A Struggle In Shakespeare's Othello

Othello was a great leader in the battlefield, but that never transpired in his social life as he couldn’t take the lead in his relations. He had frequent suspicions about his spouse and close associates. In the play “Othello” written by Shakespeare, Othello is the main character who goes through many phases during the play. Othello is mainly influenced by Iago but he causes his own downfall as the tragic hero. Othello plays a role of a commander in the army and marries Desdemona in the process of making Cassio his general. Throughout the play, he suspects everyone around him and creates unusual thoughts in his head. Examining Othello’s behavior in the play, he can

     Iago at times act as Othello’s friend, but his reasoning are to bring him down

Othello’s character throughout the play demonstrates a skill and confidence in the art of language. From the beginning we see long, eloquent speeches that dazzle his audience – eloquently mixing complex words that help portray him as not only a strong warrior but also a fighter with a sound mind. However when Iago pressures him about the possible relationship between his wife Desdemona and Cassio, Othello’s passion for his beloved wife breaks down his self-control. In the next few pages I will demonstrate how Othello’s speech during the beginning of the play helps to strengthen his character, and by his death, he’s but a stuttering empty shell of a man. In addition, we’ll compare the language of the moor

In Othello Act 3, the plot is able to advance with the introduction of Othello's internal and external conflict forcing him to make a decision. In scene 3, Othello faces an internal conflict after hearing from Iago that he had seen Desdemona and Cassio lusting for each other grew worrisome. He questions Desdemona virtue contemplating if his “wife be honest” or “think she is not” (385-386). Othello inner self struggles with the idea of the his first love Desdemona with someone else. This allows for jealousy to shroud over Othello’s thoughts and choices. This internal conflict allows to advance the play by making Othello make rash decisions on what he believes to be true. Furthermore, in scene 4 Othello now doubtful and full of suspicion,

In the beginning of the play Othello exhibits behaviors leading one to believe that he

Othello also goes through change; from a man who constantly is aware of how reputation dictates a man position in society to a man full of shame from losing said reputation because of the terrible actions he takes in a fit of rage. Othello’s change was mainly due to him listening to the lies Iago told about Desdemona and Cassio. Othello had no idea that, his so-called friend and compatriot, was a villainous person capable of lying to him. He believed Iago so much that he lost all self-control and committed a horrible act. Unlike Oedipus, Othello could have chosen his own fate.

Lago is depicted as a man who is very bitter and resentful. He is obsessed by his love of exerting power. He wanted to become a lieutenant but unfortunately the job was given to Cassio by Othello. This fact makes him bitter and in the play it is seen that he is a man that is determined to go to whatever extremes including using his wife to steal Desdemona’s handkerchief just to get what he wants. He is able to convince Othello that his wife is having an affair and at the same time he even plots the death of Cassio and ends up killing Roderigo.

Othello's hidden feelings and denials. The theme of this passage is hiding the true feelings, of fear and suspicion, that reside within Othello and seeing them come to surface through Iago. Iago first announces the speculation that Desdemona is cheating on Othello by exclaiming, #“Who dotes...yet soundly loves!”, this setup is to bring up Othello's hidden worries by encouraging the thought of any deception or suspicions within their marriage. Othello is not being convinced but being lead to reflect on his own doubts in order to let it consume him and his thoughts. These

The ability of passion to bring destruction upon the lives of the unsuspecting is illustrated in Shakespeare’s Othello with the use of both manipulation and deceit. The curse of fierce passion fell namely on Othello as he transitioned from a respected general to an unstable murderer. His downfall is demonstrated through his increasing self-doubt, lack of ability to articulate, and violence. In the start of the play, he is an accomplished general and happy newlywed, and has yet to be significantly held back due to his being a Moor and outsider in Venetian society. As passion overtakes him, however, Othello truly ingrains the idea that he is less than, and those around him begin to blame his actions on the nature of his ethnicity. He has completely lost his identity to his desires and is unable to think rationally. Shakespeare juxtaposes this version of Othello with his initial composed self in Venice to demonstrate the damage of ignorance to logic and heighten the sense of tragedy. The effects of an overwhelming passion involving love, jealousy, and revenge are shown through Othello’s degradation and loss of stability.

lago goes as far as to plot to steal, kill, and deceive those around him to get what he wants. He has Roderigo, who is in love with Desdemona, do his dirty work and get this trouble started with Othello and Cassio. In the beginning of the storyline lago gets Cassio drunk and puts thoughts in his head and also in Roderigo’s head and it starts a fight between them. He then has Othello believing that Cassio is not ready for his position because of his actions. lago uses Roderigo to try and kill Cassio, but it doesn’t work. Cassio ends up wounded, not dead.

Othello is certainly an overlay of the features that define tragedy as explained by Aristotle, Hegel, Nietzsche and Eagleton. Hence, to say that the play is Hegelian does not necessarily mean it is not Aristotelian. While Aristotle focused on tragedy Hegel focused on the tragic. Both features of tragedy and the tragic are to a great extent available in the Shakespearean tragedy of Othello. Hegel’s theory on the tragic helps us to a great extent analyze the tragic conflict in this play. He focuses on the tragic vis-à-vis tragedy. And for me, Hegel is the best whom can we depend upon analyzing Shakespeare’s Othello. Not only that but also he uses other supportive techniques of increasing the tragic conflict. Hegel, neither judges nor indicates

In Othello, a William Shakespeare plays one of the main characters is a guy named Lago. His role and character within the story Othello is perceived as somebody relating the city of Venice or its military, cultural society. Due to all his mischief in the play, he is also regarded as a villain. He is portrayed as a villain because of his corruption, wicked, or perverted. His role is presented as someone depraved by William Shakespeare due to Lago feeling he deserved to be in command. Lago low self-esteem stems from him being the lowest commissioned officer in the military, often the one who carries the flag. He is very manipulative, bold, and resourceful in tracking everyone within the play to believe his motive or not intentional. In the play Lago wife name is Emilia, she is Desdemona's maid, her best friend. Her role id portrayed as a strong woman the femininity type. She is very loyal to Desdemona. However, she is even more committed to her husband, Lago. Now as

Once a seed of suspicion or doubt is planted in a person’s mind, the noxious effect of jealousy is soon to ensue. Jealousy and suspicion are Othello’s flaws hubris throughout the play and foreshadow to the audience his imminent downfall. He believes what Iago tells him so strongly that he compromises his close relationship with his best friend and his love for his wife. Iago manipulates Othello through the use of extortion, literary techniques, and his keen judge of character. His syntax and diction are so simple yet so powerful because he uses the correct rhetorical questions and addresses Othello with respectful terms such as “my lord.” He allows Othello do most of the talking

Othello is the protagonist of the story, he is married to Desdemona and is general of the army in Venice. Othello has a growth and fixed mindset simply because if he falls he’ll try again to do better. Othello shows having a

Everything about Othello’s mind, on the contrary, is direct, healthy, objective; with an openness and docility of childhood he loses himself in