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Othello Passage - Online Term Papers

Othello Passage

Act V, Scene ii., lines 122-134
Emilia. O, who hath done this deed?
Desdemona. Nobody--I myself. Farewell. Commend me to my kind lord. O, farewell!
[She dies.]
Othello. Why, how should she be murd'red?
Emilia. Alas, who knows?
Othello. You heard her say herself, it was not I.
Emilia. She said so. I must needs report the truth.
Othello. She's like a liar gone to burning hell! 'Twas I that killed her.
Emilia. O, the more angel she,
And you the blacker devil!
Othello. She turned to folly, and she was a whore.
Emila. Thou dost belie her, and thou art a devil.
Othello. She was as false as water.
Emilia. Thou art rash as fire to say
That she was false. O, she was heavenly true! ...

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the reader's thoughts and mood. Of course, this being Shakespeare, meter was utilized with a definite purpose. Because this portion of the play is dramatic and suspenseful, an erratic, loose structure is appropriate. The author "changed things up" and "kept the reader guessing" with regard to the structure and meter--thus causing even more suspense than what the plot had already provided.

In this group of dialogue, Othello loses his usual poetic eloquence. His mental and emotional composure were compromised, thus impairing his diction. This temporary breach in character displayed his internal conflict and how it was affecting him as a person--for Othello's dignified speech, just as the way anyone speaks, was a part of him as a person.

Displayed in many other works, contrasting imagery, or perhaps simply contrast in general, is present in my excerpt from Othello. For example, Emilia calls Desdemona an angel, while designating Othello a devil. Also, Othello says Desdemona was "as ...

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Added: 6/1/2008 12:57:39 PM
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