Othello's Guilt
The play titled Othello by William Shakespeare is based upon a web of rage, misplaced trust and betrayal taken by a cast of characters that experience these factors throughout the play. Othello, the main character in this play is known for his nobility and charisma, he is an adventurer and is somewhat mysterious, highlighted by the fact that he is of a different race from those around him. Despite this, Othello is manipulated into believing that the girl he was in love with, Desdemona had persued a secret relationship and therefore cheated on Othello. Subsequently, through the theme of jealousy, Othello strangled and killed Desdemona for her presumed acts of betrayal and therefore Othello is truly guilty for the death of Desdemona because murder is the worst crime of all, regardless of it being intentional or not. This guilt is ensued by the facts that this rash act was committed merely from claims by Iago, the fact that Desdemona is full goodness and kindness and should not be severely punished despite all her affection she shows throughout the play and that the manner of death was too harsh for a simple act. To begin with, the sense of 'appearance vs reality' is relevant to the issue of Iago's character; for although he
Furthermore, Desdemona posseses characteristics of a strong-charactered woman, which shows that she is spiritual and passionate and that the murder of Desdemona by Othello was very unjustified. People would agree however that once she is married, her self knowledge decreases throughout the play as she gets more and more wrapped up in the ungrounded unpleasantness of Othello. However, she is still very virtuous and very passionate towards Othello and is of course very faithful. She first shows her affection towards Othello on page 21; line 245, "That I did love the Moor to live with him, My downright violence and scorn of fortunes May trumpet to the world...". Desdemona's actions also signify that her love for Othello is unparallel and that she would do anything for Othello. For example, on page 21; line 252, Desdemona states, "So that, dear lords, if I be left behind A moth of peace, and he go to war, The rites for which I love him are bereft me, And I a heavy interim shall support, By his dear absence. Let me go with him." This shows that even in the occurance of a war, Desdemona was willing to travel with Othello so that she would not have to bear the burden of missing Othello while on his absence. Despite the tragic outcome which Desdemona had received from Othello, in her dying breath, she stated that Othello is not responsible for her death, despite him doing it, as quoted by Desdemona on page 111; line 123, in her dying breaths, "A guiltless death I die." And again on page 111; line 125 when answering to Emilia's question on who committed the foul act, "Nobody - I myself - farewell! [She dies]." While people would agree that Desdemona was 'too' shy and honest to not question Othello on any matter, it shows that she is very faithful to him that the killing of Desdemona was unjustified and Othello is guilty for his irrational act. is called "honest" by almost everyone in the play, he is treacherous, deceitful, and manipulative. Most characters in the play, especially Othello go through
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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