Masking Emotions and Mental Wars
When an individual tries to cope with emotions after a certain incident in their lives, they sometimes find themselves in a confused state of mind. Some decide to express their emotions out in the open, while others choose to withhold them. Regardless, each choice has a consequence. Some deal with emotions by refusing to see the truth, while others are unable to reveal it. Sometimes the truth must come out. Others are too inexperienced with the realities of emotional traumas that they are unable to cope with their feelings. Those that keep it inside allow the emotions to build up to a point in which the person is unable to find peace within themselves. In the works Othello, by William Shakespeare and A Separate Peace, by John Knowles, protagonists Othello and Gene go through a mental war, in which they put on a persona to hide the truth from the outside world. Through this, it is shown, when the characters mask their emotions it leads to irrationality, overwhelmed jealousy and inconsolable guilt. Logical thinking ceases to exist when Othello and Gene hide their emotions from others. Othello refuses to see the truth, whereas, Gene is unable to reveal the truth. Therefore, they begin
[To confess and be hanged for his labor. shadowing passion without some instruction. It is not fulsome! Handkerchief-confession-handkerchief. make peace with himself, by telling the truth to Finny about that day in the tree. It is not the peace of comfort or joy, but a peace of emptiness. Gene explains after Finny's death, "I never talked about Phineas and neither did anyone else...Finny had a vitality which could not be quenched so suddenly, even by the marrow of his bone" (194). Gene knows that he has come a long way since the beginning or his school years with Finny. The spirit of Finny remains everywhere within his mind. Finny taught Gene how to examine life from a truthful, factual standpoint. Gene only now looks at what seems real about life. He realizes after Finny's death, that he needed him, and now Gene must live the rest of life without Finny. Othello decides that he must be the distributor of justice and kill his wife Desdemona in order to stop her from cheating on anyone else. After he commits the deed, the truth comes out about Iago's plan of manipulation and for the first time Othello decides to face the truth. Upon discovering that his wife was innocent all along, he decides to kill himself because of the amount of guilt he feels. He asks Cassio and Ludovico, "Then must you speak/ of one that loved not wisely, but too well;/ of one not easily jealous but, being wrought,/ Perplexed in the extreme" (5.2.353-356). Othello would rather die and live all eternity in hell, then live with the burden of knowing he killed his wife falsely. He asks to be remembered for the man that he used to be, strong and loving, not what he has become through Iago. After loosing those that they loved and needed, Gene and Othello feel emptiness and guilt for the rest of their lives. By allowing themselves to mask their emotions, led the characters to irrationality, jealousy and a lifetime of guilt. when they belie her. Lie with her- that's
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Approximate Word count = 1546
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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