Othello and Desdemonas Relationship
Question: Ultimately, in this Shakespearean drama, it is the representation of intense human relationships that captivates audiences. Explore the representation of at least ONE intense human relationship in Othello, evaluating its significance in the play as a whole.
Othello is an Elizabethan Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century. The play is constructed to evocativelythe sixteen hundreds. contrast (through setting, staging and language) the social order imposed by The play first takes place on a street in Venice to the martial law and the breakdown of relationships in the outpost of Cyprus. The protagonistand tells the story of, the a powerful but culturally insecure Moorish general, Othello, defines his military and personal relationships whose life is ruined by histhrough an obsession of with reputation and, honour and the convictions of the deceitful soldier, and Othello’s single-minded friend, Iago. There are many extreme human relationships between lovers, friends, masters and their servants present in Othello, such as the jeopardised military relationship between old friends Othello and Iago and the intensity of Othello and his wife Desdemona’s relationship. Othello and Desdemona’s relationship is based on admiration and pity rather than love;, eventually, the destruction of their relationship, due to Iago’s revenge for his own sundered relationship, leads to the downfall of Othello and the determination of many other characters’ lives. It is this wider impact of intense relationships and the fact that Ttheir relationship is unstable and unsuited based on racial difference and Othello being an outsider to Venetian society that captivates audiences and resonates beyond the play’s original context. The lack of positive growth within Othello and Desdemona throughout the play ultimately represents the tragedy, common to the controversial nature of Shakespeare’s writing.
Desdemona and Othello’s marriage
Othello is an Elizabethan Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the early seventeenth century. The play is constructed to evocativelythe sixteen hundreds. contrast (through setting, staging and language) the social order imposed by The play first takes place on a street in Venice to the martial law and the breakdown of relationships in the outpost of Cyprus. The protagonistand tells the story of, the a powerful but culturally insecure Moorish general, Othello, defines his military and personal relationships whose life is ruined by histhrough an obsession of with reputation and, honour and the convictions of the deceitful soldier, and Othello’s single-minded friend, Iago. There are many extreme human relationships between lovers, friends, masters and their servants present in Othello, such as the jeopardised military relationship between old friends Othello and Iago and the intensity of Othello and his wife Desdemona’s relationship. Othello and Desdemona’s relationship is based on admiration and pity rather than love;, eventually, the destruction of their relationship, due to Iago’s revenge for his own sundered relationship, leads to the downfall of Othello and the determination of many other characters’ lives. It is this wider impact of intense relationships and the fact that Ttheir relationship is unstable and unsuited based on racial difference and Othello being an outsider to Venetian society that captivates audiences and resonates beyond the play’s original context. The lack of positive growth within Othello and Desdemona throughout the play ultimately represents the tragedy, common to the controversial nature of Shakespeare’s writing.
Desdemona and Othello’s marriage