Othello And Desdemona Essay

Othello’s narcissistic behavior demonstrates his inability to love others. When defending his love to the venetians he makes the implication that love may interfere with his personal freedom and his military status (1.2. 25-8). Othello’s motives are self-serving; Desdemona’s love is a response to her fascination with his heroic achievements, loving her for the strong emotions towards his own achievements (Porter 28). He is aware of the importance of self-image and reveals himself as a man of character and worth, he has complete assurance in himself and in how others perceive him (Macaulay 261). His own selfishness is incompatible with sexual-love. Othello’s assessment of the love for his wife is merely a reflection of the love for his him-self. The constant assertions to his perfection are evidence to his need for admiration from his peers.

to be weak and naïve in the eyes of her father. We can tell this from

Perhaps, this was Desdemona’s downfall. How naïve she could be. Falling for an older man, someone so different from her, someone who to one would seem much wiser and have more knowledge. Their love was pure but, wickedness is bound to find something so absolute. Jealousy is a curse I told her, I

In the play, The Tragedy of Othello, judging from the relationship between Desdemona and Othello, seems to say that marriage based on an innocent romantic love is bound to fail. There is a common thread of betrayal and deceit among many characters. Othello and Desdemona being the most vividly portrayed. The two appear to love one another romantically at first, but it soon after transforms into a secular love. This comes to pass because there is no foundation for a relationship. There is no trust, no communication, and no understanding.

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Othello and Desdemona’s marriage was doomed from the start. They did not start well; their marriage was controversial because of their race and Othello’s failure to follow proper etiquette while he was courting her. However these issues could have been overcome with time. The biggest problem is Othello’s attitude to Desdemona. Othello’s model of Desdemona prevents him from considering her a person. He thinks of her instead as superior to himself in every way, to the point that she is a god. Her race, beauty, and status make her godly in his mind. She becomes untouchable in Othello’s mind, and he begins to distance himself from her. Because Othello thinks of Desdemona as “Alabaster”(5.2.5) he will never consider

Othello and Desdemona have peculiar relationship to say the least. While the story of Othello does not give us many insights on their relationship, throughout the story, we begin to question the concept of their relationship as a whole. The audience mostly blame the story of Othello ending in a tragedy on Iago, but as critical thinkers, they should consider the flaws of Othello and Desdemona’s relationship. Along with flaws, Othello and Desdemona had relationship issues already in areas of behavior and backgrounds. It seems more likely that their relationship was going to fail regardless of the actions of Iago.

However strong the emotional attitude of prejudices may be in Othello, Love is the most powerful emotion and ironically the emotion that leads to the most vulnerability. Loves of all kinds are tested in the tragedy and ultimately all fail to rectify the horrible situation. Marital love for Othello and Desdemona serve as both a heaven and a hell on earth. As Othello portrays by saying,

In Greek, Desdemona means ‘the unfortunate’, perhaps reflecting an ideology that she is not meant to be liked, merely pitied for her misfortune as a tragic victim (commonly defined as someone who dies due to the faults of others). Throughout Othello, Desdemona is presented as pure and innocent – in regards to this, Auden’s comment is unusual as Desdemona is seldom criticised; indeed many critics are complementary, giving her titles such as ‘gentle Desdemona’.

Pure love is defined as a natural, gracious and freeing feeling that someone has for someone else. We find out at the beginning of the play that Desdemona is a very desirable and treasured young woman. Even before she emerges in the play, it is known that she is a lively and independent woman and is referred to as “maid, so tender, fair and happy,” by her father Brabantio. Once Desdemona appears in person, it becomes clear that she is indeed an admirable, young woman. During the scene in the play when Brabantio accused Othello of wooing his daughter through ‘magic’ or ‘witchcraft,’ Desdemona’s speech to her father is wisely presented.

Under the Influence Aspects of roman mythology and culture find their ways into our culture and literature even hundreds of years after the fall of Rome. Some references are iconic, like the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, or as it may be more commonly recognized, Romeo and Juliet, or even West Side Story. As with many other of Shakespeare's plays, his plot and characters are not entirely original as he lended a great deal of his ideas from Ancient Roman culture and mythology. While his allusions ranged slightly, his primary Roman inspiration was Ovid's Metamorphoses.

In William Shakespeare's play Othello, love is a force that is used to overcome giant obstacles while consequently also getting tripped up by tiny ones. It is eternal, yet nonetheless derail-able. It provides Othello with intensity, an intensity which lacks direction and provides Desdemona access to his heart but not his mind. Although love can allow for an abundance of great things, it can also cause oneself to go insane and lose sight of reality. In the case of Othello, brotherly love, romantic love and possessive love all lead to the cataclysmic demise of many individuals in the Shakespearian tragedy.

her ‘A maiden never bold; / of spirit so still and quiet’ and the only

“We loved with a love that was more than love” (Poe 9). This kind of love is out of the ordinary; it is a kind of love everyone aspires to find and almost no one gets. This kind of love is eternal and continues even after death. Some would say that Othello and Desdemona’s love was this kind of love, as before Othello murders his wife he still expresses his undeniable love, “One more, one more./ Be thus when thou art dead, and I will kill thee/ And love thee after…/ So sweet was ne’er so fatal…” (5.2.17-20). Othello and Desdemona’s love did seem to be true, but the way Othello wooed Desdemona was too dramatic, his importance of reputation was greater than the value of his wife, and his rash behavior showed that their love was not really true

Othello: The true love is possible, but it’s not long time. It’s broken by Iago’s scheme. At first, Othello and Desdemona loved though the difference of their ages is large and

. From a modern perspective, Desdemona’s lack of struggle with Othello in her final moments appears quite absurd, but on closer inspection, it fits in with her character being a loving proper wife at the time. For example in Act IV, Othello strikes Desdemona and rages at her to leave, which she does. Lodovico, a noble gentlemen, remarks “truly, an obedient lady” and admires her compliance despite an angry Othello (IV.1 244). His sympathy for Desdemona reinforces her image on being perfect wife whose qualities include absolute obedience to the husband. Therefore, Desdemona’s passivity during her murder does not seem that unreasonable.