Othello, The Moor Of Venice Essay

The play “Othello, the Moor of Venice” by William Shakespeare can be hard to understand but has deep meaning. Othello is an African American and did not fit in with Desdemona’s family, in which he was accused that he stole Desdemona from her father. Othello and Desdemona started their lives together, thinking that it would last a lifetime. Iago, turned their marriage because he is jealous of Cassio since Othello promoted him to Lieutenant instead of him. Which leads to Othello being easily misled and being very easily influenced. While Iago was lying to Othello and him believing the lies, it made Othello have no faith or trust in his wife, even though Iago had no proof. Iago convinced Othello that Desdemona has had an affair with Cassio. The …show more content…
Othello gave his wife Desdemona a handkerchief that meant the world to him. Othello tells Desdemona that an Egyptian charmer gave it to his mother and that his mother gave it to him when she was dying, and bid him, when his fate would have him wive, to give it to her (Shakespeare; 3.4.50-55). Desdemona keeps the handkerchief with her wherever she goes in which she never leaves it behind, in which it is a symbol of Othello’s love that he has for her. The handkerchief was brought up in the play multiple times with its distinct design; white and dotted with images of strawberries, in which no one has a handkerchief like it. Iago, realizing how much the handkerchief means in their relationship, he then steals it from Emilia before she tries to give it back to Desdemona. When Desdemona was running after Othello out of dinner, she dropped the handkerchief and Emilia picked it up. Once Iago snatches from Emilia and he won't give it back to her, he drops it off in Cassio’s lodging in which he is manipulating Othello to believe even more that his wife has been with Cassio intimately. The handkerchief is significant because it was the first gift Othello gave Desdemona and it had a great amount of sentimental value to