Examples Of Hyperbole In Othello

The first thought that crept into my mind when I read the title was that the poem must be about someone dear who has passed away, and how life has been affected from how it used to be when the person was alive; thus, the title, “Before She Died”. The author uses a set of five couplets and ten lines in the poem. Also, it appears that the author has overemphasized emotions through the course of the poem following the use of a stylistic device called, hyperbole. The author made clear use of hyperbole in the lines, “When I look at the sky now, I look at it for you. / As if with enough attention, I could take it in for you.”, exaggerating the speakers' emotions to an extremity that the speaker is stating that even with the person gone he/she still watches the sky for them and feels the reality of life for them (1-2). Moments as small as watching the sky seem to appear empty for the speaker now that their dear one is no longer there to enjoy the …show more content…
Jealousy was not in the nature of a man like Othello, so striking a woman was out of the question for a man like himself. Now, as a man changed for the worse, Othello gets upset at Desdemona for even mentioning Cassio’s name; for example, when she was trying to explain the tensions between her lord, Othello, and Cassio by saying, “cousin, there’s fall’n between him and my lord” (IV.I.224-225). Othello is worried about Desdemona ruining his reputation since he believes she has an affair with Cassio; however, Othello is tainting his own image before others by acting out of character and striking his wife, Desdemona. At the beginning of the play, Othello’s character was of calm and well-behaved nature; for example, he had taken away Cassio’s title of lieutenant due to his animal-like behavior and, quite ironically, Othello is acting in the same heinous manner. The drastic change in Othello’s character is the cause of the dramatic power in this