Cause Of Love In Othello

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Love is an intense feeling or affection for someone that in rare occasions makes an individual commit foolish acts. In the famous play, Othello, by William Shakespeare, love is a concept that plays a big role. Love was the reason for Othello to commit acts such as, trusting Iago, the villain, and hitting and killing her lovely wife, Desdemona, for supposedly having a love affair with his ex-lieutenant, Michael Cassio. The play is well known for having several tragedies, and one of hose tragedies is Othello killing his wife, Desdemona. Because Othello had incomparable love for Desdemona, after haring Iago’s news that she was apparently cheating on him with Michael Cassio, he fell in a world of depression and continuously thought about killing Desdemona. “Othello: Ay, let her rot and perish, and be damned tonight, for she should not live. No, / my heart is turned to stone; I strike it, and it hurts my hand. O, the world hath/ not s sweater creature! She might lie by an emperor’s side and command him/ tasks.” Iago’s words are what drove Othello to madness, after hearing that her wife was not being loyal to him. Feeling heart broken is one of the worst things that a man can experience, and for Othello, it was something that that ended his world. …show more content…

After finally knowing the truth about Desdemona, Othello realized that he made a big mistake, but it was already too late because his wife laid dead on her bed. “Othello: I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, /Killing myself, to die upon a kiss.” Othello’s love for Desdemona was strange because even though he loved her, instead of forgiving her, he decided to end her life to get rid of all the problems surrounding him. Not only did love made him kill his wife, but also taking his only life for the mistakes he made. In real life there have been many cases where love drives someone to their death, so it is something that can be well understood in the

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