Remake of Analyzing Characters and Their Endings by Normal username https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k Create a padlet that reflects each of the main characters' endings by adding information into the columns. Fill in all the information under the correct headings. Use plenty of details and make sure you use YOUR OWN WORDS. No copying and pasting except for the Key Quote sections. Scroll to the right to complete columns for all THREE characters. Check the assignment in CANVAS for how to turn in your work. en-us 2023-04-04 17:40:55 UTC 2026-01-11 08:15:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3ad.png Roderigo is characterized as somewhat weak and a bit on the whiny side. He's not a true military man and appears to be somewhere in the hierarchy of nobility as he has land that he will sell in order to "fill his purse" with money. (Which Iago eventually "bobs" for himself.) Roderigo is also very gullible and allows Iago to lead him on constantly. This character is mostly a static character, but has a tendency to be almost dynamic because he is slowly becoming more dissatisfied with Iago. He remains on the edge of skepticism of Iago's plans and always allows himself to be persuaded one more time, which is what prevents him from making a complete change in his character. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984554 2023-04-04 17:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984554 Over the course of the play, Roderigo has become increasingly disillusioned with Iago's ability to help him get Desdemona. By Act 4, scene 3, Roderigo is ready to give up on Desdemona and go back to Venice, but Iago persuades him to try one more time for Des, and so Roderigo agrees to help kill Cassio. In Act 5, Scene 1, when Roderigo ambushes Cassio, it all goes wrong; Roderigo fails to kill Cassio but is wounded BY Cassio. Iago later finishes Roderigo off, but not before Roderigo realizes, as he is gasping his last, that Iago is an "inhuman dog" who has betrayed him, and probably meant to all along. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984555 2023-04-04 17:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984555 "O damned Iago! O inhuman dog!" - Act 5, Scene 1, line 74 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984558 Iago has just delivered the killing blow to Roderigo.]]> 2023-04-04 17:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984558 At the beginning of the play in Act 1, Roderigo comes across as Iago's sidekick who is working with him because he desires Desdemona for himself. His partnership with Iago is mostly friendly, but if they didn't have a common link, I don't think the two of them would spend much time together. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984561 2023-04-04 17:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984561 Roderigo's ending foreshadows the death and revelation of betrayal of Othello himself, because in the instant of Roderigo's last line, the character realizes Iago probably was going to kill him all along, betraying his trust just as Iago betrays the trust of Othello. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984562 2023-04-04 17:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543984562 Personally, I didn’t think much of her. All descriptions of the play just have her as “Othello’s wife” so I figured there was not much to her character. When she first shows up she is nothing but loving and devoted to her husband. She is so in love she disregards her father word in order to go to Othello. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543991807 2023-04-04 17:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543991807 “ A guiltless death I die.” line 50, act 5 scene 2 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543994168 Desdemona cries this out after being strangled by her husband for a sin she was accused of yet did not commit]]> 2023-04-04 17:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543994168 Desdemona begins the story a loyal wife and as the story goes on this she remains, despite threats, violence, and insults she remains. Throughout the story she grows more concerned for her husbands darkening behavior. She works to please him more as she works to help Cassio retrieve his job. She grows frantic and upset as othello brings the allegations to her feet yet she continues to try to calm him gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543999197 2023-04-04 17:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2543999197 After her husband strikes her, she goes to Emilia for support and advice. She decides she will try to win othello back by placing their wedding sheets on the bed they share. After being awoken in the middle of the night by othello, he reveals he is to kill her. She is confused at first, before devolving into terror and pleading after othello tells her of cassios supposed death. She is killed and yet she blames not othello. She is strangled on their bed and still proclaims her innocence gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2544002197 2023-04-04 17:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2544002197 I’d say her ending is fitting but unfair. She was killed unjustly however it really highlighted another character’s (Iago’s) villainy and master manipulation. She, in a way, paid for her betrayal of her father. It brought her arc to a close and in some ways gave readers a warning against blind trust and love. She was so loyal only a false accusation could have broken her love with othello. She continued to love him despite his threats, proving how great of a wife she had been. She didn’t even blame her husband in the end gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545064538 2023-04-05 14:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545064538 I had, some feelings about him in the beginning. I really liked his character and wanted his arc to end happily. He’s a loving and devoted husband, worshipping the ground his wife walked on. He’s a prominent and high-ranking official. He’s beloved by the people around him (minus Iago lol) He has it all at the start of the story, it highlights the decline he is sent on as the story progresses. