Othello misc1

             Shakespeare's trajedy, "Othello" is a play based on passion unchecked. The desire for
             money, power, and love drive the characters to commit acts that betray any hint of
             Readers are given a taste of how passionate Othello is in Act Two, Scene Three.
             "Now, by heaven, My blood begins my safer guides to rule, And passion, having my best
             judgement collied, Essays to lead the way. 'Swounds, if I stir."
             Christ's wound's if I stir? Othello knows he is a man capable of terrible destruction. Yet it
             is love that he is afraid of not mortal men. This emotion is not so powerful that he denies
             it? No. Instead he attempts to temper his love, yet this seems like a denial of being
             uxorious. When Othello lands upon the shore of Cyprus and sees his beautiful
             "I cannot speak enough of this content. It stops me here, it is to much joy."
             This joy of being in love stops his warrior heart. How can he not feel foolishy fond of his
             precious jewel. After the sword fight in Act Two, Scene Three Othello utters, in line 23,
             Is he not doting upon his handsome leiutenant? He loves these people, but instead of his
             love becoming his salvation, it is his Achille's heel. That love becomes a serpant that
             constricts around his heart and breaks it. The belief in alove turned sour is to much for
             poor Othello. Now he can never love. Othello will never become oversubmissive to his
             wife because he can only love as much as he sees he will receive in return. The answer to
             the question then appears to be that he is not uxorious because it is not allowed to bloom.
             The hateful seeds planted by Iago grow like weeds in Othello's mind and over take it. The
             gentle fruit of Desdemona and Cassio take to long to bear and are strangled out of
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