Thursday, February 28, 2019
A Central Theme or Motif in the Play Othello, Is Jealousy
green-eyed monster is the central theme in the play Othello by William Shakespe are. It is the to the highest degree illustrious literary work that focuses on the dangers of green-eyed monster. The play is a study of how jealousy can ruin lives even with only the most circumstantial indicate of guilt. The play opens in Venice and revolves mainly around a man called Othello. Its his actions and thoughts which makes the play fire and suspenseful. Themes such as love, jealousy, betrayal, honesty and vengeance are all important and widely portrayed throughout the play.However, as we act into the play and the character Othello, we leave realise that jealousy is ultimately the most important theme of them all. It is the fundamental element that fuels the characters and evidently crafted the play into how it is today. From the setoff of the play, we clearly see the jealousy in Iago. This is seen with his dejection at organism passed over for promotion to be Othellos lieutenant. Ca ssio, the bean counter, got the job sooner of Iago the experienced soldier. He just has to accept his loss. But, of course, he does not, and that contracts the driving hug of the play.His strategy of dealing with loss is to strike back with vengeance and lying against Othello, who has humiliated him by passing over him for promotion. He stays stuffy to Othello, acting as his best friend when he is actually deceiving Othello, I am not what I am. He is out to force back back at Othello and he does this by creating an evil devise against him. Othello is in love with Desdemona and secretly marries her. He loves her and is willing to do anything for her. However, he is blind by this love and allows jealousy to ruin their relationship.Jealousy is so perverting and has rendered Othello to become so vulnerable to the evil schemes by Iago. Iago uses Desdemona in his plan, and succeeds greatly. Iagos plan begins as he openly executes his plan of destruction, which incorporates jealous y as the bring up factor. He intends to create a strong sense of jealousy in Othello by setting up the mirage of an affair between Desdemona and Cassio. Othello is a fair man. He has never dealt with a situation like this before. As a result, he had very extreme reactions because of his jealousy.However, Othellos jealousy has not certain and still doubts their affair. Therefore no extreme actions have been committed yet. The citation Away at once with love or jealousy by Othello allows us to understand that he still has faith in Desdemona and does not entrust she is cheating on him. However, Iago continues to feed Othello with rumors of the affair. His persistency and Othellos exposure has caused a rapid development of jealousy in him. By the adduce I like not that, we can see that it is the turning topographic point for Othello he begins to lean towards Iagos interpretation of the truth.In doing so, Othello dusks into the trap and tells Iago that he wants Cassio and Desd emona dead. His love for Desdemona is so strong and yet jealousy overpowers him. Iago realises that although he does not have proof of the affair, he is still able to cause disablement As proofs of holy writ this may do something. From this we realise how depraved Othello is. Jealousy has made him lose his ability to reason or approximate logically. In fact, Iago has been so successful with his plan that he was able to impute Othello into a state of madness.He even loses control of his body and Iago explains it as epileptic seizures. At the end of the play, after Othello smothers Desdemona to death, it is brought to his attention that he was set up by Iago. In horror, he realizes his mistake. Just before his suicide, Othello explains that all will have to refer to him as one that loved not wisely but too well. His lack of experience brought upon his ruin. Jealousy is expound throughout the play as a monstrous emotion or more specifically, a green-eyed monster. This becomes incr easingly more destructive and intense.However, its at the end of the play that Othello commits extreme actions because his jealousy has caused him to believe everything is true. Jealousy here is harnessed as a artillery unit, a weapon made so lethal because its victim ultimately destroys himself and others around him. It is interesting that Iago uses jealousy against Othello, as jealousy is likely the source of Iagos annoyance in the first place. In Othello, jealousy takes many forms, from sexual intuition to professional competition, but it is, in all cases, destructive.However, this jealousy was not before prominent Othello, but was rather developed through Iagos legion(predicate) plans of destruction, which is understood through Othellos change in personality and actions taken. By studying the text Othello by William Shakespeare, we are able to understand that jealousy is a powerful emotion, one that can destroy relationships, and consume the mind. Whether sexual or platoni c, once the seed of jealousy is planted it can choose to devastating consequences, as seen in the play.Jealousy can easily turn into anger, and veil its victim making them obsessed with the notion. In the play Othello, many of the characters fall victim to jealousy, causing them to commit acts outside of their normal persona. Othello was the victim in the play, and was miserably destroyed by his uncontrollable jealously. Out of all the characters in this play, its obvious that jealousy was what ruined Othello. Jealousy had the most cloggy effect on him and in the end, destroyed his relationship with Desdemona, and himself. In doing so, I believe that jealousy is the central theme in the play.
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