Monday, February 8, 2010
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"Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak a word." Iago scene 5.2 lines 299-300. The way Iago states his reason is extremely powerful. He is saying that he has told everything that he is going to tell and that he is not going to speak of the matter anymore. He doesn't want to be bothered anymore about the subject and is going to die without giving any answers. No one is going to know what truly happened and they won't ever figure it out as most everyone involved with Iago's plans are now dead. Iago never gets put to the full shame he deserves because there is no way of proving he did anything wrong as the people he messed with are gone. The truth started to come out in the end and you see that Othello mourns the death of Desdemona as he figures out that she was loyal to him and was being completely honest, but never could be developed.
ReplyDelete"presently therefore confess thee freely of thy sin for to deny each article with oath cannot remove nor choke the strong conception that i do groan withal thou art die." i think this part said by othello in act 5 scene 2 lines 52-56page 116. this line shows what othello plan to do. he is also trying to get desnamona to tell him about cassio. i think its very powerful because othello is showing hes actually going to kill desnamona and why his is going to do it.
ReplyDelete"She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to her loathe her. O curse of marriage, that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites! I had rather be a toad and live upon the vapor of a dungeon than keep a corner in the thing I love for others' uses."(III, iii. 262-272) In this quote spoken by Othello, he has become under Iago's trance. Iago has successfully manipulated Othello's mind and changed his ways of thinking. Othello is now capable of accusing his wife of actions without the input of Iago. Othello has seen all the proof he needs and it was enough for him now to think Desdemona was cheating on him. I find the quote to be paritularly complex and interesting. Othello had earily said to Barbantio that he would put his life in Desdemona's faith and now he is angry to find that her faith isnt true to him. He comes to a realization that he would rather be lonely and an outcast to society than be in a marriage where his wife is giving her love to someone else. This is the turning point of the play. Iago's plans reach its climax here.
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