Tuesday, May 13th, 2014...10:31 pm
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.
10 Comments
May 14th, 2014 at 10:47 am
I thinks the faults lies both with Iago manipulation and Othello foolish. If Othello love Desdemonia so much them he should of believe her unless he had without a shallow of a doubt proof of her being unfaithful. Othello clearly have some types of issues if he willing to strangle his wife in the first place. If anything all Iago did was sped up the doom result of Othello and Desdemonia that was bound to happen anyway.
CUZ THAT MAN BE CRAAAAZZZZIIII
May 14th, 2014 at 11:07 am
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May 14th, 2014 at 3:55 pm
I do think that it was more because Iago perfectly manipulated thing his own way, he kind of have a virtue on how to do think the way he want them to happen. But I also think that Othello was suppose to be more intelligent and analyses things much better so he could find out the reality of the situation.
May 14th, 2014 at 7:39 pm
Of course Iago’s manipulation is a key part to the story, but only because Othello was foolish enough to BE manipulated. Othello’s jealously stems from being told by everyone that he is different, striking his ego, causing him to believe that it is impossible for him to be with the woman he loves. But we cannot blame one person for the story’s outcome, but rather blame both.
May 14th, 2014 at 9:18 pm
I think Iago accomplished his goal because it was both Igao’s manipulation and Othello’s foolishness. Othello fell for Iagos lies which lead to the success of his plan.
May 16th, 2014 at 10:16 pm
Othello was a skilled military commander, a position that requires patience, thought, and decisiveness. I would think that Othello had a strong degree of self-possession and was not given to flights of passion, as he would not have performed well in his duties. This does not mean he did not lack jealousy at all, only that he may be objective about it. It is to my belief that he fell for Iago’s trickery because of the skill of manipulation with which Iago engineered the evidence and context. These convincing deceptions fanned the flames of his jealousy and ultimately consumed him.
May 19th, 2014 at 11:46 am
I think it’s Othello’s fault because if he love his wife and he will make sure everything is true. He thinks that he is not good enough to be Desdemona’s husband. That’s why he is being jealous and not trust his wife. As a result, lago can convinced him to believe that Desdemona has an affair.
May 19th, 2014 at 11:53 am
I think it’s interesting to consider both Iago and Othello as victims of jealousy. In the article you discussed in class, the author suggested that jealousy can consume an individual numbing their sense of logic and reasoning. You have Iago jealous and greedy for power. And you have Othello overprotective and jealous for his wife. Were it not for the emotional power of jealousy, would these two have acted the way they did? If not then can we blame the consequence of their actions on “jealousy” as opposed to the individuals?
May 19th, 2014 at 2:07 pm
Iago’s whole goal was to ruin Othello’s life. I think Othello is a victim to Iago’s plan. Iago did an excellent job orchestrating the whole thing. He plays on the emotions of everyone and using those emotions as everyones weakness. He uses
I think the fact that Othello is a “moor” plays into the whole situation as well.
May 19th, 2014 at 2:29 pm
I think Othello was just a ticking time bomb ready to explode. Othello’s emotions were just waiting to be compromised. Although Lago was compromised at the end he still accomplished his main goal of just ruining Othello’s life. Othello realizes too late and Desdemona ends up dying by Othellos hands. In this case jealousy is definitely a huge factor in the demise of Othello.