Humanities & Classics 1002
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I would like to address a couple of things about Othello because I find it to be very interesting in a number of ways. First off I would like to discuss the renessaince person theory of the time in relation to Othello. Being perfect and knowing in every way obviously didn't lead to a good full life in Othello's case. At first it seemed he would be the ideal, he being a wise, brave, handsome man whom everyone respected. He married a woman who loved him for what he wanted and pitied him for his experiences as he loved. He had it all. But in this power and strive to be the ideal man he flawed under persuasion. When tricked into believing his wife was dishonest he was imperfect with jelousy such great jelousy he would use his great powers to do badly in his point blindness. In striving for perfection no ideal man could have an untrue wife nor made a fool of by a woman. He also made the mistake of not confronting the accused, which addresses he did not strive in communicaion skills or direction of feelings. Instead in anger decides the only way out was to kill her which he did not consider the aftermath of. In all in the strive to be perfect and ideal renessiance man he ended up in a fate of death upon himself.
Another issue is the issue of women. I know it was not uncommon for a woman to be killed by her husband but it just still seems outrageous to me. It is depicted lightly at first that Desmonda is only the posession of men first of her father then out of anger given up almost like a horse or something, won fair and square, to Othello. Later it becomes more obvious that she is a posession that it was hardly reacted to him slapping her. He obviously had more power that she was absolutely not to argue with him or talk above which lead to the slap. She obviously feared him at many points like the slap or how she approached talking to him in slightly round about ways and of course when he told her he would kill her she was afraid but it was almost as she excepted her fate she didn't run or anything she only tried to change his mind with love. So it was pretty much determined by him she was no good anymore almost like a lame horse who he must terminate.
Also about the arguement with who's story it was Othello's or Iago's, I would argue it is equally both. It is a story of the fate of one who is blinded by jelousy and also of the fate of one who spurs unnecessary conflict between people. It adresses the result of each sin ends in an unpleasant passing. Being it is no more about jelousy than it is of deceit, the story is no more Iago's than it is Othello's or vise versa.