An examination of Shakespeare's Portrayal of the Capitulation of Othello through imagery and language.

Examine Shakespeares Portrayal of the Capitulation of Othello.

Othello, at the start of the play, ennobled by his monitory service and invigorated by love, is a model of renascence humanity, dignified and eloquent; jealousy reduces him to raving savagery, his angelic verse line to an incoherent snarl.

level(p) with such a poor introduction to the earshot from Iago as an old black ram tupping the white ewe that was Desdemona, nonetheless early in the play Othello effectively counteracts such accusations that he is bestial, through with(predicate) his own imagery. His language is exotic and extraordinary in ways that excite and fascinate. His sentences are elegantly constructed; his command of balance, well-informed and rhythm is sophisticated. Othello ostentatiously and eloquently makes his point that he is rude...in[his] actors line.

Shakespeare portrays Othellos control brightly through his speech defending his marriage, through an image that suggests extraordinary powers of endurance:

The Tyrant custom, most dangerous senators,

Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war

My thrice-driven bed of downward(a)

That a flinty and steel couch of war should sprain a thrice-driven bed of down, captures in vivid optic terms Othellos capacity to exert control over ill conditions.

We also have a sense of enormous power, hushed by complete self-control when Othello threatens the brawlers in II, iii.



Man is rarefied from the beasts by his upright posture, and Othellos physical stature is a allegory for his full humanity. Thus, when poisoned by Iagos lies, he writhes on the stage and lies comatose, Othello is seen to be robbed of humanity. This idea is reflected in his speech, as he repeatedly refers to animals, (toad/ trail/goats/monkeys/wolves/a monster and a beast/crocodile).

Iago persuades Othello through vivid language to picture all too vividly Desdemonas infidelity. Even if she and Cassio were as prime as goats, as hot as...

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