Theme Of Desdemona's Death In Othello
Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare was a tragic play first published in 1622 and was believed to be wrote around 1603. Othello takes place in the late sixteenth century, and is about Othello and Desdemona who get married despite all their differences. However Othello’s ensign Iago harbors a strong jealousy and resentment that only becomes more enraged when another soldier known as lieutenant Cassio becomes promoted ahead of Iago, and this resentment only grows stronger when Iago suspects that Othello had an affair with his wife. Iago hatches a devious plan to plant suspicion into Othello’s mind that Desdemona had an affair with Cassio. Othello’s love and anger shadows the clear truth, and with an unclear mind he blindly killed
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The play foreshadowed Desdemona’s death from Othello’s and Desdemona confesses of love only where this foretold the disaster that would soon come. "I kissed thee ere I killed thee, no way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss" (5.2. 359-360). Meaning before killing Desdemona Othello kissed her, and before he took his own life he kissed her once more, this justifies the point that his love for her was always present and giving one final kiss and then killing himself was repentance for her foolish death. I argue that Othello’s love is what drove him to Desdemona but this love is also what destroyed them both, because Othello’s love and jealously is what killed his wife. Othello is blinded by Iago’s constant manipulation of emotion and language that poisoned his mind and heart, which ultimately lead to Desdemona’s death because Othello couldn’t clearly see Desdemona’s honesty through his jealousy. I also strongly believe that the quote signified the mistake, and the lack of love within Othello’s mind. This was the turning point of revelation that his wife had been true to him, but he couldn’t repay this type of love. Further Othello and Desdemona displayed different types of love, where Othello needed more time in his marriage to build their level of trust this was quickly depleted by Iago. It become ironic that Othello had more trust in a man that was unfaithful to him than his honest wife which shows a strong irony that Othello betrayed the most faithful person to
The play foreshadowed Desdemona’s death from Othello’s and Desdemona confesses of love only where this foretold the disaster that would soon come. "I kissed thee ere I killed thee, no way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss" (5.2. 359-360). Meaning before killing Desdemona Othello kissed her, and before he took his own life he kissed her once more, this justifies the point that his love for her was always present and giving one final kiss and then killing himself was repentance for her foolish death. I argue that Othello’s love is what drove him to Desdemona but this love is also what destroyed them both, because Othello’s love and jealously is what killed his wife. Othello is blinded by Iago’s constant manipulation of emotion and language that poisoned his mind and heart, which ultimately lead to Desdemona’s death because Othello couldn’t clearly see Desdemona’s honesty through his jealousy. I also strongly believe that the quote signified the mistake, and the lack of love within Othello’s mind. This was the turning point of revelation that his wife had been true to him, but he couldn’t repay this type of love. Further Othello and Desdemona displayed different types of love, where Othello needed more time in his marriage to build their level of trust this was quickly depleted by Iago. It become ironic that Othello had more trust in a man that was unfaithful to him than his honest wife which shows a strong irony that Othello betrayed the most faithful person to