OTHELLO - LOVE AND WAR

Othello: defines self by his "dearest action" // ancestors-- "men of royal siege" // elevates status: "warlike moor" & "brave Othello"

• Othello seems to trust Iago <Des.    Soldiers= loyal & honest

• Cassio as hurt "past all surgery" when lost lieutenant status

• DOMESTIC TRAGEDY: personal relations> politics of war

• love: O= "it is too much of joy"

"she loved me for the dangers I had passed"

~ Imagery of war, reveal strength of Othello and Des

// Des goes to Cyprus: "downright violence and storm of fortunes" // "fair warrior"

TURNS INTO

"more stubborn and boisterous expeditions"

"wars are done" -- character shift

Iago wages war on Othello: "show out a flag and sign on love"

O kills Des: "all in honour" & die on his own sword

"threw a pearl away"