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My Reflection On Quarter 2

Quarter 2 of 4

This quarter definitely came will a lot of challenges that I thought I wouldn't be able to face alone. From reading fences to falling blindly in love with Othello, made my reading and comprehension skills go up. Fences indeed came with a lot of work and patience to complete. The website brought out the creativity of me and my classmates to be able to make a whole website based on a novel. Othello was a real complex and intricate novel that needed the help of Spark notes. Spark notes came to the RESCUE with its analysis of each Act and Scene within the play which really helped me to understand. As for me I can't speak on behalf of others but I felt that you Ms. A really pushed me to handle college level work in a way I will never forget. From late night crunch times to deadlines of a 5 page paper, really showed me things that I need to work on. PROCRASTINATION is DEADLY and can really destroy all the efforts one puts into a piece of work. I enjoyed everything about the 2nd Quarter because at the end of the day I received an A for all the efforts and hard work I put in. You do indeed reap what you sow; an i definetly sowed something into a good soil which brought out a wonderful grade. :-] <3<3<3<3

Othello

OTHELLO

Friendship is a seed that is often cared for with soil, fed with water, and pampered by sunlight. With some good care it can grow and blossom into a wonderful relationship, creating a chance for love to exist. Was the destruction of the marriage between Othello and Desdemona inevitable or was Iago’s malice necessary? In my opinion I feel as though the destruction of the marriage was bound to happen, and Iago’s malice was indeed necessary. Seeing that they come from two different backgrounds and having no complete understanding of who they fell in love with, shows that their love would surely die young. Shakespeare uses characterization to advance the overall meaning of the developmental stage of Othello going from sane to crazy, to identify the effect between him and the other characters. 

Othello also known as “the moor” throughout the story is the protagonist who is highly favored above all. He is valiant, courageous, and most of all a prominent leader. His antagonist in the play happens to be his ensign known as Iago. Iago’s hate for Othello is acknowledged in Act I scene I between a conversation of Iago and Roderigo, where Othello makes Cassio his Lieutenant instead of him. To add to his anger he feeds himself stories of “the moor” sleeping and having an affair with his wife Emilia, which of course is false. Iago conspires with Roderigo on how to take Cassio’s place as Lieutenant, and making Desdemona fall for Roderigo. This whole conspiracy had no intention of death, but with greed and a man after one thing that would help himself it leads to a tragic ending.

Othello’s marriage to Desdemona is quite interesting in the eyes of readers seeing that it is hard to identify if he married her for the right reasons. Othello is a young African-American who obviously comes from a different background compared to Desdemona. Desdemona is a beautiful well kept Venetian maiden with the heart of an innocent child. She is also the daughter of Senator Brabantio which makes her of noble decent. There are but so many reasons as to why Othello marries Desdemona in the story, but the truth of the matter brings it down to the main reason, why?

Desdemona is a fair woman that still has her virtue bestowed in her. Her virginity symbolizes her purity to an extent that no man has had their way with her in bed. Along with the fact that Desdemona would engage herself with stories Othello often told. Meekness and loyalty are all virtues of a good wife to a husband. Such qualities attracted Othello to Desdemona to a point that he seeks for her hand in marriage. Despite Brabantio’s say in the matter of Othello and Desdemona, he humbles himself before the counsel to seek Desdemona’s say in the situation. Othello says to Brabantio in defense, "And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, and that would woo her.” When two people are in love, there is almost nothing that can break it.

Othello does truly love Desdemona to the point of fault. Desdemona and Othello show their affection for each other regardless of racial and cultural differences. When he finally decided to kill her, he spoke to her right before her death saying, “She loved me for the dangers I had passed, and I loved her that she did pity them.” What Othello is trying to say is that although he loves Desdemona as a person, he will never be able to forget the heart break she caused him in this life. Such pain and grief can only be vented out by someone who truly loves and cares for someone to the point it hurts them as an individual. Othello’s jealousy is resulting from his sincere love for Desdemona, being that he does not know how to handle the news that Desdemona may no longer love him the way that he loves her. 

Desdemona’s love for Othello was genuine and honest. Desdemona met Othello through his endless visits to Brabantio’s house, where he would share his stories about his life. With time Desdemona grew interested in Othello and his heart touching stories, to a point she would dismiss household duties, and the call of her father to listen. Othello captured Desdemona’s love through his heart touching stories, which brought pity to her heart when she would listen. Othello and Desdemona eventually got married bringing happiness and joy to themselves, and those who wished to partake in it. She tells her father that although she does love him also and care what he thinks; she must ignore his beliefs in this situation because she is in love with Othello. True love does not fall apart due to mishaps or what another may think, it is a steadfast agreement that two people have made with their hearts.  

Desdemona tells her father, "But here's my husband, and so much duty as my mother showed to you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord.” This shows the unconditional agape love between Desdemona and father. Her father will always be the number 1 man in her life, but the simple fact is that she is now a woman and must make decisions for her own well-being. Her mother made a decision on leaving her parents for Brabantio and now she must do the same and leave him for Othello. The love bond between Othello and Desdemona was eros and philo. Othello loved Desdemona not for her beauty but for her genuine and kind heart, whereas Desdemona looked passed the physical appearance of Othello and went straight for his kind heart. Desdemona married Othello because of what she found inside a brave and courageous man.

As we go along throughout the story we come across a very treacherous man who would stop at nothing to achieve his goal, Iago. The faith of Othello and Desdemona’s marriage laid in the hands of Iago the antagonist. Seeing that there was no way that anyone could tamper with their relationship, Iago comes in as light to many characters in the story. Roderigo was just a mini asset to Iago to help him carry out one deed, which was to destroy the reputation of Cassio and strip him of his honor. Iago’s plan was successful being that he was able to make Othello make such a drastic decision. Being that Iago throughout the story exemplifies that he does not have much likeness for women, he decides to interfere with the happiness of Othello and Desdemona by helping Roderigo. Seeing that Desdemona is someone who is touched by sad stories of others, Iago uses that as a way to make Othello think Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio by having Desdemona plead on Cassio’s behalf in restoring him his position.

With Iago’s false accusations made against Desdemona and Cassio, it enrages Othello to kill. Thoughts of Desdemona having an affair with another man right under his nose makes him more jealous each time Iago comes with news to him. After Othello and Iago conspired on how they would kill the both, it finally happened which was the tragic ending of the story. Othello’s anger and envy was acquired from his love of Desdemona, and his love is misinterpreted because of Iago’s corrupt schemes. “One more, one more! Be thus when thou art dead, and I will kill thee, and love thee after.” Iago’s false manipulating has brought Othello to his weakest point. When Emilia walked in after her death she said, “O, who hath done this deed?” Desdemona’s final words are, “Nobody, I myself. Farewell.  Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell” This shows that she truly loves her husband too much to leave him with the blame of her death. Emilia then confesses that Desdemona did not have an affair with Cassio that Iago was behind it the entire time. That is in fact why he kills himself at the end of the play, because he finds out he was wrong about her love affair. Othello and Desdemona’s relationship was tested, but in the end, their love lived on. Their relationship was indestructible for one to destroy, seeing as their love had no boundaries. Was the destruction of their marriage inevitable or was Iago’s malice necessary? No the destruction was not foreseeable being that Othello and Desdemona had a love that could not be tampered with despite anything. So therefore Iago’s malice was indeed necessary to destroy the marriage between Othello and Desdemona.