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545068095 2023-04-05 14:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545068095 From beginning to end, there is a clear and steady decline in the morality and stability of his character and image as time progresses. He goes from devoted to his wife to violent and angry towards her. His manner of speech declines as he gives into the falsehoods of Iago, he goes from eloquent to brash. He is consumed by the disgust, shame, and rage of his wife’s supposed cheating. This is visually shown through his increasing presence around iago and how often he visits/confides in him. He becomes suspicious, analyzing every little detail that could possibly point to an affair. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545073051 2023-04-05 14:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545073051 Othello, after strangling his wife and proclaiming it in front of several officials, discovers his deed has been all for naught as he had been lied to. Overcome with grief he exclaims his horror before killing himself. Just before dying he lays beside desdemona. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545078060 2023-04-05 14:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545078060 “ I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this,Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.” -line 420 act 5 scene 2 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545080359 Othello kills himself after killing his wife and discovering he had been tricked]]> 2023-04-05 14:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545080359 This ending is extremely befitting of othello. He, after being tricked by his trusted Iago, smothers his wife and is horrified to learn he had been fooled. It’s a justified death and he is made to understand the consequences of his foolishness. He gets no satisfaction in the form of Iago’s reasoning, he has no beauty left in the world. He is punished for his jealousy and distrust of his wife and is stripped of everything that made him powerful. It’s in stark contrast to the beginning of the story and makes for a powerful story of falling from both power and morality gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545084689 2023-04-05 14:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545084689 I have never liked Iago. He was introduced as a manipulative villain and stayed that way. I was interested in whether or not his plans would come to fruition and if he would be caught. I enjoyed watching the beginning of his manipulation of roderigo and his interactions with him. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545087198 2023-04-05 14:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545087198 Iago has to be one of the most stable characters throughout the story. He remains an irredeemable monster and i respect him for that. Bro does not stop being a hater. He also stays pretty misogynistic which was interesting to read to say the least. He manipulates literally everyone he comes across, no one is safe from his lies. He lies to Cassio, he lies to roderigo, he lies to his wife, to desdemona, to othello, hell he even lies to officials. His interactions with Cassio at the midpoint were also pretty entertaining. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545091710 2023-04-05 14:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545091710 He overestimates his ability to manipulate as well as keeping track of his lies. Cassio ends up living, spoiling one part of his plans, and his wife spoils the rest. Emilia reveals his deceit and he ends up killing her. In the end, despite being caught and detained, he grasps on and takes hold of the little power he has left over othello by refusing to elaborate his reasoning for his revenge. He manages to hold some form of power at every point in the story gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545095440 2023-04-05 14:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545095440 “ Demand me nothing. What you know, you know.From this time forth I never will speak word.”- line 355 act 5 scene 2 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545105560 Iago refused to give any reasoning for his actions to othello after being apprehended]]> 2023-04-05 14:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545105560 I think it fits Iago. From the beginning i knew he wouldn’t die, villains in Shakespeare tend not to. However being caught is a fitting act of justice, despite this, iago remains victorious. He completed his mission, despite plans changing again and again, he is able to take othello down and break him. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545113709 2023-04-05 14:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545113709 “ Demand me nothing. What you know, you know.From this time forth I never will speak word.”- line 335 act 5 scene 2 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545270603 Iago refuses to answer othello after his capture]]> 2023-04-05 17:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545270603 This ending is extremely befitting of iago. From the beginning i knew he would not die, like most Shakespearean villains. His capture was the only justice enacted. Iago, even while detained, manages to grasp and snag what little power he can over othello by refusing to answer his questions. This reflects the rest of the play, iago always has some form of power over the rest of the cast. Be it manipulation, reputation, or trickery iago is able to stay one step ahead. gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545275791 2023-04-05 17:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545275791 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545279952 2023-04-05 17:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545279952 gilbertak319 https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545293470 2023-04-05 17:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gilbertak319/r1sdo5i7nhz6uz4k/wish/2545293470