Reversal, Recognition, and Tragedy that applies to Othello
...esdemona offered to bandage Othello’s head with it but he pushed it away and it fell. It was a subconscious recognition by both that the relationship was over. On her part it was a rejection of the vital force which binded her, repulsion from the vital-physical relationship with Othello. On his part, there was a subtle awareness of her repulsion. When they met again on scene II page 1171, this awareness became conscious. Othello looked into her eyes and confirm his suspicion. She also was more conscious of the repulsion, “What horrible fancy is this?” For the first time, she saw and felt his capacity for violent passions and she got frightened. The next moment she thought of her father and regreted having deserted him: “Why, I have lost him.” Othello then reacted in a violent rage. Desdemona response was both a question to him and a realization of the error in her action. The specific elements of Othello that identifies it as tragedy, is the movement of the passion that is exceedingly doubtful, and conflict of passions. Though dreadful, the reversal of the entire and unforeseen, changes from the fondest love and most unbounded confidence to the tortures of jealousy and the madness of hatred. An example can be witnessed on the scene on page 1158. Othello brought up the subject of the lost handkerchief and told Desdemona the story of the significance of it. He emphasized that the handkerchief was a magical. The revenge of Othello after it took thorough possession of his mind, never quit, but grew stronger and stronger at every moment of its delay. My reaction to...