Misinterpretation of Reality in Othello by William Shakespeare Essay

Misinterpretation of Reality in Othello Othello, by William Shakespeare, is a miscellany of love, sexual passion and the deadly power of jealousy. Shakespeare has created an erotic thriller based on a human emotion that people are all long-familiar with. There is an extraordinary fusion of geeks with different passions in Othello. Every character is motivated by a different desire. Shakespeare mesmerizes the reader by manipulating his characters abilities to cover and discern what is happening in reality. It is this misinterpretation of reality that leads to the erroneous perceptions that all(prenominal) character holds. After reading this tragedy, the depth of Shakespeares characters continue to raise legion(predicate) questions in the minds of the reader. The way I percieve the character of Othello and what concerns me, is that Othello is able to come to such a quick transition from love to hate of Desdemona. In get along 3, Scene 3, Othello states, If she b e false, O, then heaven mocks itself Ill not believe t. (lines 294-295) moreover only a couple hundred lines later he says, Ill photograph her to pieces (line 447) and says that his mind will never transmute from the tyrannous hate (line 464) he now harbors. Does Othello make the transition just because he is so successfully manipulated by Iago? Or is there something particular about his character which makes him make this quick change? I believe that jealousy is too bare(a) of a term to describe Othello. I think that Othellos rapid change from love to hate for Desdemona is fostered partly by an inferiority complex. He appears to be insecure in his love for Desdemona (as well as i... ...mply be percieved as extraordinary. Works Cited and Consulted Alexander, Peter. Shakespeare. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1964. Greene, Gayle. This That You Call Love Sexual and Social Tragedy in Othello. in Shakespeare and Gender A History. Deborah E. Baker and Ivo Kamps. New Yor k Verso, 1995. 47-62. Mason, H.A. Shakespeares Tragedies of Love. New York Barnes and Noble. 1970. Neely, chant Thomas. Women and custody in Othello What should such a fool/Do with so pricey a woman? In Broken Nuptials in Shakespeares Plays. Carol Thomas Neely. New Haven Yale University Press, 1985. Othellos Occupation. The Norton Shakespeare Workshop. Mark Rose, ed. CD-ROM. W.W. Norton, 1998. Shakespeare, William. Othello. The Norton Shakespeare. Ed. Stephen Greenblatt. New York W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. 2100-2172.