Manipulation In Othello

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The play Othello it has many themes that are seen today but the one that is most used in the play is manipulation. In the play Lago manipulates Othello very often, and makes him believe that his wife and cassio are lying and making of fool of him. Lago manipulated many people into doing things for him and making the people who helped him think that they wanted to do this and that it will help or he just lied to get what he needed. Lago manipulation led to a lot of death and tragedy in the play. This theme of manipulation relates to today because many people manipulate to get what they want and they are very deceitful to one another in order to get what they want. In society today politics is very manulating because of the lies. Also, they

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