Othello Seminar Essays - 1779 Words

The Theme of Love In William Shakespeares Othello the Theme of Love is very important. The main themes conveyed are: Love can be used against you/ love can be manipulated, and love is blinding (unconditional love). The theme of love can be used against you is best shown in Othello and Desdemona, Cassio and Bianca, Roderigo and Desdemona, and Iago, Roderigo, and Brabantio. The theme of love is blinding is best shown in Desdemona and Othello, Emilia and Iago, and Brabantio and Desdemona. Love can be used against you/ Love can be manipulated. Iago uses Othellos love for Desdemona against him. Iago hints to Othello that she deceived her father so she could deceive him. quot;She did deceive her father, marrying you, and when she seemed†¦show more content†¦He tells Othello that he will question Cassio about Desdemona, when, in fact, he is questioning Cassio about Bianca. This further pushes Othello to insanity and wanting Cassio killed. quot;Now will I question Cassio of Bianca, ... He, when he hears of her, cannot refrain/From the excess of laughter.../As he shall smile, Othello shall go mad ...quot; (IV, i, 93-100) Iago and Roderigo use Brabantios love to serve their own means. Brabantios love for his daughter, Desdemona, is used by Iago and Roderigo in the hopes of getting Othello in trouble and winning Roderigo favour. quot;I am one, sir, that comes to tell you, your daughter/and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs.... O heaven/ How got she out? O treason of the blood!quot; (I, i, 115 - 170) quot;Call up my brother - O would you had had her -/some one way or another.quot; (I, i, 176 - 177) Iago uses/manipulates Roderigos love for Desdemona. Iago consistently tells Roderigo that Desdemona will fall in love with him if he continues to do as Iago tells him to. Iago manipulates Roderigos love to get him to do Iagos dirty work and to leech money off Roderigo. quot;I say,/put money in thy purse. It cannot be that Desdemona/should long continue her love to the Moor - / put money in thy purse - nor he his to her ... She must change for youth: when she is sated with his body she will find the error of her choice ... thou shalt enjoy her ....quot; (I, iii, 138 - 153)Show MoreRelatedAnalysis Of William Shakespeare s Othello950 Words   |  4 PagesAntonio Ms. Boyle English 10 Seminar January 7, 2016 To a Discerning Eye One characteristic often associated with insane behavior is madness. On the other hand, novelist and playwrights usually see madness with a discerning eye and see madness covering a deeper characteristic in a person. Iago appears to demonstrate insane, mad behavior, but a discerning eye reveals otherwise. Iago?s manipulation over people leads to the death of Roderigo, Desdemona, and Othello. In Othello, by William ShakespeareRead MoreWilliam Shakespeare s Othello : Race And Performance6373 Words   |  26 PagesPAGE 1 Pass Ilari Pass ENGL 400 Seminar: Literature and Ethics Hood 7 November 2014 Barbary Horse: Race and Performance in Othello Ethics never went out of fashion in philosophy. It did, however, in literary studies. In Critical Terms for Literary Study, Geoffrey Galt Harpham asks, ?What is ethics? The answers to this simple inquiry are complexity itself, for they take us straight to the decentered center of ethics, its concern for ?the other (394). According to Harpham, Read MoreShakespeare vs Dryden3975 Words   |  16 PagesSEMINAR ANTONY CLEOPATRA AND ALL FOR LOVE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY Introduction:- The following study is based on the plays Antony and Cleopatra which is written by William Shakespeare and All for Love which is written by John Dryden. Both writers are the most prominent playwrights in the history of English literature. We can see that both writers through their respective works have focused on the relationship between two prominent charactersRead MoreLangston Hughes Research Paper25309 Words   |  102 Pagesexperienced similar symptoms as a teenager during his miserable summer in Mexico, Hughes knew he needed a fresh environment. At Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, the Hedgerow Players had a repertory theater in an old mill. There he watched productions of Othello by Shakespeare, The Emperor Jones by Eugene ONeill, and The Devils Disciple by George Bernard Shaw. Hughes wrote, Im getting a sort of inside slant on the theatre, watching the rehearsals and plays every night. Later, he became assistant to Jasper