Thursday, September 19, 2013
Group 3 Othello
In the ending of Othello, many different upsetting events occurred, because of lies and deceit that spewed from lago. I wanted to focus in on the scene between Emilia and Desdemona before Othello kills Desdemona. Desdemona asks Emilia if she would ever cheat on her husband, and Emilia said she would never do such a thing, not even for all the riches in the world. What is interesting is that Emilia talks about Lodovico's attractiveness and how he is a good man. She says, "I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip." Emilia talks about how she would always be faithful to her husband, yet she is talking about Lodovico like he is fair game. She also talks about how women have the same urges as men. I think Emilia talks to Desdemona about this to try to see if Desdemona has actually committed adultery against her husband. Desdemona has been faithful to her husband the whole time and loves him, even in this time where she knows that he is planning on killing her. Throughout this story, we have thought of Othello as a gracious and strong man, why do you think that he would kill his wife? Was it necessary to be so rash, or was killing her the normal thing to do back then?
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I think the ending of Othello was predictable. Othello's fatal flaw was that he was too trusting. He put all of his trust into Iago, who he thought was his loyal friend. It's too bad that Iago ended up being the most cynical and deceitful character in the entire play. I think Othello killed Desdemona because he felt he had no other choice. He thought she had wronged him in the worst way possible. Othello holds trust as the highest value, and he thought Desdemona broke that trust. To him that was probably the worst thing she could have done. I think that his decision to kill her was probably what everyone at the time expected him to do. Plus, he was a war hero so he was able to make harsh decisions to kill.
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