the stupid handkerchief

First of all handkerchiefs are nasty! people blow their noses in them and then carry them around its disgusting. Anyway, there is so much suspician assosiated with this nasty object. this handkerchief is Othello's first gift to Desdomona. It was given to him by his mother who had it made by a witch. the withch claimed that as long as Othello's mother had the handkerchief her husband would love her. Emilia finds the handkerchief and brings it to Iago who asks her to copy the stitching. He then uses the handkerchief to place in Cassio's room Bianca finds it there and thinks Cassio is with another woman. Othello sees Bianca yell at Cassio for having the handkerchief and his suspicians of Desdoma's affair are confirmed. OMG!! the horrible handkerchief ruined everyone's lives!It would be pretty cool if someone gets killed with the handkerchief, like Iago! it would bring the handkerchief's terror in full circle.

characteristics of the characters (#3)

Characters enhance a story by by their actions and words and create a plot. It is obviouse that Iago is the antagonist while Cassio, Othello, Roderigo, and desdemona are the protagonists. Iago manipulates theses characters into an intricate web of selfish lies.However, with out the help of the monor characters the story would be lacking. Iago uses minor characters such as his wife, Emilia, to trick Othello and the others. For example, with out Emilia Desdemona's handkerchief would not have ended up with Cassio and if Bionca hadn't been involved with Cassio Othello wouldn't have over heard his conversation and thought it was about Desdamona. These small characters provide the main characters with detail and allow Iago to futher manipulate them.

Play Genre (#2)

Shakespere wrote a variety of different plays. These include comedy, historical, and tragidy. Othello is a tragidy. Trageic plays are characterized by a hero with a tragic flaw that leads to his demize. IN the play Othello, Othello is the hero and his tragic flaw may be a variety of things. The most apparent ones are that of jealousy, too trusting, and quick to judgement.These flaws will lead to Othello's death. Which the reader already knows because of the common characterisics of tragic plays. However it is uncertain by act four what this death will be. I also think Cassio and Desdamona will die. Iago will hopefully die or be locked up.

Character Background

Knowledge of the background of the characters allows the reader to understand the motives. We learn in the first scene of the play that Iago is agree that he was not promoted to Lutentant. Furthermore, he has heard rumors of Othello sleeping with his wife and this makes him seek revenge. We also can see that he has a very self-seeking personality and is manipulative. Roderigo was denied the request to marry Desdemona. This had led him to be jealous of Othello and seek revenge over Brabatio. We also learn that Othello is a Moor and because of this he is judged. For example, Brabatio automatically thinks that he has tricked his daughter and that he is bad. Because we learn of each character's background we understand why they make the decisions they do and why they act in a certain way.

Extra Ordinary!!!

Othello stands out from the other characters for quite a few reasons. First of all he is a Moor. This means he is from Africa and is black. He is often made fun of and judged unfairly because of this. In fact, Othello is accused of using magic and is treated like he is lower class by a few of the characters. Furthermore,Othello is an accomplished leader of the military. He has won many battles and is respected for his expert leading skills and knowledge. Othello seems to be the hero of the story. His tragic flaw is that he is jealous and suspisios of others. This makes it easy for Iago to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona is cheating on him. This flaw leads him to his self-inflicted doom.

Revenge and prejudgement

As we were told before reading this play, Othello has some major themes. One theme is that of revenge. Iogo seeks revenge on Othello for choosing Casio as his luteniant while Rodriges wants Othello's wife, Desmoda, for himself. Iago and Rodriges manipulate the characters to achieve revenge through out the play. THis is seen when Iago turns Brabantio against Othello but pretends to be Othello's loyal officer. Iago is not what he seems. Rodriges seeks revenge by telling Brabantio that his daughter has married Othello and tries to get Othello imprisioned or killed. Another theme is prejudgment. Most of the characters prejudge Othello for being a Moor. In fact he accusssed of using magic by Brabantio. I'm sure these themes will be carried out more clearly through out the play. These themes are timeless and universal.