Who Is Othello Portrayed In The Movie Fracture?

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Marriage is a beautiful thing. Many children fantasize for further on in life to attain this special bond between two people that cannot be broken. Unfortunately, not all of their dreams become realities. Some of these children will be faced with the awful lies, scandals, and adulteries. Others will have to deal with the relentless fear and anxiety that these terrible situations could happen in their impending futures. In the movie, Fracture, Ted uncovers the terrible truth about his wife and discovers she had been cheating on him. On the other hand, Othello, has a different scenario. His wife had never cheated on him, but he lost his trust in his marriage and began to believe his dishonest friends. Even though these stories have two different plots, they both involve: love, jealousy, and revenge. Jealousy and revenge would not exist if the love had not formed between a man and his wife. In the tragedy, Othello, the reader could appreciate the love Othello had for his wife, Desdemona. "She loved me for the dangers that I had passed. And I loved her that she did pity …show more content…
With reason or not, both men committed the murders. Othello was hesitant to kill his wife, and he never thought his plan through. Othello still loved his wife. He almost failed to continue with his devious decision. "So sweet was ne'er so fatal. I must weep, but they are cruel tears. This sorrow's heavenly, it strikes where it doth love." Othello is almost stating his guilt in his soliloquy. Ted; however, felt no remorse for his actions. He embraced the empowerment. "And the look on his face, oh. He was trying to get her back to life. And I was peeing myself laughing. Because I took both of them out with one bullet." (Hoblit) In both scenarios, the wives suffered great loss. The husbands were unable to deal with the shame, loss, or upset they felt. They felt that revenge was the best way to deal with the situation at

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