Love as a Mockery in "Othello"

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This paper paper discusses the emotion rampant in Shakespeare's "Othello". The paper contends that many of the loving relationships in "Othello" prove to mock the very word. The paper describes the characters of the play and explains that these characters prove that love, as well as jealousy, can be a destructive force.

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"While jealousy is one of the most written about emotions in William Shakespeare's play, Othello, it is far from being the only powerful emotion in the play. Just a jealousy can be a destructive force and "mock the meat it feeds on" (Shakespeare III.iii.168), we learn from some of the characters that love can be as well. Brabantio certainly loves Desdemona but not nearly enough because he allows himself to be swayed against his true instincts. Emilia is blind to what is going on all around her and allows her loving husband to make a mockery of their love. In addition, Othello allows himself to be played as a fool because of his own insecurities. His love for Desdemona becomes nothing more than an afterthought when it too late to do anything at all. These character prove that love, as well as jealousy, is a monster that mocks the meat it feeds on."

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