Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Othello
In Othello, a Shakespeare’s play, there are a lot of themes in it but one of the biggest themes that it has is jealousy. Jealousy comes in different ways in this play for example; jealousy shows up in term of professional position and in term of romance. The characters Othello and Iago are the ones most influenced by this horrible feeling of jealousy. They both put jealousy to the extreme especially, Othello who end up killing his wife and himself. In an article written by Jimmy Breslin, Monster of Heart, it focuses on the case of O.J. Simpson and other crimes of passion and jealousy. it analyzes the anger of jealousy.
discussion question:
knowing that every bad event that happened against the relationship of Othello and Desdemona was manipulated by Iago, do you think these events accomplish Iago’s objective, because Iago was a master on manipulating things or because Othello was a fool who didn’t perceive Iago’s plot and why?
is jealousy an evil force that totally blind people and control their actions and why?
source: Oct94, Vol. 122 Issue 4, p92. 6p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.
Monster of Heart by Jimmy Breslin.