Act 1, Scene 2 Of Shakespeare's Othello '
OTHELLO
ACT 1, SCENE 2
Shakespeare’s Othello is a play about love, jealousy and racism. Othello is a Moor, who is kidnapped as a child and brought to Venice, where he grows up, becomes a mercenary and through his bravery rises to the rank of General of the Venetian army. Othello is in love with the beautiful Desdemona, daughter of a senator and is secretly married to her. Iago, his junior, jealous of his success attempts to destroy Othello and Desdemona and through his machinations obliterates love, honour and beauty.
This passage marks the beginning of Act 1 Scene 2, and we see Iago come from badmouthing Othello to Roderigo and in this scene, he badmouths Roderigo to Othello. As in the first scene, the reader is sort of a voyeur, listening …show more content…
Iago on the other hand, continues his tirade against Roderigo and tells Othello that Roderigo kept repeating himself, he “prated” or went on and on insulting Othello and spoke “such scurvy and provoking terms”. Shakespeare’s use of alliteration “such scurvy” only emphasise the point that Iago is trying to make that Roderigo used very contemptible terms, which were an insult to Othello’s honour. Iago then tries to show that he is a compassionate man, saying, “with the little godliness I have”, in an attempt to place himself in Othello’s good books. The use of the words,” full hard forbear him” once again are an attempt to portray Iago in a good light, as he says that it took all of his control not to attack Roderigo. “full” and “hard” both have similar meanings, and are used to show the amount of control it took Iago not to do …show more content…
He also suggests that Desdemona’s father is a very powerful man, “Magnifico”, a word that was used for the most powerful men in Venice. He also implies that the senator is so powerful that he commands more power than the Duke of Venice and will be able to get Desdemona divorced and Othello punished very severely. Shakespeare’s use of “a voice potential” signifies a power that is extremely strong and that no one will be able to against the voice of the Magnifico. Moreover he will be able to use all the might of the law to destroy Othello, as he is also an outsider and Venetian law favoured the
ACT 1, SCENE 2
Shakespeare’s Othello is a play about love, jealousy and racism. Othello is a Moor, who is kidnapped as a child and brought to Venice, where he grows up, becomes a mercenary and through his bravery rises to the rank of General of the Venetian army. Othello is in love with the beautiful Desdemona, daughter of a senator and is secretly married to her. Iago, his junior, jealous of his success attempts to destroy Othello and Desdemona and through his machinations obliterates love, honour and beauty.
This passage marks the beginning of Act 1 Scene 2, and we see Iago come from badmouthing Othello to Roderigo and in this scene, he badmouths Roderigo to Othello. As in the first scene, the reader is sort of a voyeur, listening …show more content…
Iago on the other hand, continues his tirade against Roderigo and tells Othello that Roderigo kept repeating himself, he “prated” or went on and on insulting Othello and spoke “such scurvy and provoking terms”. Shakespeare’s use of alliteration “such scurvy” only emphasise the point that Iago is trying to make that Roderigo used very contemptible terms, which were an insult to Othello’s honour. Iago then tries to show that he is a compassionate man, saying, “with the little godliness I have”, in an attempt to place himself in Othello’s good books. The use of the words,” full hard forbear him” once again are an attempt to portray Iago in a good light, as he says that it took all of his control not to attack Roderigo. “full” and “hard” both have similar meanings, and are used to show the amount of control it took Iago not to do …show more content…
He also suggests that Desdemona’s father is a very powerful man, “Magnifico”, a word that was used for the most powerful men in Venice. He also implies that the senator is so powerful that he commands more power than the Duke of Venice and will be able to get Desdemona divorced and Othello punished very severely. Shakespeare’s use of “a voice potential” signifies a power that is extremely strong and that no one will be able to against the voice of the Magnifico. Moreover he will be able to use all the might of the law to destroy Othello, as he is also an outsider and Venetian law favoured the