Othello’s soliloquy in Act 3 scene 3 (257-70), can be described as the dramatic climacteric of the play. The oratory reveals his most private thoughts, trepidations, and frailty of the mind. This speech marks the juncture where Othello fights an intense internal turmoil before succumbing to Iago's lies. The soliloquy creates a plot by expounding Othello’s complex state of mind and enunciating his designs.The speech veers his image from an idealist to a misogynist and assists in building his character and future role in the story. It also precipitates the subsequent events, and thereby furthers the plot. The soliloquy is strengthened with the use of literary devices like imagery and metaphors which reflect the intensity of Othello’s mayhem in an effective way. The opening lines of the speech “This fellow's of exceeding honesty, /
And knows all qualities, with a learnèd spirit / Of human dealings.”(257-59), reflect the dramatic irony. Iago is iniquitous and the …show more content…
Othello’s credo, “Yet ’tis the plague to great ones; / Prerogatived are they less than the base.”(272-73) expose his psyche and explains why he was convinced of Desdemona’s betrayal without any concrete evidence. His hypothesis that all men of worth are born preordained to be cuckold provides the understanding for his susceptibility to lago’s improbable concoctions. Overwhelmed with a sense of an injury, but keeping his pride intact, Othello pigeonholes himself as one among the great men. Othello’s conjecture, “That we can call these delicate creatures ours, / And not their appetites!”(268-69) are of great import in revealing his mindset. Intoxicated with Iago’s stratagems and degenerated by jealousy, Othello feels that forked horns will grow on his head. He tries to resist the thought of being cheated but fails. The use of hyperbole and magniloquent language depicts the dire state of his mind raging with
And knows all qualities, with a learnèd spirit / Of human dealings.”(257-59), reflect the dramatic irony. Iago is iniquitous and the …show more content…
Othello’s credo, “Yet ’tis the plague to great ones; / Prerogatived are they less than the base.”(272-73) expose his psyche and explains why he was convinced of Desdemona’s betrayal without any concrete evidence. His hypothesis that all men of worth are born preordained to be cuckold provides the understanding for his susceptibility to lago’s improbable concoctions. Overwhelmed with a sense of an injury, but keeping his pride intact, Othello pigeonholes himself as one among the great men. Othello’s conjecture, “That we can call these delicate creatures ours, / And not their appetites!”(268-69) are of great import in revealing his mindset. Intoxicated with Iago’s stratagems and degenerated by jealousy, Othello feels that forked horns will grow on his head. He tries to resist the thought of being cheated but fails. The use of hyperbole and magniloquent language depicts the dire state of his mind raging with