Othello Essay
as Iago will not give him a straight answer to why he is being asked all those questions. When people’s emotions are heightened, (especially with anger) they generally find it easier to believe ridiculous lies. Since Iago was an external force, which created an internal force in Othello, to which he responded by murdering his wife.
Once jealousy entered Othello’s mind, it consumed him and devoured all rational thought within him, causing Othello to commit murder, which is deemed by the general society to be morally questionable. It destroys him, causing him to physically collapse. By now Othello is completely blinded by jealousy causing him to loathe Desdemona. To him she must die “else she’ll betray more men”, which is morally questionable. Othello’s world is dependent on Desdemona, “I do love thee! And when I love thee not, chaos has come again.” The way Othello sunk from loving her to wanting to murder her, shows how powerful jealously can be, and how it can push you to do anything, even morally questionable things. It changed him. This is evident in his speech. Previously Othello spoke in blank verse with iambic pentameter. As he became jealous he started to mix blank verse with prose, especially when talking to Desdemona. He never fully stops speaking in verse. To the Jacobean society this would have shown them how Othello had sunk very low, very quickly. The fact that he does not fully stop talking in verse shows us that Othello is still a great man; however he “loved not wisely, but too well”. In his last soliloquy, he attempts to regain his nobility when he commits suicide; perhaps he thinks that a dead murder is better than a live one. Jealousy took over his life until he had no self-control. Even after Othello was no longer jealous, the scars remained, so to deal with his tragic mistake, Othello commits suicide, which is morally questionable in most societies. Jealousy completely ruled his life, it controlled him and his reactions were morally
Once jealousy entered Othello’s mind, it consumed him and devoured all rational thought within him, causing Othello to commit murder, which is deemed by the general society to be morally questionable. It destroys him, causing him to physically collapse. By now Othello is completely blinded by jealousy causing him to loathe Desdemona. To him she must die “else she’ll betray more men”, which is morally questionable. Othello’s world is dependent on Desdemona, “I do love thee! And when I love thee not, chaos has come again.” The way Othello sunk from loving her to wanting to murder her, shows how powerful jealously can be, and how it can push you to do anything, even morally questionable things. It changed him. This is evident in his speech. Previously Othello spoke in blank verse with iambic pentameter. As he became jealous he started to mix blank verse with prose, especially when talking to Desdemona. He never fully stops speaking in verse. To the Jacobean society this would have shown them how Othello had sunk very low, very quickly. The fact that he does not fully stop talking in verse shows us that Othello is still a great man; however he “loved not wisely, but too well”. In his last soliloquy, he attempts to regain his nobility when he commits suicide; perhaps he thinks that a dead murder is better than a live one. Jealousy took over his life until he had no self-control. Even after Othello was no longer jealous, the scars remained, so to deal with his tragic mistake, Othello commits suicide, which is morally questionable in most societies. Jealousy completely ruled his life, it controlled him and his reactions were morally