Common Themes In Shakespeare's Othello

Many people don’t realize how themes in books and songs can be linked. Books have a variety of themes they cover; ranging from love and joy all the way to death and despair. Some may cover a plethora of genres in a single work. Like bookes, songs also have a wide variety of themes. You can always find a song and book that have comparable themes as there are a multitude of different books and songs to choose from. Such as Shakespeare's Othello where one of the main characters, Iago, deceives the other characters into completing his plan. Then another main character, Othello, eventually falls to Iago’s deception and is filled with grief after realizing he acted on false information. This story is closely related to the song “Demons” by Imagine

One such instance of him tricking another character is Roderigo and that is shown here: “I re-tell thee again and again, I hate the Moor. My cause is hearted. Thine hath no less reason. Let us be conjunctive in our revenge against him. If thou canst cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, me a sport. There are many events in the womb of time which will be delivered. Traverse, go, provide thy money. We will have more of this tomorrow. Adieu.” (NF Shakespeare 1.3.14). This is where Iago is explaining to Roderigo that he hates Othello and wants Roderigo to seduce Desdemona in order to beat Othello from the inside. Since Roderigo likes Desdemona and wants to marry her, he is all in for this plan and goes to sell all his land for money so he can follow Desdemona anywhere. There is another instance of Iago tricking someone into completing his plan, and it was Othello. He starts off by acting reluctant to tell Othello what he thinks about Cassio shown here: “I do beseech you, though I perchance am vicious in my guess, as, I confess, it is my nature’s plague to spy into abuses, and oft my jealousy shapes faults that are not, that your wisdom, from one that so imperfectly conceits, would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble out of his scattering and unsure observance. It were not for your quiet nor your good, nor for my manhood, honesty, and wisdom to let you know my thoughts.” (NF Shakespeare 3.3.7). Here he is telling Othello that he sometimes has wrong suspicions and doesn’t want to tell Othello what he’s thinking because it would disturb his peace of mind and wouldn’t be wise to tell him his thoughts. Then shortly after that Iago tells him after building up the suspense shown here: “Oh, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on. That cuckold lives in bliss who, certain of his