Othello's Downfall

Othello is a frank and straightforward, honorable people. He believed that life is good, and society is fair; he treat people with sincerity, and believed that he can be received with honor. He wholeheartedly loves Desdemona, his own honor and dignity of all their faith in the awful happy marriage. Yet just at this time Igon told him that Desdemona has affair with its own honorable lieutenant Cassio, he was overwhelmed by this sudden blow, psychology began to lose balance, Othello caught in the pain and contradiction, a moment that Desdemona is chastity, and the next minute

The relationship between Egyptian rulers and their gods were ever present in many examples of Egyptian art throughout the many changes in leadership. The depictions of these relationships, however, were not always consistent from ruler to ruler, dynasty to dynasty. The Palette of Narmer, Seated Statue of Khafre, and Akenaten and Nefertit and their Children are three prime examples of the differences in depiction from one period to another.

Any other woman during this time would remain silent unlike Desdemona who objects to Othello’s unjust action against her. Desdemona repeatedly defends herself moments before her death , continuously asserting to Othello that she has done nothing reprehensible or sinful. As she dies, Desdemona croaks out, “O, falsely, falsely murdered.. A guiltless death I die” (5.2.121) evidently manifesting the sufficient amount of valor she obtains to defend herself right before

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

When given an opportunity to speak for herself after Othello has tried to permanently silence her, Desdemona still blames herself, going so far as lying about the true cause of her death in order to defend her husband. Now, Desdemona has become a cautionary tale for young women like Barbary was, to warn young women to obey the men in their lives or die. In the unlikely event society holds Othello solely responsible for the misfortune between the lovers, Desdemona still disobeyed her father by making a choice of her own to love someone he disapproved of, leading to not only her death but her father's as

In the given passage, Desdemona illustrates her view of her relationship and stance against doing any wrong by Othello;

Othello is not hurt because of a failing love, but because of how it makes him look and hurts his pride. This is when things get ugly. Othello puts more trust in Iago than in his own wife. This is due, in part, to Iago's manipulative skills, but mostly to Othello's lack of communication skills, especially with his wife. But Desdemona does not do anything to mediate the situation and lets the condition escalate, and her self-blaming attitude only perpetuates Othello's misgiven notion that she has been falsely accused . After Othello strikes her in front of the whole dinner party, and orders her around like a peasant,

Shakespeare is very well known for his inclusion of tragic flaws throughout the storylines of his novels. Hero’s, as courageous as they may seem, are just like any other person and go through flaws throughout their lifetime regardless of the extent of their situation. In Shakespeare’s novel Othello, with all the events twisting the readers mind from one side to another, there are many distinct qualities that portray Othello’s tragic flaw. Iago was portrayed as an honest character but with his careful deceptions jabbing in Othello’s mind, he is far from honest. Othello’s tragic flaw is that he trusts others opinions more than his own perceptions and Shakespeare develops this flaw by using convincing persuasive appeals and strong syntax throughout

The relationship between Desdemona and Othello in the play ‘Othello’ is used to express and observe the way that humans are selfish by nature. Although both Desdemona and Othello do sincerely love each other, both of them find great personal gain in their marriage, which clearly contributes to their feelings for one another. Othello, who is a black leader in an overwhelmingly white, Christian society, has come from a troubled and difficult background, being “sold to slavery” and working in the military all his life. In finding a good Christian wife in Desdemona, he finds someone to always support him in hard times, as evidenced in his summary of their romance, “she loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them”. This quote suggests that their love is more self-serving than he lets on; Desdemona loves Othello for the adventures he has been on and the stories he tells, and Othello loves Desdemona because she listens and devotes herself to what he has to say. When Desdemona gets a chance to explain their relationship herself, she is particularly proud of the fact that she “did love the Moor to live with him; my downright violence and storms of fortunes may trumpet to the world”. We note that she mentions her ‘violence’, the way she deliberately disobeyed her father and fled his company to secretly marry a man who is not one of her father’s approved suitors. This furthers the idea that Desdemona seems to be in love with Othello because of the adventures he has been on, and the excitement and liberty of her being with such a man; she is seeking her own freedom in a misogynistic society by defying her father to marry Othello. Their relationship is

