Macbeth Vs Othello Research Paper
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Marriages: Macbeth vs. Othello
In William Shakespeare’s plays Macbeth and Othello, he provides two examples of how marriages can exist. In Macbeth, there is great love in the marriage despite the chaotic plot. In Othello, there was great love at first, but that all ended when the chaos was too much to handle. Shakespeare has a brilliant way of taking an everyday life and turning it upside down with many obstacles in between. Othello for example, fell in love with Desdemona and despite their color or her father’s disapproval, they got married. It was not until they were put through stress and dramatic situations this love fell apart. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the other hand maintained their love …show more content…
The fact that they went through with an interracial marriage mean tehy had strong feelings for each other. Othello played a blind man when believing Iago when convincing his that Desdemona cheated on him with. He predicted perfectly what happened as he stated “But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again" (3.3.90-92). He decided to choose his jealousy over love and chaos took over his life. Desdemona was a great wife to Othello, even when joining him to Cyprus as Othello was needed to defend the island from the Turks. They had yet to consummate their marriage but this was not a bother to Desdemona because she was true to her husband and knew it could wait.
Desdemona had plenty of evidence that she was chaste and loved Othello, he was just too mad to see it. Their marriage was unfortunate to be doubted from the start which added extra pressure but if Othello truly loved his wife, they could have worked through it all. Iago really played the villain here as he sought revenge Othello and drove him crazy. Othello soon realizes how ignorant he was to have accused his beautiful bride of adultery when he had already smothered her to death and decided to take his own life as
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Professor
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Marriages: Macbeth vs. Othello
In William Shakespeare’s plays Macbeth and Othello, he provides two examples of how marriages can exist. In Macbeth, there is great love in the marriage despite the chaotic plot. In Othello, there was great love at first, but that all ended when the chaos was too much to handle. Shakespeare has a brilliant way of taking an everyday life and turning it upside down with many obstacles in between. Othello for example, fell in love with Desdemona and despite their color or her father’s disapproval, they got married. It was not until they were put through stress and dramatic situations this love fell apart. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth on the other hand maintained their love …show more content…
The fact that they went through with an interracial marriage mean tehy had strong feelings for each other. Othello played a blind man when believing Iago when convincing his that Desdemona cheated on him with. He predicted perfectly what happened as he stated “But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again" (3.3.90-92). He decided to choose his jealousy over love and chaos took over his life. Desdemona was a great wife to Othello, even when joining him to Cyprus as Othello was needed to defend the island from the Turks. They had yet to consummate their marriage but this was not a bother to Desdemona because she was true to her husband and knew it could wait.
Desdemona had plenty of evidence that she was chaste and loved Othello, he was just too mad to see it. Their marriage was unfortunate to be doubted from the start which added extra pressure but if Othello truly loved his wife, they could have worked through it all. Iago really played the villain here as he sought revenge Othello and drove him crazy. Othello soon realizes how ignorant he was to have accused his beautiful bride of adultery when he had already smothered her to death and decided to take his own life as