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1- Othello is the main focus of the play. He is basically a second class citizen who is talked about through the names of “the Moor”, “thick-lips”, and “old black ram”. Although he is one of the main characters of the play; including the title, he does not appear until the second scene in Act one. Even then, we do not hear his name “Othello” until the third scene. He is an outsider in Venice, but is a great soldier and leader and valuable to the state. He is so valuable to the state that he is trusted by the Venetian government with full martial and political command of Cyprus. He tells the duke about how he is in love with Desdemona and how he would do anything for her even if her father questions him every year. The duke likes him so much because of his charisma that he approved of the marriage. Not only that the people of Venice calls him an outsider, but sometimes he even calls himself one. Othello is the victim of the whole play and is the tragic figure in Iago’s plot.
Iago is the main villain of this Shakespearean play. He may be terrible, but he is the most fascinating. He has a lack of convincing motivation for his actions; meaning, he probably does things without thinking them through. From the beginning, Iago is fuming with anger and jealousy over Othello because he passed him for the position of lieutenant. His lack of motivation makes him terrifying because he will take revenge on anyone; this being Othello in the play. He enjoys all the damage and pain he causes and seems to not have any regret what so ever. He is not only a villain but an entertainer. He entertains spectators and we see a side of him that most people will love. He also has a general hate for women. He uses this in his plot against Othello by blaming ...

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...e believes that the people have the right to determine who rules them. Without the people, there would not be a kingdom to rule. A ruler should not be determined by “God”, but by the people themselves. According to Mornay, if the ruler should be in power by his own means, then that is not truly serving God. The ruler will be more likely to indulge in sins and tranny.
Both Elizabeth I and James I would argue with Mornay on his views about how rulers should not be absolute rulers because God is. They should always be held accountable by God and their people. Mornay believed there should be a system of where the people keeps the ruler’s power in check and if the ruler becomes unfit for ruling, then the people should have the authority to subdue the ruler. With Mornay’s views on ruling, both Queen Elizabeth I and King James I would lose their absolute power and control.