Theme Of Corruption In Othello

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This passage is from the last scene of Shakespeare’s Othello, during Othello’s final speech before he commits suicide. Othello had just taken the life of his wife Desdemona, and is then immediately informed of Iago’s scheme to manipulate him into making this mistake. With rue in heart, Othello delivers this speech in which he reveals how he would like to be remembered: a man who undoubtedly loved his wife, but was blinded by deception as well as his own passion. The motif of Othello as an outsider is mentioned once again when he describes the battle between the Turk and the Venetian. Despite his countless contributions to the Venetian people, never was he accepted as one of them. In the end, Othello takes his own life in the same fashion he took the life of the Turk, symbolizing that to a Venetian, Othello and the Turkish enemy are one in the same. …show more content…
Othello and Desdemona have just proved to Brabantio, the Duke, and the rest to the characters present that they indeed love each other. After all characters, except Rodrigo and Iago, leave the room, Rodrigo reveals that he is distraught because he will never marry Desdemona. Iago, in an attempt to exploit Rodrigo and continue on with his plan, illustrates the concept of reaping what one sows through the gardener metaphor, and how “reason” counterbalances “raging motions.” This passage is significant because not only does it reveal Iago’s manipulative nature, but also, in a way, foreshadows the outcome play. The idea that our bodies are gardens is presented here; so whatever your will desires will sprout within you. Iago solely craves wickedness, therefore what he reaps is “sterile with idleness,” such as the fruition of Othello and Desdemona’s

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