Essay On The Relationship Between Othello And Desdemona

Improved Essays
In the play OTHELLO, Othello is a Moore of Venice and he has found, what seems to be his true love, Desdemona. Othello is a general of Venice and he has just gave Cassio the blessings of becoming his lieutenant over Iago who is more experience. Iago hates Othello for not giving him this position, so Iago goes and tells Desdemona father that she has gotten married to the Moore. In knowing this, Iago knows that this will anger her father and this will set up his plan to destroy Othello and Desdemona. Othello couples convey jealousy by lying, being untrustworthy and deceitful.
Iago is the husband of Emilia, and she seems to have a strong devoted love for Iago. In the other sense, Iago seems to only love her when he needs her to do his evil work;
…show more content…
Unlike Iago and Emilia, Cassio and Bianca, everyone can tell that Desdemona has a love for Othello that no curse or spell could do. As time went on throughout the play Othello lost his love for Desdemona form the deceit that Iago has placed in Othello’s head about his wife. Othello is jealous of at the thought of Cassio is seeing Desdemona. Othello begins to think that Desdemona love Cassio, because they share the some racial status and Othello is from African descent. Desdemona is quite confused to why Othello sudden change of love for has diminished, when she have not broken her vows to her husband. Iago is happy to see that his lying and deceit is working, which now Othello only thinks women are only good for one thing; and that is to sleep around with instead of giving your heart to them. By this deceit, Othello is so overwhelmed and hurt that all he wants to do is kill Cassio and Desdemona, because they have betrayed …show more content…
Iago was jealous of Cassio and want to get back at him by saying that he was seeing Desdemona. Bianca showed jealousy when she couldn’t believe Cassio would give her another woman handkerchief. And not considering that Cassio is a married man, she did not like that fact that he could potentially be seeing another prostitute. Othello conveys jealousy when Iago is spreading lies that Cassio and Desdemona is seeing each other. This triggers something in Othello that makes him view woman the same way as Iago and Cassio. Othello, Iago and Cassio viewed woman as beneficial to one’s need at that moment in time.
Othello and Desdemona had true love unlike Iago-Emilia and Cassio-Bianca. Iago used Emilia, Desdemona friend, to separate Othello from his true love. One can probably say that Iago and Emilia bond was more malicious than loving. Cassio and Bianca relationship was more playful than serious since he is already married. This play showed many severe aspects of jealousy, in which these action costed Desdemona, Iago, and Emilia their lives. Othello couples convey jealousy by lying, being untrustworthy and

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Jealousy In O And Othello

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Othello never regretted marrying Desdemona until Iago started rumors about Desdemona cheating on him. Iago can continue making Othello jealous because Othello trusts Iago and will believe him. “But jealous souls will not be answered so; They are not ever jealous for the cause, but jealous for they are jealous: ‘t is a monster, begot upon itself, born on itself” (3.4.59). This quote is saying how people do not have to a have a reason to be jealous, they just are. There may be no known cause of the jealous, it is from this monster that grows inside people and continues to grow until there are no longer jealous.…

    • 737 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti” -Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs This is one of the most iconic quotes spoken by Hannibal Lecter. Lecter is a fictional character best known for his cannibalistic and psychopathic tendencies paired with his extreme charm and persuasiveness. While Lecter is the most infamous fictional psychopath, he is not the only one. In Shakespeare’s…

    • 1693 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Foil Characters In Othello

    • 1000 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Jealousy and deception run rampant and its impacts are felt on all the characters. In this play, there are two female characters that affect the plot and its conclusion. The wives of Othello and Iago, Desdemona and Emilia, have predominant roles in the plot’s progression and through their interaction they reveal their flaws. Desdemona and Emilia highlight their distinct character traits flaws within each other. One is portrayed as pure and innocent, whereas the other is seen as an unfaithful nuisance.…

    • 1000 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Iago's Jealousy

    • 149 Words
    • 1 Pages

    “Seventeenth-century writers were fascinated by the emotional turmoil that jealousy provoked, and their jealous characters feel darker and more psychologically realistic than earlier representations” (Olson 3). The author discusses how the characters become “jealous” of losing their personal possessions or property, including the possession of a wife to another man. Iago’s jealous possessiveness toward Desdemona is demonstrated in this article. Iago convinces his wife to steal it from Desdemona because Othello gives it to Desdemona as a first gift, the handkerchief resembles as a token of his love, which Desdemona appreciates. “To marry someone like Desdemona-who is, as the early scenes involving Brabanzio make clear, socially valuable-was…

    • 149 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Jealousy Quotes In Othello

    • 1303 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Multiple characters let jealousy get the best of them, which then results into their downfall. As we can see in the play many characters are deceived including Iago, Brabantio, Roderigo, and even the play’s protagonist Othello. The motif of jealousy causes each one of these characters to suffer, and maybe regret what they…

