trying to find the proof. The only real piece of evidence he had was the handkerchief. Even though Cassio was seen with his wife, there could have been many different reasons for them to talk and he was overreacting. Had he trusted his wife and consulted in her I think that all of this would have been resolved. Cassio, Emilia, and Des all have 10% of the blame. They were more minor characters (besides Cassio), however, they played a big part. I think if they all just confided in their husbands and spoke out the truth in a calm manner without criticism none of this would have happened.
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