ENGL200A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Brabantio
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Cinthio"s heccatommithi, a play written in 1565, was a source for shakespeare"s tragedy. Turks invade cyprus in 1570, and the christians combine their forces and they combat the. Cyprus is ceded to the turks (belongs to them) after heccatommithi is written, but before othello was written. The kind of story is viewed through a different set of eyes. Shakespeare probably wants othello to be the answer, but there is uncertainty. Like faustus, iago is the new self-transcendence he manipulates the facts around him for his own purpose. Othello, in contrast, is the old self-transcendence he is a very trusting person, and he allows the world around him to be dictated by others. Closed off from dialogue at the end of the play. For iago, people are driven by power, through money and lust. To him, everyone can be manipulated through money or the promise of sex. This is the psychological method he uses to act as puppeteer.
