Othello
... that period in time. As specified in lines 81-82, Othello informs that he is rude in his way of speaking and can not speaks peacefully. However this is contradictory as the audience knows he is a man of grace and respect. Othello tends to boast about his profession and the way he works. In lines 83-85, Othello states that he has had seven years of experience in the battlefield and during that time he has worked with great skill and professionalism. He then mentions in lines 88-89 that he does not boast about himself and is not conceited. He says that he shall give the listeners the facts and the straight forward truth as told in lines 89-90. This proves that he is an honest and trustworthy man. To show that he is strong and clever, he throws rhetorical questions at his opponent by saying “what drugs, what charms, what conjuration and what mighty magic”. This is a powerful way of stating that he knows what he is doing is knows that his opponent can not prove him wrong. “I won his daughter” is equally powerful as it shows that Othello won Brabantio’s daughter with his hard work and din not steal her like Brabantio mentioned. In the second passage, Othello shows great regret and remorse. He is confessing his mistakes and misdeeds shown in the lines, “Of one that loved…of one whose hand (lines 340-342). His sense of pride has somewhat lessened as he begins to break away from his confidence because he has realised that it is his confidence and pride that have brought him to this result. As revealed in this quote “I have done the state some service…nor set down aught in malice” (lines 335-339), Othello wishes the people to speak of him as he was and to mention his good and bad deeds but not to exaggerate his wickedness. He wants the people to remember him as a good general and acknowledge his services to the country. In lines 340-342 he clears out any confusion by stating that he was not a jealous man but a man that was easily manipulated and a man that was blinded by love. By loving too eagerly he knows that he had been too ignorant of Desdemona’s wishes and was overprotective of her. This shows that audience that he would kill Desdemona rather than see her with another man. He regains the audience’s sympathy by confessing and spilling out his feelings which demonstrates that he is not as strong or wise as he portrayed himself before. He also lowers his status and pride by comparing his actions to those of a base Indian (lines 343-344). He states that like an ignorant base Indian who threw away a pearl, he threw away Desdemona’s life. He was so cold hearted that he could not shed a tear because he was not used to expressing such emotions as he was a general. He then says that now his tears drop fast like the Arabian trees, healing his wounds. By killing Desdemona he has become the turbaned Turk who has killed the Venetian and had brought insult to the country that he was protecting. He states that he took her by the throat just like a dog would strangle his prey. He feels dis...