Love's Purpose Of Othello

Throughout Shakespeare's play, Othello, there are many themes interwoven to describe the author's perspective of the true nature of a man's soul. Three themes critical to the play are doubt versus trust, monstrous imagery and the fallible love of man.

A major component of the human experience, are the powerful emotions referred to as Love and Hatred. These emotions have the ability to dictate relationships between people, in particular romantic relationships. The protagonist Othello, expresses the emotion of love towards his wife Desdemona, however the feeling deteriorates into hatred as he is told that she is believed to be sleeping with another man. In the couple’s first lines of the play, we are introduced to their romantic relationship. Othello’s first major speech expresses the love between his new wife and himself, telling the audience “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.” However, as much as love can be a rewarding and affectionate emotion, similarly to hatred it can be foolish and blind. These emotions have the power to bestow a coloured lens and can disguise the truth of reality. When Othello is proposed to the idea that

In many of William Shakespeare’s plays, the main problem or conflict in the plot or subplots almost always comes by means of a human vice, which is often combined with an external force or influence. In Othello, for instance, the main problem is Othello’s jealousy for Desdemona, all because Iago has wrongly convinced Othello of her unfaithfulness. In one of the Twelfth Night subplots, Malvolio’s pride combines with the mischievous schemes of Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, and Maria, resulting in the conviction of Malvolio as a madman. This same pattern can be clearly seen in Macbeth, one of Shakespeare’s most famous works. In Macbeth, the main conflict in the story is brought about through the meddling of three witches, who prophesy that Macbeth has become the thane of Cawdor and will later be crowned as the king of Scotland, positions which Macbeth had never even considered before. After having the position of thane bestowed upon him, Macbeth, totally consumed by the vices of greed, ambition, and lust for power, forsakes all of his morals in order to make the second prophecy a reality. The storyline starts off with relative order, descends into disorder and chaos, and the entire plot seems to self-correct back into order with the death of Macbeth at the end of the story. Macbeth exhibits the common pattern of order giving way to disorder correcting back to order that is prevalent across several of Shakespeare’s other works, and the causes and reasons for the disorders are brought

William Shakespeare’s play of tragedy, Othello, has an abundant bulk of dynamic characters throughout the duration of the play. The eventuality of the grievous end in Othello could have transpired contrastingly different, assuming a particular character procured a bit of empathy. The antagonist, Iago, and ancient of Othello could have shown a little deeper empathy towards his wife Emilia, from the start to finish of the play. If Iago had shown empathy he would not have suffered a crushing defeat and instead would acquire the revenge he so furtively devised without anybody at all gleaning his traitorous behavior. The first chance Iago missed, in using a little empathy towards his wife, was when Emilia found Desdemona’s handkerchief on the floor.

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603. Shakespeare based the play on a story “of the Unfaithfulness of Husbands and Wives.” The story revolves around its two central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army and Iago, his unfaithful ensign. This play has withstood the test of time, and because of its lasting themes of racism, love, jealousy, betrayal, revenge and repentance, it is still preformed and appreciated by many until this day. Jealousy is the heart of this play. At the beginning of the play, we can see jealousy has twisted Iago just as badly as it will eventually warp and corrupt Othello. Apparently once a good and honest soldier, Iago allows jealousy to lead him down a dark path from which he does not or cannot turn back.

    The William Shakespeare tragedy Othello features various types of love, but none compare to the love we find between the protagonist and his wife. In this essay let us examine “love” as found in the play.

Love is a vague concept, there is no clear definition for love. In fact, love is only defined as an intense feeling of deep affection leaving much room for personal interpretation. In the tragedy of Othello, many forms of love were presented by Shakespeare. Two of which were Desdemona’s love for her husband, Othello, and Emilia’s love for her husband, Iago. There are many significant differences between Desdemona’s and Emilia’s love for their husbands that contribute to the overall theme of loyalty.

