1. As well as the duplicity
of Iago, Shakespeare also presents the duplicity of Othello in this scene,
which is significant to the whole text. Shakespeare uses a dramatic method to
set set the scene in the opening of the extract. The extract begins in 'Venice
Outside the Saggitary'. Shakespeare arguable used a Saggitary as a stage prop
as it has significant importance of Othello and represents his duplicity, vital
to the audiences understanding of him. A Saggitary is a half archer, half man
or a half beast and half man. This foreshadows how Othello changes throughout
the play. At the start of the play he is represented as a man, a 'Valiant Moor'
who has self control and is ordered and structured which is fitting for his
role as a general for the Venetian state. However the archer/beast represents
another side of him. The beast represents Othello's lack of control when he
becomes overwhelmingly jealous. The beast inside of him begins to create chaos
in Cyprus. Othello's lack of control is shown through him shouting 'Fire and
Brimstone' in front of Lodivco and then striking Desdemona. This once noble man
has fallen from a height of greatness, which is vital for a classical tragedy
as Aristotle said. Another aspect of a classical tragedy is also evident as
Aristotle said in his book the poetics that the tragic hero cannot be entirely
good or entirely evil. In the play, Othello is presented to posses both good
and bad meaning the audience are evoked to feel both pity and fear at him
called pathos another vital part in a classical tragedy. Linking contextually,
Elizabethan society would of had stereotypical representations of a 'Moor' from
the start of the play and expect him to be uncivilized. Othello both conforms
and challenges Elizabethan expectations.
2. At the end of the
extract Othello is presented a clam and in control general that people respect.
Othello's importance is shown in this extract as 'The senate hath sent about
three several quests' to search for Othello as he is required to go to war against
the Turkish to defend Cyprus. Othello is calm and collective about the senate’s
request. Othello is shown to be guilty of hubris, which leads to his hamartia
and the series of tragic events. Othello does not mind going to war and his
ignorance and excessive pride is shows as he says: ' I will but spend a word
here in the house/ And go with you'. Othello's hubris is that he is a respected
war general, he has recently married a white senators daughter. Contextually,
in Elizabethan society mixed raced marriages were unheard of and frowned upon,
as many people believed that black people were only fit for slavery. To have
married Desdemona as a mere 'Moor' is arguable another success to Othello which
contributes to his hubris. Othello's, hubris also continues, as he
believes him self to be in control of all circumstances due to his title and
social but also political importance to the Venetian state. This is significant
to the tragedy on a whole and also ironic which is one of Shakespeare dramatic
techniques he uses throughout the play as when Othello arrives in Cyprus 'Chaos
has come again'. Arguable the most tragic part of Othello is that it is due to
Othello's hubris that has made him into a well-respected war general and a
married man. However it is also his hubris that causes his tragic downfall.
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