Man of War is the Man of Pacifiers For a man of high honour and has impeccable military knowledge, Othello is gullible and cruel to his wife so why is he a sympathetic character? Like a child who is manipulated because they are naive, Othello was exploited due to his love for Desdemona. Both Othello and children portray jealousy when they deprived and in their perspective, the best solution can be resolved through violence. In the Shakespearean play Othello written by Shakespeare, Othello causes the audience to feel pathos based on his childlike mentality. Of all people, children are the most gullible and Othello is not any more wary than they are. When Othello's perspective of Desdemona changes, it becomes evident that Iago has manipulated him because not once before would Othello consider Desdemona to betray him. This is as illustrated in the following passage when Othello says "[h]er name, that was as fresh [a]s Dian's
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When a child is jealous, they often deny it by regurgitating the fact they are not or throw a fit until they obtain the object. Quite similar to our protagonist, Othello constantly repeats the fact that he is not envious as demonstrated in the following passage "[t]is not make me jealous [t]o say my wife is fair, feeds well, ... Nor from my own weak merits will I draw [t]he smallest fear or doubt of her revolt, [f]or she had eyes, and chose me" (3.3.183-189). Othello repudiates himself associated with jealousy so immensely that even before his death, he wishes to not be remembered as the man who was easily jealous. Othello says "I pray you, in your letters, [w]hen you shall these unlucky deeds relate, [s]peak of me as I am ... Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, [p]erplex[ed] in the extreme" (5.2.340-344). Both Othello and children are flawed by their jealously therefore they will accept anything that feeds their
When a child is jealous, they often deny it by regurgitating the fact they are not or throw a fit until they obtain the object. Quite similar to our protagonist, Othello constantly repeats the fact that he is not envious as demonstrated in the following passage "[t]is not make me jealous [t]o say my wife is fair, feeds well, ... Nor from my own weak merits will I draw [t]he smallest fear or doubt of her revolt, [f]or she had eyes, and chose me" (3.3.183-189). Othello repudiates himself associated with jealousy so immensely that even before his death, he wishes to not be remembered as the man who was easily jealous. Othello says "I pray you, in your letters, [w]hen you shall these unlucky deeds relate, [s]peak of me as I am ... Of one not easily jealous, but, being wrought, [p]erplex[ed] in the extreme" (5.2.340-344). Both Othello and children are flawed by their jealously therefore they will accept anything that feeds their