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. If the individual has the motivation to end the life of a loved one then they will act upon that
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His love and trust for Desdemona is shown when he says “Send for the lady to the Sagittary and let her speak of me before her father. If you do find me foul in her report, The trust, the office I do hold of you, not only take away but let your sentence even fall upon my life.”(I, iii, 135) Othello’s love for Desdemona is so strong that he believes that she will speak the truth to her father about the marriage with Othello, however if she speaks differently about marrying Othello, then he will accept a sentence to his death. Not showing any jealousy at the start of the play, Othello and Desdemona seems to be living especially happily.
However when Othello and his kins arrives at Cyprus, Cassio gets so drunk that he starts to fight with Montano, resulting in Cassio getting discharged from his newly gained position of lieutenant. Cassio regrets his actions and Iago suggests that he seeks …show more content…
When his seizure stops, Iago tells Othello to hide because Cassio will be coming back. While Iago talks with Cassio about Bianca, Cassio begins to laugh. Othello is hiding so he only sees Cassio laughing, and he is unable to hear what they are speaking of, so he thinks that they are gossiping about Desdemona and Cassio’s affair. In Othello’s monologue, he is thinking “His gesture imports it.” (IV, i, 155-156) This mean he is only interpreting Cassio’s gestures, but before when Othello was not that convinced of the affair, he would ask Iago to show physical evidence. Now he uses Cassio’s gestures as evidence and thinking that it is the truth. With Othello’s abundance amount of jealousy, his motivation to kill Desdemona is also reaching the point of no return when he exclaims “... let her rot and perish and be damned tonight...” (IV, i, 200-201) When an individual uses profanity it expresses their strong desire to act upon their minds, like when someone kills your family member you will want to avenge them, so you will empathize your anger by adding profanity in your speech. The moment before Othello kills Desdemona, she asks Othello “Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.” (V, ii, 52-53) This shows that Othello is disgusted by Desdemona’s ‘fake’ expressions and he is overwhelmed by his desire to kill her.
His love and trust for Desdemona is shown when he says “Send for the lady to the Sagittary and let her speak of me before her father. If you do find me foul in her report, The trust, the office I do hold of you, not only take away but let your sentence even fall upon my life.”(I, iii, 135) Othello’s love for Desdemona is so strong that he believes that she will speak the truth to her father about the marriage with Othello, however if she speaks differently about marrying Othello, then he will accept a sentence to his death. Not showing any jealousy at the start of the play, Othello and Desdemona seems to be living especially happily.
However when Othello and his kins arrives at Cyprus, Cassio gets so drunk that he starts to fight with Montano, resulting in Cassio getting discharged from his newly gained position of lieutenant. Cassio regrets his actions and Iago suggests that he seeks …show more content…
When his seizure stops, Iago tells Othello to hide because Cassio will be coming back. While Iago talks with Cassio about Bianca, Cassio begins to laugh. Othello is hiding so he only sees Cassio laughing, and he is unable to hear what they are speaking of, so he thinks that they are gossiping about Desdemona and Cassio’s affair. In Othello’s monologue, he is thinking “His gesture imports it.” (IV, i, 155-156) This mean he is only interpreting Cassio’s gestures, but before when Othello was not that convinced of the affair, he would ask Iago to show physical evidence. Now he uses Cassio’s gestures as evidence and thinking that it is the truth. With Othello’s abundance amount of jealousy, his motivation to kill Desdemona is also reaching the point of no return when he exclaims “... let her rot and perish and be damned tonight...” (IV, i, 200-201) When an individual uses profanity it expresses their strong desire to act upon their minds, like when someone kills your family member you will want to avenge them, so you will empathize your anger by adding profanity in your speech. The moment before Othello kills Desdemona, she asks Othello “Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.” (V, ii, 52-53) This shows that Othello is disgusted by Desdemona’s ‘fake’ expressions and he is overwhelmed by his desire to kill her.