Different Forms Of Love In Shakespeare's Othello

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Kiana Humber Jennifer Taylor ENC 1102 02 December 2017 Love in literature featuring Othello Love is a force that can overtake large adversities and can stumble over small challenges. Love is an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is eternal, but can be deflected. Different forms of love are expressed by Othello, Desdemona, and Iago in Shakespeare’s play Othello. As a result of romantic love, Desdemona splits from her family, and Othello slays his wife. Next, familial love, not as dominant as romantic love, is evidenced in Desdemona's choice to marry Othello against her family's requests. Lastly, Self-love is the basis for characters such as Iago and Othello to abandon moral reason. Love comes in different forms. "First, it needs to be acknowledged that romance is notoriously difficult to define, in part because it appears in so many different forms" (Britton). Romance in the play Othello allows the reading to realize that tragedy does not always have to have a tragic ending. The tragedy in Othello is combined …show more content…

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