Othello Themes
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'What are the major themes we have encountered in William Shakespeare's Othello so far in our analysis of the play?' "...most painfully exciting and the most terrible... these features combine to produce feelings of "confinement" and "dark fatality" "- A. C. Bradley Shakespearean Tragedy The play, Othello, holds many methods and ways in which William Shakespeare allows the audience to appreciate the way themes are portrayed. The way he does this can be seen in many of Shakespeare ironic use of wording, soliloquies and emotional conflict or affection between characters. Some of these themes include: Trust * "I know Iago. Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter..."(P65 L18) Iago is repeatedly referred to as "Honest Iago." People do not see him for what he actually is as, although he is a sly man, he is also very intelligent in his ways of getting the truth out of people and twisting it without...

