” However, the burden of his sins become overwhelming referring to a “base Judean, threw a pearl away. It is evident that no medicine in the world can cure him of his agony and torture referring to the medicinal properties of the “Arabian Trees. He cherishes his memories of when he spoke of such places to Desdemona further emphasizing his love for her. Othello mentions the “Arabian trees Their medicinal gum” and “Aleppo” which were elements in his heroic tale.
Othello comments on his how he won the affection of Desdemona enchanting her through his heroic tales. However, the audience knows that this is no longer the situation as the “honest” Iago made Othello into a pawn of a greater game. ” Othello is referring to his previous assessment of Desdemona’s relation with Cassio where he told Iago that he had nothing to fear and thus would not become jealous. In the next contradictory statement, Othello states that he was “not easily jealous, but, being wrought. It was Othello’s love for Desdemona, however, that acted as a catalyst to which Iago manipulated and used to his advantage. Othello’s love for Desdemona reveals a sensitive part of Othello in spite of his military background. Othello reveals in the next line that he has actually “loved not wisely, however too well” showing that he was not able to communicate the very same amount of affection back to Desdemona as she had done to him. In line 342, he asks others to speak of him as he genuinely is being, “nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice.” The first inconsistent sentence reveals that he does not long for his guilt to be minimized as suggested by the diction “extenuate.” Nor does he want be considered wicked which he would feel ashamed for as Iago is the genuine villain in the play.
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Another element exposed is the level to which his sins have actually affected him and how he longs for the fights that helped him woo Desdemona’s love through his brave stories.ĭespite having actually done his services to the state, he exposes his absurdity as somebody who existed within and outside Venetian society providing increase to a series of contradictions. Evident in his final statement, he utilizes contradictions to describe his frame of mind before and after the adjustment of Iago. Othello declares his position as a figure who is all at once consisted of and left out from Venetian Society.
His ego is still undamaged nevertheless as he points out that he has done a great deed to the state despite the overshadowing for his act. Here, Othello reveals his sorrow over what he has actually done feeling a strong sense of sin in his actions. From lines 338 to 356, Othello states his final speech prior to ultimately taking his own life. It is from this point in the play that Othello protests his excellent service to Venice. Subsequently, Othello is to be held jail and will wait for trial. He is co-author of The Routledge History of Literature in English with Ron Carter, and also wrote The Language of Poetry, Literature with a Small 'l' and the first critical edition of Teleny by Oscar Wilde and others.Within Act 5, Scene 2 of the Shakespearian play Othello, Lodovico informs Othello he is to lose command and Cassio will end up being the guv of Cyrpus instead. John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies and Teaching Associate in the School of English at Nottingham University, and holds Visiting Professorships in China, Malaysia, Spain and the USA. Students using a different version of the play may encounter slight differences in both the text and line numbers. Note: We used the Arden edition of the play (Third Series, Revised Edition, ed. We begin with a broad introduction to the historical, political and intellectual context of early 17th-century England, before going through the play scene-by-scene, providing close reading and detailed analysis, with commentary on character, plot, themes and motifs, language, symbolism, and more. In this twenty-one part course, Professor John McRae (University of Nottingham) explores Shakespeare’s Othello.
In particular, we focus on: (i) the contrast between the characters of Iago and Othello, both physically and otherwise (ii) the plot twist as Othello is summoned to the Duke … but not for the reasons we have been led to expect (iii) the uneasy relationship between Cassio and Iago and (iv) the uneasy relationship between Othello and Brabantio. In this module, we explore Act 1, Scene 2, in which Othello is summoned by the Duke to deal with some business.
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