Othello Jealousy Essay

this gift to Desdemona with the background of it before placing it in her hands. Desdemona’s response to such news is exactly as one would expect, demanding to know why he had never given her this information before. In this moment, she lies to Othello when he asks her if she has lost it saying, “It is not lost, but what an if it were?”(3.4.81). Othello’s failure to have revealed this before also makes one wonder if not his own story is a lie as well and in this paradox seals the ruin of their…

developed in scenes in which a death or deaths take place. In the play Othello by William Shakespeare, the death of the character Desdemona serves as the climatic breaking point where pervasive racism and sexism can no longer exist without resulting in detrimental harm to the involved parties. It is Othello’s prideful hamartia that, combined with sexism, is the catalyst that ultimately destroys both his and Desdemona’s life. In Othello, the cast of characters is subjected to the mounting…

is a mystery, and that we should not try to find the answers for Iago’s actions for the reasons that, “Iago embodies the mystery of the evil will, an enigma which Shakespeare strove to realise, not to analyse.” Many critics who have read through Othello seeking an answer to Iago’s motivation have come to the conclusion that, like Stempel, Shakespeare uses the character Iago merely as a symbol of the devil. After reading through Stempel’s essay I am still unconvinced as to whether or not Iago…

A deep analysis of Othello reveals various similarities and differences between Iago and my friend Denzel’s revenge against a prominent person in society. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, evil Iago plots revenge on noble Othello with savage manipulating. In high school my friend Denzel got revenge on my other friend Peter by ruining his chance at dating his long time crush Jenny. Iago’s pursuit of revenge on Othello is confusing because he never had a legitimate reason to perform such devilish…

often times when that barrier is broken a fight to regain security and power takes place. Within the Shakespearian play Othello the main character Othello loses his sense of control leading him to spiral out of control. Throughout the play it’s obvious that Othello is grasping for the renewal of his recently lost confidence but along the way becomes hostile and irrational. While Othello shows a prideful demeanor in the beginning of the play he starts to show a low self-esteem after Iago fills…

The relationship between Othello and Desdemona that is shown in the beginning is built out of true love. Many people did appreciate them getting married. Othello is a black man and Desdemona being a fair woman they weren’t favored by plenty of people. Even with Othello being the general of the army, people still didn’t appreciate him. Othello and Desdemona were deeply in love, but over time the seed of jealousy was planted within Othello and their relationship was on the path to failure.…

Similarities and differences between Romeo and Juliet and Othello William Shakespeare, also known as “The Bard”, is the author of Romeo and Juliet, Othello, and many more famous plays. Shakespeare wrote many great plays, but I’ve only read two. “Romeo and Juliet” is about two people who fall in love with each other, but they have one problem--their families hate each other, so they have to sneak getting married. This leads to many more conflicts, and in the end of the play both of these star…

chaos he causes between Othello and Desdemona. Without Iago, Othello’s jealousy would have never weakened his confidence. Iago is indirectly responsible for the deaths of Othello, Desdemona and Roderigo. Every act in Othello contains an evil plot set up by Iago. It is ironic because throughout the play he is known as “Honest Iago”(II.iii.355). The readers are the only spectators that understand Iago’s true feelings. Each character believes that he is a trustworthy…

In the tragedy “Othello” by William Shakespeare, it illustrates how easily one can be filled with poison and be manipulated in such little time. Throughout the play, Othello is fed lies from the antagonist of the story, Iago, but does not question his source of knowledge. By Othello believing those falsehoods, it causes him to lose trust and question his wife, Desdemona. Ultimately, one lie led to another and caused Othello to kill his wife and then resulted in him taking his own life. In the…

Iago is the antagonist in Shakespeare’s Othello, who believes he needs to gain revenge…