Shakespeare's "Othello"

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This paper shows that, despite Shakespeare's genius in his play, "Othello", it becomes virtually unmistakable that the author is presenting a cautionary tale of love and desire. The paper argues that, through his creations, their plight, and various techniques, Shakespeare conveys his sentiments about women, forewarning the reader about the perils of devotion, passion, and the danger of being wholly embroiled by these emotions.

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"Iago's right hand fop, Roderigo, exhibits those same embroiled emotions which bind him to that "viscous cycle" of the play, making him a prime example of the fate due to characters consumed by passion. His desires, however, are more single-minded as Othello's and easily established, for this reason his tragic star will burn the brightest and shortest. First note on Roderigo: He is no better than Iago, he is a lackey and a villain, a fool. "Natural law for Iago, as for Edmund of King Lear, is Hobbesian a matter of animal appetites promoted by cleverness, with the strongest and the shrewdest winning out" (Snyder 27). This is also true with Roderigo."

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