Othello: Tragic Protagonist
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- Created on: 01-04-20 10:01
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- Tragic Protagonist
- Fall
- Peripeteia= reversal of fortune
- Flaw
- Hamartia = Fatal Flaw
- Jealousy could be Othello's Hamartia
- Othello succumbs to jealousy when Iago convinces him that Desdemona has been an unfaithful wife.
- In the end (V:II), Othello murders his wife and then kills himself.
- Contextually, the idea of the cuckold was a prominent 'tradition' of the time
- If a mans wife cheated on them at the time, the man was forced to walk around wearing 'cuckold horns' in order to show that their wife had an affair.
- Beware my lord, for jealousy is the green eyed moster
- Othello succumbs to jealousy when Iago convinces him that Desdemona has been an unfaithful wife.
- Jealousy could be Othello's Hamartia
- Hamartia = Fatal Flaw
- Catharsis
- The release of fear and pity (Phobos and Eleos respectively)
- Catharsis: Othello's anagnorisis in the play is also the moment of catharsis. When he realizes that he has been wronged and that he killed his innocent wife, the audience may feel more pity for than hatred of him.
- The release of fear and pity (Phobos and Eleos respectively)
- Hubris
- Hubris = Excessive Pride
- My services which i have done the signory
- Pride = one of the seven deadly sins
- My services which i have done the signory
- Significant as at the time when this play was written (c.1604) the most prominent religion was Christianity
- Hubris = Excessive Pride
- Journey towards death
- Othello's breakdown possibly starts somewhere bewteen III:IV and IV:I
- III:IV Othello confronts Desdemona about the handkerchief, Othello is taking the bait of Iago's Machiavellian scheme
- He storms off and Emilia suggests that he is jealous but Desdemona says, ‘I never gave him cause’.
- Here's a young and sweating devil here, who constantly rebels,"
- in the next breath, he says, "tis a good hand"
- the juxtaposition of the two statements shows that Othello is trying hard not to betray his disappointment in Desdemona
- the juxtaposition of the two statements shows that Othello is trying hard not to betray his disappointment in Desdemona
- in the next breath, he says, "tis a good hand"
- IV:I is the scene in which Othello literally breaks down and has a fit
- He speaks in single, disconnected words "handkerchief- confession - handkerchief," (IV.i.37) or "Noses, ears, and lips,"(IV.i.42)
- belies his ability to speak coherently and elegantly
- He speaks in single, disconnected words "handkerchief- confession - handkerchief," (IV.i.37) or "Noses, ears, and lips,"(IV.i.42)
- III:IV Othello confronts Desdemona about the handkerchief, Othello is taking the bait of Iago's Machiavellian scheme
- Othello's breakdown possibly starts somewhere bewteen III:IV and IV:I
- Fall
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