Othello: Act 4 Scene 1

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List: Othello's manipulation by Iago Recap (Inception movie!) 05:25:
- “Incepting” Proofs (manipulations, priming, gaslighting)
- Post-Inception “Proofs” (projections, we see what we expect to see)

Characters Discussed:
(for more information on Character see: Othello: Character Analysis)

-  C3 Iago: crude, vulgar, manipulative, psychopathic  09:27 (entire scene); the manipulation techniques explained 30:25
-  C1 Othello: Self is annihilated and replaced with Iago's false corrupt image; dumb beast, mere parrot, unholy marriage of psyches  09:27, 23:32
-  C1 Othello: Cognitively dissonant, at war with self 23:32
-  C2 Desdemona: innocent, naive  27:13
-  C4 Cassio: snob, hypocrite, cad, concerned with reputation  22:04

Themes Discussed:
(for more information on Theme see: Othello: Theme Analysis)

-  T13 Love as mere sex  09:27
-  T17 Nobility vs Baseness  09:27, 27:13, 30:25
-  T18 Language reveals character  09:27 (entire scene)
-  T7 Psychopathology  09:27 (entire scene)
-  T8 Manipulation, "Inception"  09:27 (entire scene); techniques explained 30:25
-  T1 Alienation from self, annihilation of self, unholy union of Iago-Othello, marriage of psyches  09:27, 17:55, 23:32
-  T11 Peripeteia  09:27, 17:55, 30:25
-  Plot device: MacGuffin (Handkerchief)  09:27, 17:55
-  T10 Gullibility/naivete  
-  T5 We see what we expect/want to see (projection)  09:27
-  T6 We are the agents of our own destruction  09:27
-  T9 Appearance vs reality; mere words become mere thoughts which construction false reality  09:27
-  T4 Sexual Jealousy, "the green-eyed monster"  (entire scene)
-  "Is it possible?" repetition  14:59
     - Act 4:  Othello to Iago;  Othello to Desdemona
     - Act 3:  Desdemona to Othello;  Iago to Othello
     - Act 2:  Iago to Cassio;  Roderigo to Iago (“'tis not possible”)
-  Manhood (cuckholdry): insecure men commit horrors to prove they aren't weak  17:55
-  Cognitive Dissonance  23:32

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