Diction In Othello

As time progresses, in the play Othello, the main character begins to feel the affects of being different and he starts to conform to outsiders terrible views of him. Othello’s attitude towards himself started with him being confident in himself and the thought that being a general would be enough to judge his character. Othello’s changing diction is an indication of Othello’s poorly developing attitude towards himself. As the accusations against Othello begin, he remained calm and composed. His expressed his words with certainty of who he believed himself to be. When Iago informed Othello of Brabantio’s anger, about the marriage of himself and Brabantio’s daughter, Othello responded, “Let him do his spite. My services which I have done the signiory shall out tongue his complaints” (Shakespeare 1.2.20-22), Othello smoothly replied that his ranking and the honor he held for his country as a general would be enough evidence that he was innocent and worthy of Desdemona. An additional response he had to the accusation was “My parts, my title, and my perfect soul shall manifest me rightly” (1.2.35), this quotation is Othello’s way of saying that you will not be able to find any wicked when I have done no evil in my life. Othello’s diction remains composed even after Brabantio
himself confronted him and called Othello vile because he “abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals” (1.2.93) referencing to Desdemona, Othello knew that their relationship was legitimate and mutual and