The Importance Of Love In William Shakespeare's Othello

Othello is a brilliant work brought forth to us by the one and only William Shakespeare. This work has been highly regarded for centuries; however how has it remained so popular and relevant after such a long amount of time? That is because Shakespeare incorporates many timeless issues such as racism, love, betrayal and jealousy. The real question though is which one of these issues played the biggest role in keeping this play relevant throughout the course of time? I believe that it is the most classic theme ever to develop in writing, love. Love plays a huge role in the play Othello and helps crystalize this plays immortality. The play Othello starts out with a scene that is filled with the idea of new love. This newfound love between Othello

The idea of love gives Shakespeare the ability to incorporate many other relatable ideas into the play. One that he uses efficiently paired with love is the idea of jealousy. Shakespeare understood that love is an extremely powerful emotion that can large effect on people and often times when someone loves someone whom does not love them jealousy is brought into play. Shakespeare incorporates this exact tactic into the play by making Roderigo jealous of Othello because he has Desdemona. Shakespeare would not have been able to incorporate this idea if he had not thought about the importance of love. Love continues to play a massive role throughout the play. As a result of Roderigo’s love for Desdemona, Iago is able to manipulate Roderigo into thinking that Iago can help him. Iago also manipulates other people with the idea of false love. He puts on a fake persona of a man that is extremely honest and caring; however, he uses this persona to make people trust and love him just so that he can manipulate them. For example when

That is why this play is still so relevant today, because any reader in the world can have their heart opened up to a tragic love story. It simply has been and remains to be one of the most prevalent yet successful storylines in the history of writing. The love seen between Othello and Desdemona is a rare one. At the beginning of their marriage they are as happy as ever and you can tell that they both respect and love each other deeply. They love each other so deeply in fact that you can honestly tell from the literature that they would never do anything to hurt the other. This deep and endless love, however, is exactly what comes between them. Othello was so easily manipulated by Iago because of the sincerity of his love for Desdemona. He was so afraid to lose her to someone else that he was willing to take her out of the picture completely. One amazing aspect of this play that serves as an inspiration to people of all generations, is the fact that Othello and Desdemona still loved each other with everything that they had even when their relationship was at the lowest of lows. Othello repeatedly states his love for Desdemona and how she is probably the only person in the world that could tear him down like this. Even right as Othello is killing her you can sense how upset he is about the situation. He does not want to kill her because of his love for her, yet he does because he