Who Is Inhumane In Othello
Introduction:
Othello role as a Moor in The Tragedy of Othello: the Moor of Venice distorts the lens with which he is perceived and with which he perceives himself throughout the play, ultimately contributing to his uncontrollable passion, his incorrigible interpretation of the handkerchief, and his desperate attempt to make the murder of Desdemona a sacrifice. Othello's race is crucial to his tragedy not because of what he is, innately or culturally, but because of how he is perceived, by others and by himself.
Paragraph 1: Othello is estranged from Venetian society because of his race and is a constant victim of racial prejudice. He is “the Moor of Venice.”
For Iago Othello is "an old black ram" (1,1. 88), "the devil" (1.1.91), and a "Barbary …show more content…
At the base of Brabantio’s amazement and outrage is physical revulsion; he cannot believe that his daughter would "run from her guardage to the sooty bosom / Of such a thing as thou—to fear, not to delight!" (1.2.70–71). This sense of Othello as a revolting object, a "thing," recurs with tragic irony at the end of the play, when Lodovico turns away from the corpses of Othello and Desdemona on the marriage bed and orders, "The object poisons sight, / Let it be hid" (5.2.364–65). The tragic culmination of Othello's repulsiveness is compared to that of a filthy object.
Paragraph 3: Othello is suspicious of Desdemona's love because it is unexpected and unusual for a Venetian woman to be interested in a moor.
"and she, in spite of nature, / Of years, of country, credit, every thing, / To fall in love with what she fear'd to look on!" (1.3.96–98).
Brabantio's imputation of fear in Desdemona may be in part a projection of his own emotion,
However, Othello himself later reveals his agreement with Iago's assertion that she "seem'd to shake and fear your looks" (3.3.207).
Desdemona also intimates a physical repulsion when she tells the Duke "I saw Othello's visage in his mind"
Othello role as a Moor in The Tragedy of Othello: the Moor of Venice distorts the lens with which he is perceived and with which he perceives himself throughout the play, ultimately contributing to his uncontrollable passion, his incorrigible interpretation of the handkerchief, and his desperate attempt to make the murder of Desdemona a sacrifice. Othello's race is crucial to his tragedy not because of what he is, innately or culturally, but because of how he is perceived, by others and by himself.
Paragraph 1: Othello is estranged from Venetian society because of his race and is a constant victim of racial prejudice. He is “the Moor of Venice.”
For Iago Othello is "an old black ram" (1,1. 88), "the devil" (1.1.91), and a "Barbary …show more content…
At the base of Brabantio’s amazement and outrage is physical revulsion; he cannot believe that his daughter would "run from her guardage to the sooty bosom / Of such a thing as thou—to fear, not to delight!" (1.2.70–71). This sense of Othello as a revolting object, a "thing," recurs with tragic irony at the end of the play, when Lodovico turns away from the corpses of Othello and Desdemona on the marriage bed and orders, "The object poisons sight, / Let it be hid" (5.2.364–65). The tragic culmination of Othello's repulsiveness is compared to that of a filthy object.
Paragraph 3: Othello is suspicious of Desdemona's love because it is unexpected and unusual for a Venetian woman to be interested in a moor.
"and she, in spite of nature, / Of years, of country, credit, every thing, / To fall in love with what she fear'd to look on!" (1.3.96–98).
Brabantio's imputation of fear in Desdemona may be in part a projection of his own emotion,
However, Othello himself later reveals his agreement with Iago's assertion that she "seem'd to shake and fear your looks" (3.3.207).
Desdemona also intimates a physical repulsion when she tells the Duke "I saw Othello's visage in his mind"