"If thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my life," (Act IV.ii.208-211). The villain Iago has a sweet way with words. Once again, Roderigo has fallen prey to Iago's evil plan and is a pawn in his hands. As Iago continues to move his pieces around the board, the women (Emilia, Bianca, and Desdemona) are also treated as pawns, but their discussions towards the end of Act IV hint that they may become players in the game in the last Act. I think that things are starting to slip out of Iago's control because eventually the people he is playing have to come together and confront one another. Up to this point, Iago has done a good job of making sure they all stay away from one another, but, in order for this to be a tragedy, something is going to fall apart, and I think that Iago's time as ringmaster is almost up.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Pawns and Players
Othello - William Shakespeare
"If thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my life," (Act IV.ii.208-211). The villain Iago has a sweet way with words. Once again, Roderigo has fallen prey to Iago's evil plan and is a pawn in his hands. As Iago continues to move his pieces around the board, the women (Emilia, Bianca, and Desdemona) are also treated as pawns, but their discussions towards the end of Act IV hint that they may become players in the game in the last Act. I think that things are starting to slip out of Iago's control because eventually the people he is playing have to come together and confront one another. Up to this point, Iago has done a good job of making sure they all stay away from one another, but, in order for this to be a tragedy, something is going to fall apart, and I think that Iago's time as ringmaster is almost up.
"If thou the next night following enjoy not Desdemona, take me from this world with treachery and devise engines for my life," (Act IV.ii.208-211). The villain Iago has a sweet way with words. Once again, Roderigo has fallen prey to Iago's evil plan and is a pawn in his hands. As Iago continues to move his pieces around the board, the women (Emilia, Bianca, and Desdemona) are also treated as pawns, but their discussions towards the end of Act IV hint that they may become players in the game in the last Act. I think that things are starting to slip out of Iago's control because eventually the people he is playing have to come together and confront one another. Up to this point, Iago has done a good job of making sure they all stay away from one another, but, in order for this to be a tragedy, something is going to fall apart, and I think that Iago's time as ringmaster is almost up.
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