anyway, read it for literature's sake.
othello is about change (at least for me). it is a change of human state in its very internal nature - the mind, emotion, feeling, and thus characteristic. a romanticized (perhaps) part in shakespeare's drama. no wonder he is a genius.
to argue whether it is romanticized or not, take not the resemblance of human reasoning in the Enlightenment era, the Rationalism, and whatever that is prone in being against the feeling of human being. Othello is one of a good example about it. a proud man of his office, his wife, his deed, his valor - you name it. a reasonable person wont torn down his reputation by eloping with a woman - but he did. argue with me if it is by reason, factual reason that had made him brought out the decision.
so it is much had convinced me that othello is most part is about feeling and all.
jealousy, hatred, love, revenge, desperation... and a lot more, like a telenovela, only its in classic english.
let see how the all-good othello had been manipulated by his own feeling. whoaa, man can be very touchy - good job shakespeare. you've revealed our secret.
ehmm... back to othello and his feeling - as you all can see, it rises the question that whether a person can remain good forever - or bad till he goes six feet down under? Iago versus Othello, Othello versus Desdemona, Cassio versus Iago (with the sidekick Othello) in a middleweight tournament of are-you-really-that-innocent-kind-of-people-to-the-dead? when this is said, look of how each other manipulate each other - or perhaps, assuming the opposite with their own perception. it is a psychological war between them. reasons are no longer that clear to each of them.
think about it. OTHELLO - a game of changing the black to white and vice versa? its symbolically giving the idea of change, and in this drama, it is the emotional struggle also known as "feeling". look at the attempt of Iago changing the feeling of othello towards Desdemona and Cassio, flipping him to what he is not.
well, that is it for now. and happy Chinese New Year~ hiccup
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ReplyDeleteI think there is never black and white for Shakespears. What made his work great, for me personally, would be the fact that how he put the grey lines in each characters. He tells us that every human has a good and bad side BUT showing the characteristics on different situation. In the end we are just human. That would be his main work, to show what human's are. Perhaps I do not understand your question or your statement, but from what I see, you are questioning the human nature which I totally disagree. In a way, I think you are thinking too much on Othello then because like i said, Shakespears is all about showing you human nature.
ReplyDeletethis is just my view on what you wrote. No offense on your ideas.