The Loyal Lieutenant - Cassio

So, here we are again. 

Looks like it.

What's the matter?

With what?

With you!

Well, I have to write this blog so I don't get erasers thrown at me on Monday.

The ladies man, Michael Cassio

Anyways...

Another week, another blog about my favorite book by Shakespeare, Macbeth Othello.

This week's character is...

(drumroll please)

Michael Cassio.

First off, Cassio is the lieutenant.

And yes, Cassio is the one that took the job that Iago wanted so badly. 

Cassio is such a flirt, if you know what I mean.

He knows how to treat a women, unlike some people.

On the other hand...

Have you ever thought who Michael Cassio's foil was?

Most people think Othello and Iago are foils in Othello, but have you ever thought that Cassio and Othello were foils?

To read more about Cassio and Othello being foils, click right here.

Alright, let's get back to Cassio and women.

"If such tricks as these strip you out of your lieutenantry, it had been better you had not kissed your three fingers so oft, which now again you are most apt to play the sir in. Very good, well kissed, and excellent courtesy! ’tis so, indeed. Yet again your fingers to your lips? Would they were clyster-pipes for your sake!" (Act 2 Scene 1 Page 9).

This is basically Iago saying how Cassio is "flirting" with Desdemona.


Here's a short little video on an actor that played as Cassio:

More information on Michael Cassio can be found right here.



 

Have a good day!

The Definition of Perfection, Desdimona

(Here I am at 9 p.m. rewriting this whole blog because my computer and internet decided not to cooperate and didn't save.  Wonderful, just wonderful.)

Another Friday, another blog post...

This week's character to discuss is Desdemona.

Desdemona is personally my favorite character so far.

What I really like about Desdemona is that Desdemona is actually the name of a moon on Uranus.

 

 

(I thought this was very interesting.)

Anyways, she is beautiful and is attracted by many men.

 

 

Desdemona is Brabantio's daughter, the Venetian senator.

 

She is also the one that has married the Moor, Othello.

 

As some may guess, Brabantio was not very pleased when he heard this news.

 

When Brabantio accused Othello for casting a spell on Desdemona, Othello shared a story on how he "wooed" Desdemona, not interfering with witchcraft at all.

 

"The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Grew beneath their shoulders. These things to hear Would Desdemona seriously incline. But still the house affairs would draw her hence, Which ever as she could with haste dispatch, She’d come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse, which I, observing, Took once a pliant hour and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart" (Act 1 Scene 3 Page 7).   Basically, what this says is that Othello would tell Desdemona about his adventures and stories and she fell in love with them.   To read more on Desdemona, click here. Here's another link to read more about the relationship of Desdemona and Othello.(right here) That's all for now! Bye!

Iago A.K.A The Character Nobody Really Likes

Click here to read Othello!

Here I am again with this blog that I just love doing every Friday night, so let's get started.

Now that I'm done The Book Thief, my class is now starting Othello by the one and only Shakespeare.  Sounds exciting right?



 One of the main characters, Iago, is a very special one.

Iago is a foil of another main character, Othello.

Foil is basically having two characters with opposite personalities.

An example of foil is from the movie most of us know, Star Wars.

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are foils.

Alright, no more on foil, but if you are really interested in learning more about it, then click here.




Iago is in fact a troublemaker. 

And if Iago if you're reading this (even though you're a fictional character from a play written hundreds of years ago),

Nobody likes you. Not one bit.

In the beginning of Othello, Iago is very mad at Michael Cassio, the guy who got the job as lieutenant.

Iago is just jealous because his job is a flag bearer and Cassio has a way cooler job than him. 

"Awake! What, ho, Brabantio! Thieves! Thieves!

Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags!

Thieves! thieves!"(Act 1 Scene 1 Page 3).

 

Iago falsely awoken Brabantio, the senator.

 

See Iago, this is why nobody likes you.

 

And Iago told Brabantio that the Moor (Othello) is with Desdemona, Brabantio's daughter.

 

Basically, Iago is like one of those dramatic girls you see in the hallway spreading rumors about the stupidest things.

 

 

 

Here are thoughts from other people about Iago in a video:

 

 

( If the video isn't working, then click here.)

 

That is about it for this week.

 

I'll be back next week with another character from Othello.

 

Bye!