Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Act IV (part 2)

I think Othello gets a little angry in this second part of act IV. Othello and Desdemona have a little chit-chat, and then Othello strikes Desdemona. This is certainly a change in Othello's demeanor. Up until this point, Othello has not taken out any of his anger on Desdemona. Then a slight problem occurs in Iago's plan when Othello gets called back to Venice. Othello has to kill Desdemona tonight; otherwise, Iago's plan could be in trouble. Desdemona goes to her room and has girl talk with Emilia for a little bit. Then Desdemona decides, "...call thy husband hither." I was thinking the same thing Desdemona, what would make this situation better than to get Iago in here to make everything better. I think it is strange that Othello talks to Emilia about the issue, and Iago and Desdemona talk about the issue. Then Emilia and Iago get talking, and Emilia is all like whoever is doing this is a terrible person like the person that made you believe I was sleeping with Othello behind your back. If it has not happened yet, readers lose all respect for Iago at this point because he has no  other problem with Othello now besides the fact that Othello is black. What little sympathy people had for Iago is now gone, and Iago's evil plan is about to unfold. Then Roderigo comes back and complains to Iago again, and they work things out again like that one couple that breaks up and gets back together a million times. I would spend more time talking about this part of the act, but Roderigo is a stupid person and makes me mad, so I think I made my point with that.

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