![]() The purest of all sentiments is, in his mind, a mere "lust of the blood and a permission of the will." It is utterly foreign to his nature indeed, we cannot even conceive of lago's loving anything." Read on.Ĭome on, come on you are pictures out of doors,īells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens, Hudson says, Iago is "severely introversive," and is only satisfied by dipping what is good into his own vileness and bringing it forth reeking in the filth of his own evil nature. All things pure and noble in their nature are looked upon as far beneath his "learned spirit." As Mr. He neither respects moral beauty as seen in Desdemona, nor the grand nobleness of the mighty-souled Othello. Probal to thinking, and, indeed, the course When this advice is free I give and honest, ![]() Shakespeare Quotations (by Play and Theme)Īnd what's he, then, that says I play the villain? Seneca's Tragedies and the Elizabethan Drama Shakespeare and Race: The Relationship Between Othello and Desdemona Iago's Motives: The Relationship Between Othello and Iago ![]() The Play of Othello as a Whole: Its Rank Among Shakespeare's Roderigo, Emilia and Shakespeare's Secondary Characters The Moral Enigma of Shakespeare's Othello Play Construction and the Suffering and Murder of Desdemona Shakespeare's Iago Compared with the Original A bedchamber in the castle: DESDEMONA in bed asleep Please see the bottom of each scene for full explanatory notes.Please see the bottom of this page for helpful Othello resources.He almost spared her life, but ultimately convinced himself that she needed to die or she would hurt other men.The complete text of Othello: Scenes from Shakespeare's Othello I pointed out this particular passage because I felt it shows just how convinced Othello was that Desdemona was unfaithful, but even towards the end he had reservations about killing her. Ultimately, he kisses her for the last time which makes him cry, but he doesn’t feel any sorrow. He even says he would love Desdemona if she remained so sweet and beautiful after she was dead. Yet he is almost tempted to let her live once again when he smells her “balmy breath” (Line 17). Also Othello uses another metaphor for her death when he says “When I have plucked (the) rose, I cannot give it vital growth again” (Line 13-14). When Othello talks about putting out the light, he is referring to killing Desdemona and he says he wouldn’t be able to restore her life (or light) once she is gone. There was also a lot of repetition of the word “light” in Lines 7 through 13, which is representative of life. His admiration of her beauty once again stops him from killing her, but then he says she must die or she will cheat on another man. He is comparing her skin to delicate snow and a marble sculpture. He said he wouldn’t make her bleed or “…scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, and smooth as monumental alabaster” (Lines 4-5). ![]() Furthermore, a lot of his word choices spoke of her physical beauty. Repetition is a typical device used for persuasion, which I think is obvious in this example. I felt that he repeated these words to say this is what needs to happen, but his repetition of the phrase made it seem like he was trying to convince himself that this is what’s necessary. At the beginning of the quote, he repeated “it is the cause” three times. During his long monologue I felt that he was having an internal conflict about whether he should kill Desdemona or not. At the start of Act 5 Scene 2, Othello approaches Desdemona while she is asleep in bed.
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