The Presence of Love and Hate in Othello

In short, the world created by Shakespe be is a human one, where king and commoner are abandoned to the same emotions, habits, and behaviors. Thus it is with Othello. He is so unused to the shipway of fuck, despite being a master on the battlefield, that he is brought to his tragic end by his inexperience with love and the wickedness of those around him.

Certain aspects of hate pervade Othello, despite Othello's lawful love for Desdemona and hers for him. One of these sources of disgust stems from a certain full point of prejudice and racism in the play. Othello is a great triumph on the battlefield and enjoys great respect from Venice for his service as a general. Despite being the epitome of the successful warrior, Othello is a black Moor. His public persona is one of great self-respect and nobility. However, Iago tries to incite Brabantio against Othello by, among other things, making a racial reference book to Othello when he wakes Brabantio, "Brabantio! Thieves! Thieves! Thieves! Look to your house, your daughter, and your bags! Thieves! Thieves!...Even now, now, very now, an old black tug/Is tupping your white Ewe" (Shakespeare I.i.79-81; 89-90). Iago hates Othello enough that he underscores his race difference to Desdemona's arrive to inspire him to anger.

Because of his race, Othello is considered an outsider. He is primarily seen as a ferocious foreigner because of his military experience and his race. This makes him fairl

y awkward and uncomfortable when it comes to knowing near the delicacies of love. Othello real loves Desdemona as does she him, only Iago's hatred of Othello motivates him to attack Othello's weak spot. distinguish is Othello's Achilles heel, so-to-speak, in that he could not be brought down on the battlefield but his inexperience in the bedroom brings him down. Iago's hatred of Othello is quite obvious in one scene, where through the most(prenominal) vile imagery he preys upon Othello's insecurities of love.

Iago feels like he has been betrayed and do a fool of by the time Iago plants in his wit a graphic image of Desdemona with another man, "Were they are old as goats, as hot as monkeys, As salt wolves in pride, and fools as gross, As ignorance made drunk" (Shakespeare III.iii.405-407).

It is not just hatred that helps bring about Othello's fall. It is also love. This is because he is so inept in the ways of love and he so loves Desdemona that he cannot stand the musical theme of her being unfaithful. He is used to mighty battles when he is wronged. His lack of experience with love makes him susceptible to Iago's treachery but also to his own insecurities and fears about love. Othello's great public respect makes him horrified at the image of playing the fool. Therefore, even though he loves Desdemona with all her heart, his instincts are trained for battle not love. He cannot bear the thought of public humiliation or that of Desdemona being unfaithful. Before he takes his own life, he admits he has been foolish when it comes to love, "Then you moldiness speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well; Of one not easily jealous but, being wrought, Perplexed in the extreme;?threw a collect away" (Shakespeare V.ii.345-350).

Bloom, H. (1999). Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York, NY: Riverhead Books.

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