He fears being rejected for being aging and black, and he creates in Desdemona a confirmation of the certainty of that rejection. She becomes more of an object than ever before, just a mere posession, and her mind is left aside as the focus turns to her body and supposedly uncontrolled sexual impulses. Othello's words reflect his change of heart: “I had rather be a toad... than keep a corner in the thing I love/ For other's uses'” (act III, scene iii), “He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol'n/ Let him not know’t, and he’s not robbed at all” (act III, scene iii), “I’d not have sold her for it” (act IV, scene ii) indicate that she is no longer seen as a woman, but as an “it”, as a thing. Moreover, as the action moves towards and passes Desdemona's murder, Othello makes obvious the position she has for him in the dichotomy angel, to the image of the Virgin Mary/whore and daughter of Eve2. He says: “she was a whore”, “false as water”, “Down, strumpet”, “Out, strumpet” (act iv, scene ii). As she is now disposed of her honour to his eyes, he exerts his power and commands her with severity, as it can be seen in the two orders mentions. And if Desdemona is, after she is accused,

When accused by Othello of her unfaithfulness, Desdemona states “I never did / Offend you in my life; never loved Cassio / But with such general warranty of heaven / As I might love. I never gave him token” (5.2.63-66). Desdemona was not guilty of committing adultery, but the “absence of viable options” (Vanita 344) left her as “A Women Killed with Kindness” (Vanita 341). Othello did not care to hear what she had to say because he does not think women have a voice to express themselves. Therefore, Desdemona “is destroyed by a jealous, sexually insecure husband who not only fails to investigate fully the charges leveled against his wife but also believes he is completely justified in vengefully punishing her for her supposed disloyalty” (Gruesser 108). She was nothing but kind and true, but once another man had told a lie to Othello that his wife had been unfaithful, he’s mind could not be persuaded by the true words she has told him. Desdemona marks that her death is her own fault and got closure from accepting the identity the women unjustly hold in society (Corporaal

Looking at the play, all along Desdemona is a very feminine character. She most likely acts like a wife and daughter. So full of cares, Desdemona at a point of the play even neglected her house quarrels and goes out to spare fellings with Cassio to try to help with his situations with Othello. So faithful she was, even when she and Othello were not on the best terms, she was still trying to fixed everything even she knows that she was not cheating, which she explains, " Yes, faith, so humbled that he hath left parts of his grief with me to suffer with him. Good love call him

The society in which Othello takes place is a patriarchal one, where men had complete control over women. They were seen as possessions rather than being just as equally human and capable of duties performed by men. All women of the Elizabethan were to obey all men, fathers, brothers, husbands, etc. Which leads me to the most reliable and trustworthy character of Desdemona, whom goes through many trials just to satisfy her love. Shakespeare brings the thought of Desdemona into the play by Barbantio, her father, “It is too true an evil. Gone she is.\...Oh, she deceives me\ Past thought! …” (1.1.163)(1.1.168-169), whom has just found she has taken off with Othello and firstly suspects they have been hitched. Shakespeare gives reader the

In Shakespeare’s Othello, Desdemona is murdered by her husband, Othello, after he is convinced by Iago, without real evidence, that she is cheating on him. Iago manipulates Othello by triggering what he knows to be Othello’s values: reputation and honor. After this tragic murder, the question of who is truly responsible for her death is raised. Although Iago put the ideas that Desdemona cheated into Othello’s head, Othello is solely responsible for the murder of Desdemona as he is the one who physically killed her to protect his reputation despite being aware of her innocence.

As tempting as it is to blame fate for all our misfortune, weakness of character is often the real reason behind it. This is the case at multiple occasion in Othello by William Shakespeare. Iago’s overconfidence causes him to become reckless and ultimately leads him to his downfall. And Desdemona’s innocence makes her see the best in people and prevents her from realizing the trouble she was setting herself before it was too late. Or in Othello’s case, insecurity prevents him from thinking straight and realizing how absurd Desdemona’s false betrayal was. Weakness of character is a dangerous force that lead Iago, Desdemona and Othello right to their downfall.