My Reflection of Shakespeare's Othello
Othello is a Shakespeare play that is full of lies and deceit. The three men that are the most important in the play are Othello, Iago, and Cassio. The main character of the play is Othello. At the beginning of the play he just made Cassio his Lieutenant and this makes Iago furious. Iago already has bad feelings towards Othello because Iago believes Othello has slept with his wife and the fact Cassio got Lieutenant over him just makes things worse. Iago is a very powerful and deceitful character and he will do anything and hurt whoever to get what he wants.
Othello is a strong character but his one weakness is his love for his wife Desdemona. I would think that since Othello controls a whole army he would not be so naive in believing everything that Iago tells him. Othello obviously trusts Iago which gives Iago even more control over Othello's mind. On the other hand, if Othello loves his wife as much as he says would he not question her about what Iago tells him about Desdemona sleeping with Cassio. Why is Othello so quick at calling Desdemona a whore?
Cassio also does everything Iago wants him to do without even realizing it. Cassio gets drunk being persuaded by Iago because Cassio told him he had a low tolerance for alcohol. Cassio gets his title of Lieutenant took away from him because he acts like a drunken fool. Cassio then listens to Iago when he tells him to go too Desdemona so she can talk to Othello on his behalf. When Desdemona does talk to Othello about Cassio that just makes things worse because of what Iago had already told Othello. Cassio just helped Iago with his plan and didn't even realize it.
All of this still comes back to my question that if Othello really loved Desdemona so much how did his love turn to hate so quickly. The night he went to kill Desdemona and she woke up and begged him not too he still killed her and showed no remorse. Was Othello that driven with madness of the thought Desdemona slept with Cassio that it overcame his love for her or did Othello not love Desdemona as much as he said he did. Maybe this play could teach everyone a life lesson. Don't be so quick to accuse unless you have hard facts or it might just hurt you in the long run and you might seal your own fate.
Othello is a strong character but his one weakness is his love for his wife Desdemona. I would think that since Othello controls a whole army he would not be so naive in believing everything that Iago tells him. Othello obviously trusts Iago which gives Iago even more control over Othello's mind. On the other hand, if Othello loves his wife as much as he says would he not question her about what Iago tells him about Desdemona sleeping with Cassio. Why is Othello so quick at calling Desdemona a whore?
Cassio also does everything Iago wants him to do without even realizing it. Cassio gets drunk being persuaded by Iago because Cassio told him he had a low tolerance for alcohol. Cassio gets his title of Lieutenant took away from him because he acts like a drunken fool. Cassio then listens to Iago when he tells him to go too Desdemona so she can talk to Othello on his behalf. When Desdemona does talk to Othello about Cassio that just makes things worse because of what Iago had already told Othello. Cassio just helped Iago with his plan and didn't even realize it.
All of this still comes back to my question that if Othello really loved Desdemona so much how did his love turn to hate so quickly. The night he went to kill Desdemona and she woke up and begged him not too he still killed her and showed no remorse. Was Othello that driven with madness of the thought Desdemona slept with Cassio that it overcame his love for her or did Othello not love Desdemona as much as he said he did. Maybe this play could teach everyone a life lesson. Don't be so quick to accuse unless you have hard facts or it might just hurt you in the long run and you might seal your own fate.
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