Custom essays on “Othello” by William Shakespeare

According to Bradley, Othello is, in one sense of the word, by far the most romantic figure among Shakespeare’s heroes; and he is so partly from the strange life of war and adventure, which he has lived from childhood. He does not belong to our world, and he seems to enter it we know not whence – almost as if from wonderland. There is something mysterious in his descent from men of royal siege, in his wanderings in vast deserts and among marvelous peoples (1904, pg 1, <http://web.singnet.com.sg/~yisheng/notes/shakespeare/othello_b.htm>). In addition, Othello’s mysterious world is attractive to readers because of its magic tales about handkerchiefs and even about prophetic Sibyls; its contrast when a man who was born and lived in charmed life shows himself as a hero in vague glimpses of many battles and fights; and others facts.

Definitely, it can be said that “Othello” is complicated and mysterious world, which contains of pure love and jealousy that makes people mad and obsessed. “Othello” has its nervous system, which helps author to feel his play and heroes in his mind. Was Othello in sane? Yes, he was. At last, he thought he was. His love was too strong to let him control his emotions. His pure and tragic love changed into jealousy and even abhorrence. It was spiteful joke of his destiny: the one he loved he killed with his hands; the one he loved as a friend seemed to be a traitor. His friend Iago and woman he loved Desdemona – both seemed to be betrayers to Othello. They were innocent, but Othello could not find it out because of love that blinded, that make Othello just a toy in the destiny’s hands. Was Othello right or wrong? Who knows? The answer can lie in Shakespeare’s play. It can generally be said that Othello became mentally disturb, but in his own world, the world of love and jealousy, which cannot be understood by others, he is sane. It is hard to people to understand him, to people who have never faced these situations. Does this play teach us something? Without any doubts, it does. It can definitely be said. This play is a mysterious world, it can be judged or understood, but never wiped off. Creations of their authors, plays include feelings, words, and dearest moments. To sum up, reading this play is not mortifying thing, it is not just wasting the time. Maybe, it shows us that there is always a second way, another possible chance and direct that can lead to the different results. Unfortunately, love has not always good happy ending. Any way, each of us has to choose its own way, its own ending of the story and love.

According to Hazitts who told about Othello’s and Iago’s characters, it has been said that tragedy purifies the affections by terror and pity. That is, it substitutes imaginary sympathy for mere selfishness. It gives us a high and permanent interest, beyond ourselves, in humanity as such. It raises the great, the remote, and the possible to an equality with the real, the little and the near. The Iago’s character is one of the supererogations of Shakespear’s genius (William Hazlitt, 2000-2005, pg 1, <http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/othello/characters/othello_characters_essay.htm>). Some people, who are not wise but nice, can think about Iago’s character that it is unnatural, which can be explained with Iago’s villainy that does not have any sufficient motive. Talking about characters of the play in full length, I must mention that Desdemona, Othello and Iago are basic main heroes that tell reader their tragic story. Whole story is full of feelings and emotions that make people’s destiny and behaviour, unfortunately. The theme that is followed in the “Othello” is rather famous and wide spread through out all over the world and humanity. To be honest, Shakespeare’s plays always tell us about different types of love (love of parents, love that jealous and others) that lead to various results and ends in many different ways. Thus, it makes Shakespeare’s plays well known and popular among those who find some answers on their specific questions, those who are lost in their own thoughts, those who know how love can hurt, those who know how careful and wise people should be in order to safe and keep a difficult feeling in safe.
“If it were now to die,
Twere now to be most happy; for, I fear,
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate”
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“No, my heart is turned to stone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand”
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“But yet the pity of it, Iago! O Iago, the pity of it, Iago!”, – these phrases and quotations are from the Shakespeare’s “Othello”, they depicts the whole structure of the play and Shakespeare’s manner of illustrating people’s feelings, which is very persuasive and involving.