    • 1303 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This also relates to real life in society how if one person gets jealous over another it could destroy a person’s character and make them to be something they’re not. Even though Othello tries to victimize Desdemona in this play, Othello is also a victim of jealousy. As soon as Iago tells him about Desdemona being unloyal and unfaithful to him jealousy sets in. After Iago telling…

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    For as far back as written history goes, people have been divided by certain roles. Men were considered stronger, therefore they were the hunters and protectors. Women were considered more gentler, making them the home keepers and child rearers. These roles soon morphed into men becoming the dominate role and thought of as superior while women continued to sink down the societal ladder and became nothing more than an object, mere property to their male counterparts. These roles slowly adhered themselves in people and was supported by society as a whole.…

    • 807 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Honor and certainty often play a role when determining someones reputation. In the play Othello written by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare demonstrates the struggles of maintaining and restoring honor and certainty in his main characters. Othello, Desdemona, and Michael Cassio each struggle with maintaining these traits,with most of the issues presented being a misunderstanding. Each character must put in an effort to overcome their individual obstacles or the task of restoring their honor and certainty is bound to fail. Michael Cassio is a well mannered gentleman who at the beginning of the play is Othellos chief Lieutenant.…

    • 624 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Othello is lead to believe by Iago that Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. This is untrue, but through manipulation from Iago, Othello believes otherwise. After coming to the false realization that Desdemona is deceiving Othello, he poses the question of “Why did I marry?” (3.3.283). This is a breaking point for Othello, because in this question is the regret of his marriage to Desdemona, since Othello is under the impression that she is being unfaithful in their marriage.…

    • 958 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The tragedy of Othello was highly influenced by Iago’s manipulation of perception. This was illustrated, when Iago exploited Rodrigo’s unrealistic and self-serving love for Desdemona. Also, including when Iago willfully misled Cassio’s judgement by utilizing his fixation with class. And notably demonstrated, with Iago as he precisely disoriented Othello’s reassurance in his wife, Desdemona’s faithfulness. Othello was fused to the idea of an uncertain reality that was deliberately deceived by Iago.…

    • 1007 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Othello Quote Analysis

    • 664 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In order to take his revenge, he planned that Cassio to lose his position and convinced him to talk to Desdemona which will sparks Othello's curiosity. Iago's reaction to this situation questioned Othello's mind which made them more serious, and such worried Othello, he wonder, "I heard thee say even now thou lik’st not that when Cassio left my wife. What didst not like?...if thou dost love me, show me thy thought. "(III.3.125-133) This quote shows that Othello views Iago as his best friend and he knew that Honest Iago knows something horrible going on between Desdemona and Cassio by the way he reacted.…

    • 664 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Motivation is a strong pushing force that will make an individual commit acts that you will usually not commit. In the play, Othello, written by William Shakespeare captures an individual’s motivation to end the life of a loved one and regretting the act he has committed. Motivation plays an unquestionable part in the Moor’s life, it has caused him to work harder and become a general for the city-state of Venice. It also caused him to commit an act that will tear his life literally apart. Throughout the play, Othello, William Shakespeare suggests that if an individual does not have any motivation then they must be motivated by an external force.…

    • 1094 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Othello Jealousy Analysis

    • 1072 Words
    • 5 Pages

    In the play, Othello, the emotion of jealousy is the driving force of the plot in the story. It single-handedly drives the actions of many of the characters in the play. Iago’s jealousy of Cassio and Othello made Iago want to destroy Othello emotionally and mentally. Iago uses this emotion to get other characters to react in certain ways. After that, using his intellect, Iago is able to exploit Othello’s insecurities, which causes Othello’s emotions to spiral out of control sending him into a state of bitterness and anger.…

    • 1072 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Merriam-Webster simply defines the term 'Renaissance Man ' as "a man who is interested in and knows a lot about many things;" (Merriam-Webster) emphasis on the word 'man. ' This is because the Renaissance was not the liberating era for women that it was for men. Though many pieces of literature and art of that era depicted feminine themes and held women at the center of the narrative, "women continued to be used in society only for the benefits of men—as daughters who could potentially help the family through an advantageous marriage, or as wives who took care of the home and produced children to help work on the farm or to carry on a family name" (Saylor Academy 1). Relatively no male artists of that time contradicted this message, and William…

    • 998 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Iago sets up a talk with Cassio in front of Othello to talk about Bianca, but make it as if they are talking about Desdemona. Bianca later on walks in setting up Iago’s plan further by questioning Cassio about Desdemona’s handkerchief. Iago’s quick thinking leads him to be one step ahead to manipulate and plot schemes so, upon hearing this Iago tells Othello “Yours, by his hand. And to see how he prizes the foolish woman your wife; she gave it to him, and he hath given it his whore” (4.1.171-173). Iago is exploiting Othello and Desdemona’s relationship, while playing on Othello’s fears and composing a web of lies.…

    • 1005 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays

Related Topics