Othello - themes - created from Mind Map

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Heroism

Love

Jealousy

Revenge

Appearance vs Reality

Othello = soldier

Emilia = Iago's wife

army general = power

Often puts Desdemona on the back burners to attend to more 'pressing' matters

Preoccupied with being a soldier

Allows Othello to gain Venetian acceptance

All Venetians honour and respect him as a soldier

When she realises what Iago has done to Othello and Desdemona she is furious with her husband.

Othello is happiest when he is with Desdemona

No love shared between Iago and Emilia

Iago uses her like any other character in the play

Iago is jealous of Cassio

Iago suspects Othello of sleeping with his wife

Othello cannot bare that his wife might be committing adultery with another man.

Iago plots revenge on Othello and Cassio because Cassio was made lieutenant when he believed that he was due a promotion.

Iago is as far from what he appears to be as possible.

Othello believes that Iago has "exceedingly honesty"

In his first soliloquy we see that Iago is going to do anything he can in order to cause the downfall of Othello