In 1604 William Shakespeare produced one of his greatest tragedies, Othello. Othello, unlike Shakespeare’s other tragedies, is more of a practical play. It does not involve ghosts, goblins, uncanny sisters, future of empires, and the center of attention is not on a king or an illusory environment. The environment presented in the play is real. The personalities, situations, and emotions of the characters are relatable. As a reader we have all experienced love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge, and repentance. These emotions, as well as many others, are all portrayed throughout the play by the main characters Othello, Iago, Desdemona, and Emilia, accompanied with relatable personalities and situations. These relatable emotions, personalities and
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The love she has for Othello puts disposition, joy, and peace into his crazy world. Othello comes from chaos, where everything is terrible agony; Desdemona saved Othello with her love. Unfortunately, Othello trusts Iago far more than his own wife. Iago comes across as an honest man and he sees how easily Othello can be persuaded with his trust. Iago manipulates Othello and makes him believe that Desdemona is cheating on him with his mischievous ways. Othello’s gullibility gets the best of him and he is convinced that Desdemona has committed adultery, but there is no real evidence that she has for certain. Jealousy and anger flow through Othello’s veins. Both of these emotions are intensely self-centered emotions that we all have felt at some point in our …show more content…
Karma came back in a full circle and in order to destroy Othello, he must also destroy Emilia, Desdemona, and finally himself. The one man who Iago failed to kill, Cassio, is the only character left at the end of the play. Iago 's magnitude for brutality seems to have no boundary, and the efforts he gives to compensate his evil actions are just enough to explain the unbelievable amount of destruction he unleashes on the lives of the people he knows best. Beware of those who can be trusted too easily. Despite Iago’s evil ways of trying to make Desdemona seem like a deceitful wife, Desdemona is the more sensible character throughout this play. She is the beautiful, white, young Venetian wife of Othello. Desdemona is full of spirit and knowledge. She sees the good in people and tries to help them the best she can. She insists on going with her husband to Cyprus when he is called away for duty. Desdemona pleads to travel with Othello for she does not want to stay home where the action
The love she has for Othello puts disposition, joy, and peace into his crazy world. Othello comes from chaos, where everything is terrible agony; Desdemona saved Othello with her love. Unfortunately, Othello trusts Iago far more than his own wife. Iago comes across as an honest man and he sees how easily Othello can be persuaded with his trust. Iago manipulates Othello and makes him believe that Desdemona is cheating on him with his mischievous ways. Othello’s gullibility gets the best of him and he is convinced that Desdemona has committed adultery, but there is no real evidence that she has for certain. Jealousy and anger flow through Othello’s veins. Both of these emotions are intensely self-centered emotions that we all have felt at some point in our …show more content…
Karma came back in a full circle and in order to destroy Othello, he must also destroy Emilia, Desdemona, and finally himself. The one man who Iago failed to kill, Cassio, is the only character left at the end of the play. Iago 's magnitude for brutality seems to have no boundary, and the efforts he gives to compensate his evil actions are just enough to explain the unbelievable amount of destruction he unleashes on the lives of the people he knows best. Beware of those who can be trusted too easily. Despite Iago’s evil ways of trying to make Desdemona seem like a deceitful wife, Desdemona is the more sensible character throughout this play. She is the beautiful, white, young Venetian wife of Othello. Desdemona is full of spirit and knowledge. She sees the good in people and tries to help them the best she can. She insists on going with her husband to Cyprus when he is called away for duty. Desdemona pleads to travel with Othello for she does not want to stay home where the action