Love makes Othello vulnerable and fragile. The corruption of love and love’s vulnerability made William Shakespeare play a tragedy. Othello blindly believes Iago’s claim of Desdemona’s unfaithfulness, ignoring the words of his loyal and noble wife. Iago’s lies makes Othello decide to kill his wife because he thought she was not faithful to him. He did not trust Desdemona, but he loved her. Desdemona’s love for her husband made her conceal the truth about her missing handkerchief to him. She was very aware of how much it meant to him. She did not desire to hurt him by revealing that she lost the handkerchief. The betrayals would not have resulted in death if Othello’s love for Desdemona was not so strong. When she lost the Handkerchief, Othello finally believed that she no longer loves, and is in love with Cassio. Othello’s love is corrupted. According to Shakespeare play, Othello says, “all kinds of sores and shames,” but he cannot endure the pain in his heart, “the fountain from which my current runs or else dries up.” Shakespeare uses two layers of metaphor in this speech- a fountain as a metaphor for the heart, and the heart as the metaphor for love. Positioning love within the heart is significant because the heart is a vital organ. Othello implies that he either lives or dies according to love. If the heart stops pumping blood like a fountain, then Othello’s veins will dry up and he will die. Othello

“Othello” is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1603. In this play, Shakespeare features three major characters: Othello, Iago, and Desdemona. Othello, a black man, and Desdemona, a white venetian secretly eloped in the play. Iago shows racism and prejudice towards their relationship because of their skin colors. In the play, Iago says: “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise! Awake the snorting citizens with the bell, or else the devil will make a grandsire of you. Arise, I say” (Shakespeare 1.1.97-101). Iago was against mixed race couples and therefore held a grudge against Othello and Desdemona. Modern readers today can relate to this experience in “Othello” because racism is seen almost

The Shakespearean tragedy, Othello(1603), is open to differing interpretations, since the multifaceted nature of the characters, varying explanations of motivation and an individual values can influence their understanding of the text. The play can be seen in such a way that the characters in Othello fall prey to Iago’s skillful manipulation, not realizing that they are puppets in his elaborate scheme. He preys on each character’s innate flaws in their personality and judgement and seduces them into his web of lies. Othello’s own profound sense of justice and jealousy, render him an easy target of his Iago’s influence, while Desdemona’s innocence, naivety and strong willed nature allow her also to be an active instigator of her own death and Othello’s deep-rooted passions cause him to oscillate between love

“Love, ‘A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Being “Profoundly tender.’ ‘Passionate affection for another person.’” This type of feeling is found in many settings during the story of Othello, yet in this story, love changes drastically. In Othello, the title character declines in his love life terribly. Othello began in the play as a lovable person, especially around his wife, Desdemona. Othello truly had a great care for this wonderful woman, yet by the end of the play, Othello would have changed into a madman.

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

Love is showed all through the play Othello. It starts off quickly with two people getting secretly married. Othello and Desdemona were young love birds. Love was showed in two ways: Love as passion for someone and false love to gain something out of it. Iago and Emila are married just like Othello and Desdemona. He cares for her so much, but she is not interest. Desdemona has love for Othello and their love is so passion. Cassio

The tale of Othello written by William Shakespeare is about several things; love, heroism, military, isolation and sadness. The contrasts of characters within in this play are almost as remarkable as the themes presented and evoked. Within this piece each character is balanced by another of similar or contrasting characteristics. Desdemona is balanced by her opposite, Iago. Her love and concern for others is at one end of the spectrum versus his hatred and concern for self at the other end. All of the characters present a range and variety as striking and different as that produced by the opposite. Othello and Iago are two opposites that balance each other’s personality and action throughout this piece. Their distinguishing qualities stand out to the mind’s eye therefore when we are not thinking of their actions or characterstics, the idea of them is still as present as ever.

Othello is a romance from first to last, but parallel to love is jealousy and hatred. Some people might say that love and jealousy might go hand in hand. One cannot live without the other, but there is a misconception that jealousy is a sign of love. The play contains what we associate with the genre. A great and powerful soldier, a derisive lady, a false steward, and an infidel antagonist. Othello was truly in love with Desdemona, but so were many others. Othello was loved and respected by some, but truly hated by one. The one that poisoned his mind, the one who introduced him to the green-eyed monster. The symbol the green-eyed monster contributes to the sense of jealousy that implies to the Moor, his love to Desdemona, and the respect Venice has for him.