The Downfall of Othello Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is the perfect example of a romantic tragedy in which events involving the themes of jealousy‚ greed‚ revenge‚ and appearance versus reality bring the play to its tragic end. The play begins with an argument between Iago and Roderigo. This conflict gives the reader a glimpse of what is to come. Shakespeare uses the technique of foreshadowing to help the reader predict the misfortunes that will befall the characters in the play
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evil. "Othello" is a tale that weaves an intricate pattern of lies and deceit‚ beginning with the main character‚ Othello‚ being questioned by Brabanzio‚ the father of his new wife Desdemona who Othello had just married in secret. Brabanzio is not happy with this as not only is Othello a middle-aged man while Desdemona a young women‚ but Othello is a Moor‚ (a black man) and the thought of a white women marrying a black man was looked down upon‚ despite that fact that Othello was a prized general and
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monster‚ which doth mock/ The meat it feeds on" and Othello ascribes various demonic features to it: "Even then this forked plague is fated to us/ When we do quicken". Jealousy was seen as evil‚ and even Satan was referred to as The Envious man. It is Emilia who sums up the Elizabethan attitude towards jealousy: "They are not ever jealous for the cause/But jealous‚ for they’re jealous. It is a monster/ Begot upon itself‚ born on itself". The Elizabethans believed that jealousy was something beyond our
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Iago that allows him to manipulate people to do what he wants without them knowing. He is married to Emilia‚ and although the reader would see marriage as a sacred bond‚ Iago manipulates it for his selfish ways. It may be his careless marriage that causes him to feel that he must destroy Desdemona’s and Othello’s. This would show his childish‚ jealous mentality towards others. The reason he treats Emilia so badly may be that he blames her for their dysfunctional marriage. From this‚ she has gained a
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Brabantio’s imputation of fear in Desdemona may be in part a projection of his own emotion‚ but Othello himself later confirms her reaction when he agrees with Iago’s assertion that she "seem’d to shake and fear your looks" (III.iii.207). Desdemona too provides implicit confirmation when she tells the Duke "I saw Othello’s visage in his mind" (I.iii.252). This implicit denial of physical attraction shows that Desdemona tries to separate Othello’s essential humanity from his
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represents. He has many fronts that he can put up. Every character in Othello had a relationship with the different sides of his personality. He uses this to his advantage in the case of Roderigo loving Desdemona. By knowing that Roderigo is madly in love with her‚ he knows he will do anything to be with Desdemona. Iago says about Roderigo‚ " Thus do I ever make a fool of my purse;" (1.3.353). By going on what he knows about Roderigo‚ he is able
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logically)‚ Desdemona is supposed to have immense sexual power over Othello; so much so that Cassio refers teasingly to her as ‘our great captain’s captain’. Knowing this it is impossible to envision a character with such control over one so very fierce and commanding as anything less than a strong‚ deeply desirable temptress. This‚ I believe to be the production’s fatal flaw. It appears that the importance of her sensuality was grossly overlooked as rather than portraying Desdemona as a female capable
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what I am. —Iago boasts that Othello doesn’t really know him. Even now‚ now‚ very now‚ an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe. —Trying to provoke Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father‚ Iago delivers an obscene description of sex between Othello and Desdemona. You are one of those that will not serve God‚ if the devil bid you. —Iago accuses Brabantio of being blind to the truth because of his prejudice against the messengers that bring the truth. your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast
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The voice of the Chorus in Otello Even though he wanted to have an opera with no chorus‚ later on‚ Verdi himself considered this idea ‘crazy’. We would have not missed much of the plot without a chorus‚ but we would have definitely missed much of the artistic colour. There are four main Chorus parts in Otello‚ but there are also a few incidental entries. When writing the opera‚ Verdi had in mind the singers from La Scala‚ in Milan. The Chorus numbered 104 voices – 64 men and 40 women‚ to which
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change and to stop loving Desdemona; as a result‚ Othello and the people around him plunge into chaos. After much manipulation from Iago‚ Othello‚ like a coin‚ flips sides and hates Desdemona. When Desdemona leaves with Emilia‚ Othello says that “when I love thee [Desdemona] not‚ / Chaos is come again” (3.3.91-92). This clearly shows that Othello is in love with Desdemona and has no doubt in her faithfulness. Little does Othello
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