Othello

Tragedy, and it also have a strong meaning to both the play and to me personally. This is found when Othello says “I fetch my life and being from men of royal siege (1257).” This depicts the first Tenet of Tragedy which is the presence of a tragic hero. This hero is typically born of high stature and is usually royalty. Accordingly, tenet one is recognizable through this quote because it shows that Othello has one of the main characteristics of a tragic hero. This quote spoke to me on a personal…

leave them feeling bitter? Love causes unbearable pain that causes much grief and scars many for life. This emotion that is responsible for so much pain features prominently in William Shakespeare’s Othello, a play that explores the relationship between a Moor and a Venetian woman. Shakespeare’s Othello explores how love leaves people vulnerable to exploitation and ultimately leads to their demise, proving that pursuing love is not worth the expense of becoming vulnerable. Falling in love…

challenge the concept of a male dominated society, a patriarchy, until well after the seventeenth century, when Othello was written. In Othello, there are four main character, two of which are female. Both women, Desdemona and Emilia, are married and have lived in a patriarchal…

of their previous bias. Trust based on bias makes you more susceptible to this manipulation, which can put other people in danger. In Othello, Iago’s past experiences with characters create trust making his lies seem believable. From the beginning of the play, Roderigo already believes Iago’s lies because they are old war friends. When Iago tells him that Othello, Desdemona, and Cassio are moving to Cyprus because of the war he says “Thou art sure of me. Go, make money. I have told thee often,…

Othello was a Moor from Venice that married a girl name Desdemona who was Venician. Desdemona’s father, Brabantio and friends did not approve of their marriage. Iago tells Roderigo about Othello's marriage. Othello’s friend Iago was jealous and disloyal and tried to do anything to ruin the relationship. Iago gets Cassio drunk, watches him get into a brawl, and then tells Othello all about it. Iago wanted Cassio killed. Cassio had the lieutenant position and in spite of Iago wanting this position…

Frisch spoke the truth when it comes to jealousy and the part it plays in Othello. Throughout the play, characters compare themselves to one another and twist their insecurities into reasons to hate one another. The case of hatred that encompasses each individual, and even leads some to kill, resulting in no one to compare themselves to. In a Shakespearean play the main character, without fail, possesses a tragic flaw; in Othello, the Moor of Venice, his hamartia, jealousy, is evident in Iago,…

Roderigo plays an important role in Othello as he fits both roles of Iago’s right-hand man and Desdemona’s suitor. Because of his lust for Desdemona, he mistakenly trusts that Iago will help Roderigo to gain her favor and decides to work with Iago as his partner. However, Roderigo is unaware of the fact that Iago solely keeps Roderigo by his side for his own benefit and does not wish to provide Roderigo with his deepest desires. Due to his lack of an authoritative position and his knowledge of…

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Iago plays the villain who sets out to destroy the marriage between Othello and Desdemona. His appalling, horrific actions and malicious spirit often cause readers to wonder what Iago’s motivation is. While, the play does explain minor motivations for why Iago commits so much evil, these causes are not sufficient. Iago’s true motivation is pure evil because he is malicious, psychopathic, and devil-like; he will not stop committing sinful crimes and will never feel…

them to act as though no one else matters but themselves. Shakespeare addresses this illness and its implications in his play Othello where he characterizes his antagonist, Iago, as a psychopath. Shakespeare characterizes Iago with many signs and symptoms of this mental ailment; three of the most striking…

attention-grabbing plot. “Othello”, one of his widest know works, is no exception. Othello, an African American man who is married to his love Desdemona, serves as a General and creates conflict with Iago when he passes him up for a promotion to the Lieutenant position and instead promotes an inexperienced soldier, Michael Cassio. Iago turns for revenge from Othello and decides to strike him where he is most vulnerable, his love for his wife. He decides that he will convince Othello that she is…