Audience's Reactions to Act 3 of Othello by William Shakespeare
At this point in the play Othello is on the point of being convinced
that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio. This is a huge turning
point in the play; we can feel the tension through the language that
Shakespeare uses. "Give me living reason that she is disloyal", you
can sense Othello's fury through the word "living", you can almost
feel Othello's hurt and anger through the words he speaks.
Iago, who seems to be the one in control here, takes command and tells
Othello what he heard Cassio say whilst sleeping. " Sweet Desdemona,
Let us be wary, let us hide our loves, …Sweet Creature!". Iago tells
Othello that they shared the same lodgings, but what Othello doesn't
realise is that there was no time for these 'love hours' to take
place. This shows us how Othello is not using his mind, unlike a
lieutenant would, is depending completely on his emotions. This has a
huge effect on the audience, we feel Othello losing his control over
the matter, and we can see how he is so deluded that he cannot see
Desdemona for the "true wife" she is, but instead as a "cunning whore
of Venice".
Othello says "But this denoted a forgone conclusion", but Iago who is
prepared and at the ready. "…This may help to thicken other proofs".
Of course, there is no other evidence and Othello does not think to
ask what other proofs Iago has. Othello seems to get more and more
barbaric as he falls deeper into Iago's scam, " I'll tear her to
pieces". Although Othello is becoming more and more like barbaric
(like Iago), we still feel sympathy for him. Because he is a loyal,
brave man and trusts people. Ironically one of the men he trusts, whom
he frequently refers to as "honest Iago" turns out to be the exact
opposite. We feel sorry for him because Desdemona is his "fair
warrior", a woman who left her father and the life she knew for him,
If it’s your imagination or an illusion. The difficulty is that he cannot be certain about his sense
because of plain view. In the second case that we are going to argue, which
In conclusion one can see that their convictions closes their eyes to the facts present.
so deeply within him, it has now forced its way outside; it is at all his levels. At this point
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