honest and LOVE for clarification. It is literally beyond me that not once he didn't go around to ask anyone other than Iago to discover the truth for himself. But, of course not, because I am convinced that Shakespeare likes to play with your emotions. As I was saying, Othello more than likely would have prevented suicide and homicide if he had decided to be even slightly more intuitive. Ultimately Othello allowed Iago to pick up and carry Othello to his own turmoil due to the simple fact that he could have avoided it by finding and getting legitimate confirmation of all Iago's allegations.
Saturday, January 9, 2016
Iago VS. Othello
Whether to blame Othello or blame Iago, that is the question. In one of Shakespeare's most well known tragedy's, one of the main characters, Iago is portrayed to be main reason for the protagonist's downfall. However, one must acknowledge the protagonist himself, Othello, for being at fault due to being so incredibly gullible. In this tragic play Othello, Iago whom is driven by vengeance plots against him in the intention to bring him to his downfall. Evidently it worked you know, I mean it's Shakespeare AND its a tragedy so you know everyone just dies. Nonetheless, even though Iago fed Othello an abundance of lies and put up a façade as if he was innocent, killed his "friend", and stabbed Othello's bestfriend, he is not all at fault. Othello in fact is the reason as to why all these events took place. Let's be honest, no one can be that gullible to blindly confine and believe in a person that you've recently gotten to know without consulting the person you've known to be
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Hi Tajmah!
ReplyDeleteAlthough you and I hold different opinions, I really enjoyed reading your blog post. You were very insightful and had good support to back up your claim that Othello is at fault. Your points were valid, especially how gullible Othello is, and how that led to his downfall. ALl-in-all your response to the prompt was thoughtful. Thank you for your insight!
Hello Taj! Since you are the Shakespearean Taj, I have to say that I was pretty excited to hear what you had to say about Shakespeare’s tragedy, Othello, and who you thought was to blame. I was definitely impressed with your analysis and you never fail to add a little bit of humor! You, along with Magz, really helped me to see the opinion that Othello holds more of the blame for this tragedy. However, I still believe that Iago is the one who holds the most blame because he was the one who knew that the end result of his evil scheme would be horrific and, as Ayn said, he was truly the only character in the entire play who was deliberately malicious. Either way though, I really enjoyed your blog post and I thought it was very well-developed!
ReplyDeleteHello Taj! I was really excited to read your blog and find out that you and I had the same beliefs when it can to playing the blame game. I believed all of your claims, which only strengthened my opinion that it was Othello's fault. You also brought in claims that I had not even thought of! Of course I loved the bit of humor that you always add to your post. I will be waiting for your next post to see if our ideas parallel once again.
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