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But, alas, to make me
The fixèd figure for the time of scorn
To point his slow and moving finger at!
Yet could I bear that too, well, very well.
Othello says here that though he wouldn't prefer it, he'd rather be the laughingstock of time - he's saying he would rather be someone that went down in history as a joke rather than as a cuckold
OTHELLO:
Had it pleased heaven
To try me with affliction, had they rained
All kinds of sores and shames on my bare head,
Steeped me in poverty to the very lips,
Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes,
I should have found in some place of my soul
A drop of patience.
Here, Othello is listing all the things that would be better than being a cuckold
Line 34-37 "Come, swear it; damn thyself; Lest, being like one of heaven, the devils themselves Should fear to seize thee. Therefore be double-damn'd: Swear thou art honest."
- Othello is accusing Desdemona of being disloyal towards him
- He tells Desdemona she should continue to call herself his loyal wife, so that when she goes to hell the devils will know she's lied
- He is blinded by anger, caused by Iago and no longer has any belief that Desdemona is innocent
- Though he lacks hard evidence, Iago has successfully manipulated Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful
"OTHELLO: What, did they never whisper?
EMILIA: Never, my lord.
OTHELLO: Nor send you out o' th' way?
EMILIA: Never.
OTHELLO: To fetch her fan, her gloves, her mask, nor nothing?
EMILIA: Never, my lord."
But there where I have garnered up my heart,
Where either I must live or bear no life,
The fountain from the which my current runs
Or else dries up—to be discarded thence!
Or keep it as a cistern for foul toads
To knot and gender in! Turn thy complexion there,
Patience, thou young and rose-lipped cherubin,—
Ay, there, look grim as hell!
He believes his fate is wore because his wife, the one that would helpcontinue his bloodline has become impure. He says she was like a pure fountain from which his babies could have come from, but she has polluted it and made it bad.
It seems in this paragraph that he is more upet about the fact that she is "polluting herself" rather than the implications of what that means. He seems to be more upset about losing an object that is his than about losing the love of Desdemona. This can be concluded because he doesnt mention anything about love in that quote - its all about not having his children with her.
-Desdemona does not know why Othello Is upset with her
-She does not retaliate though Othello is angry with her for seemingly no reason
-Desdemona represents the goodness in everything and she is demonstrating the ideal and 'good' obedient wife
- She asks Othello that if he's upset because of her or her father.
- She says that if it's because of Brabantio, to not blame her, for she is with Othello and has also lost her father's respect
"I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest,
Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other
Remove your thought, it doth abuse your bosom."
-It is sort of weird how Shakespeare created Emilia to be such a kind person when she is married to the play's villain.
-She is willing to bet her own life on Desdemona honesty
Why is she married to Iago????
"She says enough, yet she’s a simple bawd
That cannot say as much. This is a subtle whore,
A closet, lock and key, of villainous secrets.
And yet she’ll kneel and pray, I have seen her do ’t."
Line 16-17 "If any wretch have put this in your head
Let heaven requite it with the serpent’s curse"
-When Emilia is saying this, she means that whoever decided to plant these things in Othello's head about how horrible a person Desdemona is, they deserves the same punishment that Jesus gave to the serpent because he deceived Eve.
^ allusion to the bible!!!
-Emilia doesn't know that the person who deceived Othello was Iago.... OH NO!!!