Othello :: essays research papers

Othello.Othello is the title of the character and play that we all(prenominal) studied earlier this semester. However, it is Othello the character that I intend to discuss. Othello is the husband to the resplendent and innocent Desdemona, whom he murders because the villainous and honest Iago has misled him. A Moorish habitual in Venice, a society plagued with racism and where adultery is neither condemned nor authorize of, Othello is in the midst of a society that will hinder and not support his progress. The central theme of the drama is the alteration of a direful hit the sackr to a raving killer, under the influence of the deliberate connivance of his aide, Iago, who convinces him that his wife is having a live affair with another officer named Cassio. otiose to trust the falsely corrupted Desdemona - he lacks the essential element of love and it is this absence of trust that causes Othello to disintegrate morally. This destructiveness extends to his own suicide, when h is error of judging Desdemona to be an adulteress fails him. Our closely woven relationship with this traumatised and gullible Othello causes us to gravel with him, as he experiences emotional agonies, such as the destruction of his at one time reputable nobility, character and marriage to the young Desdemona. Through Act II, prospect I, Othello presents himself to us as a grandly positive and content character, "It gives me enjoy great as my contentTo see you here before me. O my souls joy"(Act II, Scene II).At this stage in the play Othello has also assembled his character to impose on us an impression, that he is a horrible and prominent figure in the Venetian establishment, and respected military small-arm and a loving husband. He carries himself with an impressive dignity while candidly delighting in his young wifes unconditional love, which he values above the "seas worth(predicate)", (Act II, Scene I). When the couple defend their marriage against the prejudiced Brabantio, father to Desdemona, who associates Othello with witchcraft, (because Othello is black), in Act I, Scene III, it becomes evident that the couple share an unconditional love for one another.However, in the second half of the play Othello abandons this perfect love, for a blind and unfounded jealousy too strong to act in a just manner. He loses all faith not scarce in Desdemona, but especially himself, "Thats he that was Othello Here I am.