Othello Feelings And The Mind Essay

The Feelings or the Mind

The dramatic work "Othello" can rightly be called a tragedy of feelings. The problem of the opposition of the mind and the feelings is the basis of the work. Each character is punished by death for what blindly went on about his desires and emotions.

First of all, let’s start with a basic understanding of what is the difference between the feelings and the mind? I chose the theme of internal conflict between feeling and reason. The sense and the reason are the two essential forces of man's inner world, which are very often in conflict among themselves. There are times when feelings are against the mind. What happens in this situation? Undoubtedly, it is very painful, disturbing and extremely unpleasant, as a person

There are a lot of examples of it. As far as Russian literature is full of examples of it, I want to compare and to introduce to you some characters from Russian literature. To start with, “Crime and Punishment” is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. The main character there was Rodion Raskolnikov. His character is built on the struggle of feelings and mind. Beggar existence Raskolnikov gives rise to a desire to become a man who does not need money. Raskolnikov studied a lot of philosophical works, and create his own theory about the division of people. According to this theory, “all men are divided into 'ordinary' and 'extraordinary.' Ordinary men have to live in submission, have no right to transgress the law, because, don't you see, they are ordinary. But extraordinary men have a right to commit any crime and to transgress the law in any way, just because they are extraordinary” (Dostoevsky, 1866). To test his theory Raskolnikov committed a crime. The work of the mind, in this case, can be considered as the cause of the error. Raskolnikov considers himself to be "strong" personality. In his opinion, such persons have the right to cross any lines separating the crime from the norm. However, having committed a crime, "crossing" this very line, Raskolnikov begins to realize that he does not belong to the circle of "elected". The crime is followed by punishment. Raskolnikov suffering

Why do I choose Tatiana? I choose her because when I was reading Othello Tatiana was associating with Desdemona. Tatiana loves to indulge in the dreams – she can spend hours fantasizing. In mind his age and inexperience she is too trusting and naive. She leans into the gust of emotions and feelings. And when Tatiana first met Onegin, who just came to the town, she idealized him. Onegin instantly becomes the hero of Tatiana's novel. She idealizes the young man, he seems to her descended from the pages of her books about love. And relying only on her feelings she decided to write a letter to him where she said that she loves him. But poor girl’s feelings were ruined by Onegin who was just playing with her