Othello is essentially a noble character who loses but ultimately regains our sympathy- Discuss
Othello is essentially a noble character who loses but ultimately regains our sympathy- Discuss
Othello is most definitely an imperial character who gets assassinated by his “trusting friend” Iago. We see his nobility from the beginning, Othello is being accused of all sorts of things, still he doesn’t hide and wants to clarify the situation and even lets his wife speak for herself; he continues to prove that he is a right and just character when he is put into the position of breaking the rules to help his friend or to do what is right, which means he had to fire his own friend. From here on Othello’s behaviour is utterly despicable. However I an abundance of sympathy for him, as we know Iago’s plan however Othello can’t help but lose his peace of mind and his personality completely changes. This leaves me with deep sympathy for his human nature of getting jealous so easily. He treats Desdemona appalling and rules over without giving her an opportunity to prove herself; Othellos behaviour is reprehensible and crashes to a new low when he strikes his wife, calls her a whore and goes to the extreme of killing her. Here I have a small amount of sympathy as he is being tortured by Iago. At the end he realises what he has done and tries to redeem himself by doing the noble thing and killing himself as well. However I have no sympathy for him at this point he should have never let it come this far, he had the ability to stop it.
In the opening act we immediately see the racism towards Othello. Iago proclaims to Desdemona’s father Brabantio “even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe”. Brabantio is outraged by this proclamation and doesn’t believe his daughter would be capable of such betrayal. Iago adds “You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you’ll have nephews neigh to you” and the final comment that pushes Brabantio to go in search of Othello “your daughter and the Moor are now making the beasts with two backs”. I have
Othello is most definitely an imperial character who gets assassinated by his “trusting friend” Iago. We see his nobility from the beginning, Othello is being accused of all sorts of things, still he doesn’t hide and wants to clarify the situation and even lets his wife speak for herself; he continues to prove that he is a right and just character when he is put into the position of breaking the rules to help his friend or to do what is right, which means he had to fire his own friend. From here on Othello’s behaviour is utterly despicable. However I an abundance of sympathy for him, as we know Iago’s plan however Othello can’t help but lose his peace of mind and his personality completely changes. This leaves me with deep sympathy for his human nature of getting jealous so easily. He treats Desdemona appalling and rules over without giving her an opportunity to prove herself; Othellos behaviour is reprehensible and crashes to a new low when he strikes his wife, calls her a whore and goes to the extreme of killing her. Here I have a small amount of sympathy as he is being tortured by Iago. At the end he realises what he has done and tries to redeem himself by doing the noble thing and killing himself as well. However I have no sympathy for him at this point he should have never let it come this far, he had the ability to stop it.
In the opening act we immediately see the racism towards Othello. Iago proclaims to Desdemona’s father Brabantio “even now, now, very now, an old black ram is tupping your white ewe”. Brabantio is outraged by this proclamation and doesn’t believe his daughter would be capable of such betrayal. Iago adds “You’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse; you’ll have nephews neigh to you” and the final comment that pushes Brabantio to go in search of Othello “your daughter and the Moor are now making the beasts with two backs”. I have