Desdemona

Othello, Relevance on Modern Society The play Othello by William Shakespeare is a suspenseful love story with many twists and turns. The play is about two people, Othello and Desdemona, who eloped and are of the opposite race. A close friend of Othello’s, Iago, gets jealous because he did not get promoted to lieutenant. This jealousy gets out of hand when he starts to ignore the fact that he is ruining other people’s lives by trying to ignore the fact that he is ruining other people’s lives by…

that results in their destruction. Othello’s weakness is towards Desdemona; Rodrigo’s weakness is towards his unconditional loved for Desdemona, while Desdemona’s weakness was her kindness and naivety that clouded her judgment towards Othello and his actions. Each of these characters faced a tragic ending due to their faults and Iago’s cautious plotting that was based on the character’s flaws. Othello’s weakness towards Desdemona lead to his own destruction, as with Iago’s manipulation,…

nephews neigh to you; you’ll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans.” ( ) Once again Othello is being compared to a type of horse which is brown to show that he is less than all the white people because of his colour. Iago is saying that Desdemona is having sex with a horse and that she needs someone better than Othello. Iago plants a seed in Brabantio’s head about Othello because he wants him to take action and divorce the two. Shakespeare uses animal imagery mostly to describe…

new wife, Desdemona, is cheating with Cassio. Act III provides Othello’s emotional transformation from love and trust to a misguided hatred and mistrust towards Desdemona with each time they interact. The three conversations between Othello and Desdemona in Act III thoroughly demonstrate Othello’s loss of trust in his wife,…

Shakespeare 's play, Othello, the character Desdemona shows all these qualities yet is still killed. Desdemona is written as a kind character. She is not shown to be an conniving, like Iago, or jealous, like her husband Othello. An example of her kindness would be her friendship with Cassio. There is nothing malicious or…

of calamity. In the end, five people are dead, more are wounded, and the villain is alive but is sentenced for life. Set in Venice in the late sixteenth century, Othello tells the story of a Moorish general by the same name. Othello elopes with Desdemona, a senator’s daughter, much to the displeasure of Roderigo, who is in love with her. Iago, one of Othello’s ensigns, resents Othello for promoting a man named Cassio over himself. In retaliation, Iago begins plotting Othello’s downfall by first…

1565. (Shakespeare 2825). In both of these stories, a moor is married to a young woman named Desdemona. Desdemona is later accurse of cheating on the moor (Othello in Shakespeare’s work), and because of this, the moor goes through many different emotions and feelings. The story begins and Othello proclaims his love for Desdemona to her father and everyone else around him at the time, but once Desdemona is accused of cheating on Othello with another man named Cassio, Othello starts to believe…

Othello Act II Essay The excerpt of Iago’s soliloquy in Shakespeare’s Othello Act II, scene 3 depicts Iago’s self reflection upon his own plans to corrupt Cassio, Othello and Desdemona. Throughout the soliloquy, Iago constantly questions why he is considered the villain of the situation while revealing his plans to dispose of Othello. It is through the use of literary techniques such as oxymoron, irony, metaphor and simile that Shakespeare portrays Iago’s awareness of the evil intentions…

Iago to turn against his trusted lieutenant and murder his beloved Desdemona because of the twisted lies Iago told and the handkerchief incident. In the beginning of the play, Iago created a scene which made Cassio lose his reputation. This scene led Cassio to implore Desdemona for help because she is close with Othello. Iago took the advantage to come up with twisted lies, such as Cassio having a secret relationship with Desdemona. At first, Othello did not believe Iago’s words and said ‘“ I…

builds with Desdemona. Essentially, the women bond over issues and complications they have about their husbands which Desdemona is married to Othello. Although the men are totally different from each other, these two women are the total opposite of them. However, Emilia’s significance within the play really seems to focus on the main people in her life leading up to the death of her friend. The significant death of her friend transpires from Emilia stealing the handkerchief from Desdemona…