Handkerchief In Othello

This soliloquy is spoken by Othello in Act 3 Scene 3 as the thoughts of his wife’s infidelity begins to cloud his mind and jealousy brews within his heart. This soliloquy is where Othello shows his insecurities for the very first time, mentioning his age, race as well as mannerism compared to that of a Venetian man. The start of Othello’s abandonment for his affection towards his wife is seen with the ugly imagery that he uses when he describes Desdemona as a mere “creature of appetite” and imagines himself as a “toad” in a “dungeon”. The motif found in this dialogue is animal imagery and the theme is jealousy as Othello starts to become enraged and begin to doubt himself as a result of Iago’s manipulation. This contributes to the plot as

Act III Scene 3 of Othello reflects the true mastery of Shakespearean plays that transcends throughout history. Shakespeare asserts sentence structure, topics and themes, reveals the scene’s purpose, and depicts the importance of Iago as a character in this scene.

The handkerchief is significant to the plot, mainly to Iago's manipulation of Othello and his convincing the latter of Desdemona's infidelity. Moreover, it sheds light over Iago, Desdemona, Othello and Emilia's characters, and is thus important to characterisation. The symbolic significance attached to the handkerchief reveals Othello's social background, his treatment of Desdemona and the latter's feelings towards her husband.

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Somethings may not be the prettiest but could mean more than diamonds. My dad’s old baseball glove is very old, but it shows hard work, his passion for the game, and his trust for me with something sentimental.

In Shakespeare’s play Othello, one of the main character’s Desdemona possesses the most essential symbol and object in the play, a handkerchief. The handkerchief appears in Act III of the play and is a particularly important part in the plot of the play. It helps weave the entire story together. The handkerchief symbolizes Othello’s love and trust to Desdemona and Desdemona’s marital fidelity to Othello.

Since Odysseus and Penelope trusted each other so much, Odysseus wasn’t jealous when he saw the suitors. He was proud that she was able to hold on and keep the household from falling apart. But in Othello and Desdemona’s relationship, jealousy is what destroyed them. The handkerchief represented their love for each other and when Desdemona misplaced it, Othello’s jealousy and anger heightened. The handkerchief represented the “courtly love tradition” and it stands as a chivalric ‘token’ of love for Othello (Smith IV).

One of William Shakespeare’s many attributes as a playwright of the late 16th century was his character development. Shakespeare’s seamless use of indirect characterization sets his works apart from the other playwrights and authors of his time. In Othello, the Shakespearian tragedy about the newlywed Othello and Desdemona, Shakespeare uses character foils to emphasize the strengths and weaknesses of the characters. By making inwardly similar characters seem like polar opposites, Shakespeare truly shows how dynamic each of the characters is.

Othello’s most tortured speeches (3.4.57-77, 4.2.49-66) reveal the extent to which he equates the seemingly betraying woman he has so depended on for happiness with his own mother, who gave Othello’s father a handkerchief and threatened him with loss of her love if he should lose it. Othello has briefly learned and then forgotten the

It was a copy of her handkerchief and this made Othello extremely upset seeing as he gave her that handkerchief on the day that they got

Desdemona’s goal is to prove that she is not the women that they make her out to be. That she isn’t a whore but, a loyal wife. The way women carried themselves and what men expected out of them is a lot more different than how it is now in the modern day. “No, i’m as honest as i am christian. If only letting my husband touch my body means im not a whore, i’m not a whore” (IV.2.988)

Act one scene one effectively expounds when it first reveals the setting. Iago and Roderigo meet at night on the streets of Venice. Not only was Venice a symbol of culture and art to an Elizabethan audience, it would have also been perceived by an audience at the time to be a center of moral depravity, as it was known for amoung other things, its high levels of prostitution. This helps to highlight cynical and paranoid tone throughout the rest of the play, as perhaps Othello distrust of Desdemona is only fueled by the reputation of her home and the culture she t i in. Perhaps Othello’s belief that Desdomona is unfaithful is stooped in a perception of all Venetian women.

You can never know the effect that you could have on someone else’s actions and how their actions could affect you. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice the two female characters, Desdemona and Emilia, have a strong impact on the play with their actions. Although, the fact that they are women controls some of their actions.

The episode of Otello’s demanding of the handkerchief to Desdemona has a major impact in the development of the play. Also, this episode points out the naivety of the young lady and the power of

In Othello, numerous occasions are more noteworthy than others in light of mental or mental reasons.. Something else is the means by which a character changes his emotions in a short minute. In the play Othello, instances of these are, the means by which Othello changes his trust from person to person, from Casio to lago; Another is the manner by which he makes his wife was scared of him.

In one of Hamlet’s rants, he mentions that Gertrude wore the same shoes to her husband’s funeral as she wore to her next wedding, only weeks later. Hamlet mentions, “A little month, or ere those shoes were old / With which she followed my poor father’s body, / Like Niobe, all tears” (I.II.147-149). Hamlet is suggesting that his mother was possibly putting on a display the whole time his parents were married. Perhaps it was all a lie and Gertrude was merely putting on phony tears at her husband’s funeral. Although Gertrude appeared to be heartbroken by her husband’s death, she did not have trouble moving on and remarrying in such a short time