Othello's characteristics
Date Submitted: 02/18/2002 10:00:48
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (770 words)
Category: / Literature / European Literature
Length: 3 pages (770 words)
To define Othello's characteristics, I will be using two extracts taken from the play (lines 75-90 and lines 130-155) to support my views on Othello's character.
The first extract (lines 75-90) takes place in Act 1 Scene 3, where Brabantio publicly accuses Othello of abducting and seducing his daughter, Desdemona, in front of the Duke and the Venetian Senators. The extract is Othello's explanation to Brabantio, to elucidate what really happened between him and Desdemona.
Despite Brabantio's …
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…citation above, once again shows Othello to be egotistical, as it gives the impression that he is boasting about how Desdemona would always go back to Othello to hear more of his stories, whenever she could.
In conclusion to Othello's characteristics from the two extracts of the play, it seems to me that although Othello is respectful and sophisticated in the way that he speaks, he is quite egotistical and holds high self-esteem of himself.
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