Brainstorming

1. Brainstorming • Genius-----------------------------Deceitful • Justified---------------------------Selfish • Ambitious------------------------Power-hungry • Convincing-----------------------Conniving • Manipulative----good and bad

2. Line numbers • Genius-------------------Deceitful--------20, 27 • Justified-----------------Selfish-----------20, 22 • Ambitious--------------Power-hungry--2 • Convincing-------------Conniving-------26 • Manipulative------------------------------2, 27

3. Thesis choices (in no specific order) 1. In the play Othello, Iago is the epitome of a villain who both deceitful and power-hungry but views himself as an ambitious genius. 2. In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago sees himself as an unfortunate soul who is trying to improve his situation, but the audience sees Iago as evil. 3. The character Iago, in Shakespeare’s Othello thinks very highly of himself while the reader realizes he is the villain of the drama.

4. More choices 4. In Act one scene one of Othello, Iago characterizes himself to be a positive character but ironically the audience perceives him negatively. 5. In William Shakespeare’s play, Othello, the character of Iago plays a manipulative role, but he sees this as a positive. 6. In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago, ignorant of his own flaws portrays himself as manipulative and selfish by using connotation and a justified tone.

5. Finally 7. In Shakepeare’sOthello, Iago consciously believes his actions towards others are justified. However, as the plot unfolds, his motives are revealed to be manipulative, conniving and deceitful. 8. In the play Othello the character Iago proved himself to be a convincing, ambitious genius, yet the reader perceived his character as deceitful, conniving and manipulative because of his interactions with the other characters throughout the novel.