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Why did iago want cassio to ask Desdemona for help in restoring Othello's faith in cassio?
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∙ 12y ago
If Desdemona asked a favour on Cassio's behalf, it would look to Othello like she was doing it out of an improper love for Cassio. The harder she argues, the more suspicious it seems to Othello.
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∙ 13y agoIf Cassio asks Desdemona for help, Desdemona will surely plead his cause with Othello. Since at the same time Iago is telling Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair, Desdemona's behaviour will serve to confirm the suspicion which Iago has implanted in Othello's brain.
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∙ 10y agoHe is aiming at exactly what happens--that Desdemona will plead on Cassio's behalf, and make Othello wonder "Why is she so interested in Cassio anyway?"
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Othello's tragic flaw would most likely be his jealousy. This was brought on by simple persuasion by the character Iago. Even though Iago used extreme manipulation to get Othello to be jealous, Iago did not really have to try very hard to get Othello in a jealous state of mind. Othello was blinded by his jealousy which led him down a path of constant questioning of his wife and his friend/officer, Cassio. Throughout the play we see Othello sink deeper and deeper into a cloud of doubt which eventually leads him to kill not only his wife but also himself. So it can be said that Othello's jealousy and inability to see past it remains the reason for his downfall. An alternative interpretation, which if memory serves me was first suggested by James Joyce, is that Othello's tragic flaw was loss of faith in life, and not jealousy. Othello was clearly not a jealous man, as evidenced by the difficulty Iago had in convincing him of Desdemona's unfaithfulness - something Othello would never have dreamed of. The tragedy was that he allowed lies to undermine his faith in life - his entire world view. In doing so, he destroyed that which he loved most.
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