Theme Of Friendship In Othello

Throughout the plays William Shakespeare has written, friend relationships are expressed in different ways. In Shakespeare’s play Othello, there are a few different forms of friendship. One friendship that sticks out as the ultimate conflict of the play is the friendship between Othello and Iago. It becomes clear throughout the play that Othello and Iago view their relationship differently. Othello sees Iago as an honest and trustworthy friend. Iago, however, hates Othello and isn’t actually the man Othello thinks he is. Their relationship is further complicated by their different ranks and Othello’s unwillingness to promote Iago to be his lieutenant. This causes a rift between the characters and ultimately leads to Iago’s betrayal of Othello. Just like the friendship of Iago and Othello, many of our friendships today seem to be based on the same qualities of honesty and trustworthiness, while in reality the two people might not have the qualities that the other believes them to have.

The sense of Othello and Iago being close friends for quite some

We can compare this to our friendships in the modern area, which are also based on honesty and trustworthiness. Many times friendships are based on how we perceive each other. However, people often withhold information or lie outright, as Iago did with Othello. People can choose to portray themselves in a positive way, which makes it harder to have an authentic friendship with them. A good example of this is how people are portrayed on social media sites. What people usually post on social media are good things happening in their life. Many people choose to hide the bad and ugly stuff to make themselves look good. They also can make fake accounts and lie outright about who they actually are. This can make views of friendships on either side be different, just like the friendship Shakespeare created between Othello and