The Tragedy of Othello
☠ DENOUEMENT ☠
"Let the bodies hit the floor,
let the bodies hit the floor,
let the bodies hit the floor." --Slipknot
I love saying denouement (day-nooh-mont). The end of a Shakespearean play comes in the final act for obvious reasons. I believe it is time for the routine body count.
And we will remember...
Barbanzio
*Apparently dies before everyone else in Venice. Hopefully Desdemona will take the news well....o wait...
Desdemona
*"Suffocated" by Othello. She forgives Othello, and claims she committed suicide.
Roderigo
*Wounded by Cassio. Executed by Iago.
Othello
*Suicided after learning the truth of Desdemona's faithfulness.
Emilia
*Murdered by Iago.
Scene Summary: "This is the night ... that either makes me or for does me quite." --Iago
Iago's planning and work has come to this. In the end of the night he will either gain all that he has set out for or fail horribly.
His plans seems to be going very well:
`Cassio & Roderigo fight. Cassio is injured. Roderigo is finished by Iago.
`Othello suffocates Desdemona.
Then comes Iago's downfall.
`Emilia confides the truth about the handkerchief to Othello. Iago is then forced to murder his wife.
`Othello after realizing the truth commits suicide.
`Iago is captured by the town guard for murdering Emilia...what next?
Iago ends up in a bad position, but he get's off pretty easy. No one knew his entire scheme, and those who knew a bit were killed off. Still from assistant to the commander to prison and possibly death is pretty bad. In the end he does swear to never speak again which only does him good. His strength throughout the play was through his manipulation through words and now his strength must come from silence.
He is clearly the main character of this play. He was in I believe every single scene. He was the protagonist because none of this would have happened if not for him. They would have just gone to Cyprus and saw that the battle had ended then they would go home and live happily ever after.
Iago is also a bit like Cartman from Southpark as well... Screw him over once and you get it back 100x worse!
Iago doesn't get promoted. He gets 4 people killed.
Cartman gets scammed "some" money. He kills the scammers parents and feeds them to him in chili O_o
(459)
let the bodies hit the floor,
let the bodies hit the floor." --Slipknot
I love saying denouement (day-nooh-mont). The end of a Shakespearean play comes in the final act for obvious reasons. I believe it is time for the routine body count.
And we will remember...
Barbanzio
*Apparently dies before everyone else in Venice. Hopefully Desdemona will take the news well....o wait...
Desdemona
*"Suffocated" by Othello. She forgives Othello, and claims she committed suicide.
Roderigo
*Wounded by Cassio. Executed by Iago.
Othello
*Suicided after learning the truth of Desdemona's faithfulness.
Emilia
*Murdered by Iago.
Scene Summary: "This is the night ... that either makes me or for does me quite." --Iago
Iago's planning and work has come to this. In the end of the night he will either gain all that he has set out for or fail horribly.
His plans seems to be going very well:
`Cassio & Roderigo fight. Cassio is injured. Roderigo is finished by Iago.
`Othello suffocates Desdemona.
Then comes Iago's downfall.
`Emilia confides the truth about the handkerchief to Othello. Iago is then forced to murder his wife.
`Othello after realizing the truth commits suicide.
`Iago is captured by the town guard for murdering Emilia...what next?
Thoughts
Well this is a tragedy all right. Everyone ended up in a worse position or dead..just like Oedipus. Final death count is five if we include Desdemona's father. Cassio doesn't die but is given Othello's rank, yet on the downside he never wanted to be the commander and now his friends/companions are dead. At least he still has Bianca somewhere.
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| Iago |
He is clearly the main character of this play. He was in I believe every single scene. He was the protagonist because none of this would have happened if not for him. They would have just gone to Cyprus and saw that the battle had ended then they would go home and live happily ever after.
Iago is also a bit like Cartman from Southpark as well... Screw him over once and you get it back 100x worse!
Iago doesn't get promoted. He gets 4 people killed.
Cartman gets scammed "some" money. He kills the scammers parents and feeds them to him in chili O_o
(459)
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