American Literature

Shakespeare is known for his plays whose characters committed suicide or is killed within the play, ending with a speech from minor characters, tragedy they called it. William Shakespeare has been considered as one of the best English literature writers, along with Umberto Eco and Virginia Woolf Shakespeare has recreated plays in his time and his plays has been admired by many, including Queen Elizabeth, his name and works lived longer that him and would probably live longer than everyone.

The story of Othello is about the relationship of Othello and Desdemona, and how theyve struggled to explain their relation at the beginning of the play, only to end in tragedy. The play shows how Othello would rather trust other people rather than his own wife and to be blind in front of everyone, including his wife.

Analysis of relationships
Othello and Desdemona
In the beginning of the play, Shakespeare has immediately succeeded to show how quickly a person can be influenced by another, Brabanzios harsh actions was the making of Iago and Roderigo. Brabanzio has accused Othello of using enchantments to steal his daughter away from him. Othello, Brabanzio and Desdemona have brought their worries to court where Othello and Desdemona has explained their sides and so did Brabanzio Brabanzio did not want to believe Othello, pleaded the court to have them separated.

Othellos relationship with his wife has caused a riot, being a daughter of Brabanzio, who is a senator, Othellos position in the military has caused Brabanzio to have doubts Brabanzio wanted his Desdemona to marry someone who is noble like Roderigo.

Othello persuaded Brabanzio, the Duke and other senators that he has courted Desdemona with stories of his adventures and not by enchanting her. In the end the Duke and senators has decided to side with Othello and Desdemona because of Brabanzios lack of evidence that Othello enchanted his daughter Desdemona. The court has also granted Othello and Desdemona to go to Cyprus and be together. Othello battled the Turks while Desdemona waits for him patiently.

When the Turks have drowned, Othello went home to Desdemona. The end of the Turks signals the end of Othellos battle, with that, he became hesitant about his future Iago saw Othellos hesitation as a weak spot and plotted his revenge. Iago used Cassio, a lieutenant of Othello and someone who Othello saw as a rival, a solider who could one day replace him. Iago persuaded Othello that Cassio and Desdemona committed infidelity that have lead Othello to kill Desdemona and ask Iago that to kill Cassio.

After Desdemona died, Othello realized that it was all a mistake and that it was all created by Iago Othello not wanting to forgive himself for killing the person he loved, killed himself.

Cassio and Bianca
Cassio and Biancas relationship isnt deep. Bianca is a prostitute who Cassio often goes to, being aroused by Cassios promise to marry her, she let him used her to do errands. It was too late when Bianca realized that Cassio never saw her as someone who he would marry in the future, claiming that he has just used her.

Conclusion
The relationships in Othello has indicated that if a person do not trust hisher partner deeply or trust them to deeply that they become blind to their ill promises, the relationship could and in tragedy. The relationship of Othello and Desdemona has ended in tragic even though they have succeeded to persuade people in the beginning that a military man can lived happily with a noble person their lack of trust for each other has caused their relationship to fail, while in the relationship of Cassio and Bianca, Bianca has trusted Cassio to the point that she became blind to his ill promised.