Othello :: essays research papers

Othello.Othello is the title of the sheath and play that we all examine earlier this semester. However, it is Othello the character that I intend to discuss. Othello is the husband to the beautiful and straightforward Desdemona, whom he murders because the villainous and h iodinst Iago has misled him. A Moorish general in Venice, a society plagued with racism and where adultery is neither condemned nor approved of, Othello is in the midst of a society that will hinder and not sanction his progress. The central theme of the drama is the alteration of a noble raw sienna to a raving killer, under the influence of the deliberate connivance of his aide, Iago, who convinces him that his married woman is having a love affair with another officer named Cassio. Unable to presumption the falsely corrupted Desdemona - he lacks the essential element of love and it is this absence seizure of trust that causes Othello to disintegrate morally. This destructiveness extends to his own suicide, when his error of judging Desdemona to be an jadestone fails him. Our closely woven relationship with this traumatised and gullible Othello causes us to suffer with him, as he experiences emotional agonies, such as the destruction of his once reputable nobility, character and marriage to the young Desdemona. Through practise II, slam I, Othello presents himself to us as a grandly positive and content character, "It gives me wonder owing(p) as my contentTo see you here before me. O my souls ecstasy"(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 noble and boastful figure in the Venetian establishment, and respected military man and a loving husband. He carries himself with an impressive dignity while frankly delighting in his young wifes unconditional love, which he values above the "seas worth", (Act II, Scene I). When the couple defend their marriage against the prejudiced Braba ntio, 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 invention and unfounded jealousy too strong to act in a just manner. He loses all faith not only in Desdemona, but especially himself, "Thats he that was Othello Here I am.