Exam essay

I want to call Iago as ‘the gift of gab’ because Iago’s skill on persuasion is better than President of United States. In an old Korean story there is quote on the importance of persuasion: ‘With one word, I can remove my debt.’ Persuasion is one of the most important skills that everyone needs in order to live a life that he or she wants. One of my favorite scenes in Othello is the end of act III, where Iago saying “And may: but, how? How satisfied, my lord? Would you, the supervisor, grossly gape on to behold her topp’d?” which represent that Iago’s high skilled persuasion can make his opponent (Othello) to imagine the false story and upset Othello. He gently persuade Othello to the point that he would listen to Iago's story. Also throughout the whole story, we can see the great work of Iago’s persuasion. For example, Iago persuade Roderigo to attack Cassio so Cassio can be removed from the picture which is extremely dangerous and risky since Roderigo is citizen and Cassio is in high position in the military. Also, before this happened, Iago persuade Cassio to drink alcohol so Cassio accept Roderigo’s challenge.