The Character of Othello
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The Character of Othello Shakespeare's Othello is not simply a play which embodies the conflict between insider and outsider. The paradigm of otherness presented in this play is more complicated than the conclusion, "Othello is different; therefore, he is bad." Othello's character is to be revered. He is a champion among warriors; an advisor among councilmen; a Moor among Venetians. Yes, Othello is a Moor, but within the initial configuration of the play, this fact is almost irrelevant. His difference is not constructed as “otherness.” Othello, by his nature, is not an “otherized” character. Besides being the dark-skinned Moor, Othello varies in no real way from the other characters in the play. Further, Othello and Iago can be seen as two sides of the same destructive coin. With Iago as a foil and subversive adversary, Othello is not faulted for the indiscretions he commits. It is the invention and projection of otherness by various characters in the play, especially Iago, which set the stage for the tragedy of dissimilarity which is to ensue. Continually confronted with his difference, and apparently associated inferiority, Othello eventually ingests and manifests this difference in a violent rage against the symbol and defining emblem of his otherness, Desdemona. Yet, who is to blame? Which character is redeemed through our sympathy so that another can be condemned? Othello, the dark-skinned murdering Moor, himself. The separation of his otherness from explicit and innate evil contrasted with Iago's free-flowing and early-established taste for revenge and punishment, alleviates Othello from responsibility. Surely, Othello has wronged and is to be held reprehensible--with his death--but even this is a self-infli... ... middle of paper ... .../www. Galileo pechnet.edu Bloom, Harold. "Introduction" Modern Critical Interpretations, Othello Ed. Harold Bloom, Pub. Chelsea House New Haven CT 1987. C. W. Slights. "Slaves and Subjects in Othello," Shakespeare Quarterly v48 Winter 1997: 382. J. Adelman. "Iago's Alter Ego: Race as Projection in Othello," Shakespeare Quarterly v48 Summer 1997: 130. Jones, Eldred. "Othello- An Interpretation" Critical Essays on Shakespeare’s Othello. Ed. Anthony G. Barthelemy Pub. Macmillan New York, NY 1994. Neely, Carol. "Women and Men in Othello" Critical Essays on Shakespeare’s Othello. Ed. Anthony G. Barthelemy Pub. Macmillan New York, NY 1994. Norman Sanders, ed. Othello. Cambridge: New York, 1995: 12. Snyder, Susan. "Beyond the Comedy: Othello" Modern Critical Interpretations, Othello Ed. Harold Bloom, Pub. Chelsea House New Haven CT 1987.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how iago's emphasis on othello’s simplicity and honesty contrasts with his skillfully-crafted towers of lies and bejeweled misrepresentations.
- Analyzes how othello possesses base characteristics such as jealousy, self-pity, murderous intent, but they are not symbols of his otherness.
- Analyzes how iago transforms the perception of almost every character in the play, from cassio to roderigo, to the opposite of what it had been.
- Analyzes how iago's emphasis on othello’s simplicity and honesty contrasts with his skillfully-crafted towers of lies and bejeweled misrepresentations.
- Analyzes how othello possesses base characteristics such as jealousy, self-pity, murderous intent, but they are not symbols of his otherness.
- Analyzes how iago transforms the perception of almost every character in the play, from cassio to roderigo, to the opposite of what it had been.
- Analyzes how iago is able to play so well on othello's insecurities for they are his own.
- Analyzes how othello's breakdown into self-questioning mirrors that of richard iii who became entangled in the oppositions of his character.
- Analyzes how othello's unfortunate psychological movement coincides with his actual journey to cyprus, which becomes a metaphorical representation of the transformation he endures.
- Analyzes how iago is villianized, speaking in the prose shakespeare reserves only for ne'er-do-wells.
- Describes bloom's modern critical interpretations, othello ed. harold bloom.
- Opines that snyder, susan, "beyond the comedy: othello", modern critical interpretations, harold bloom, new haven, ct, 1987.
- Analyzes how shakespeare's othello is not simply a play which embodies the conflict between insider and outsider.
- Analyzes how othello's inability to recognize that the trap by which cassio has been consumed is only the precursor to his own destruction foreshadows his eventual consumption by iago’s maneuverings.
- Introduces barthelemy, anthony g., in critical essays on shakespeare's othello.
- Describes the critical essays on shakespeare's othello, including jones, eldred, and neely.
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- Analyzes how iago and roderigo refer to othello only in racist terms, and never by his name. they use a slew of racial epithets, which further prove the idea.
- Analyzes how iago despises othello and his wife, desdemona, in roderigo's opening scene.
- Analyzes how iago's plotting and manipulation of othello and the facts surrounding them drives him to madness and to believe he is sub-par because of his skin color.
- Analyzes how iago degrades othello and leads him to believe that desdemona is unfaithful because he is black.
- Analyzes how othello accepts iago's lies and is successful in his treachery.
- Analyzes how iago's betrayal and plot culminates in othello stabbing desdemona. he is ruined, his wife dead at his hands, and his reputation soiled.
- Analyzes how othello's discovery of the truth and his stabbning of iago only hints at the justice he truly deserves. the not-so-subtle racism throughout the play betrays shakespeare’s thoughts on this subject
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