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Othello Analysis

Othello Analysis. Act 3 Scene 4. Act 3 scene 4. significance. Othello brings up the lose of the handkerchief expressing it’s importance and his anger at it’s loss First time during the play that Othello treats Desdemona with anger or anything less than pure love for that matter

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Othello Analysis

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  1. Othello Analysis Act 3 Scene 4

  2. Act 3 scene 4

  3. significance • Othello brings up the lose of the handkerchief expressing it’s importance and his anger at it’s loss • First time during the play that Othello treats Desdemona with anger or anything less than pure love for that matter • Beginning step in the unraveling of their relationship, and Othello’s trust for his wife

  4. Time line • Placed right after Act 3, scene 3 (very dramatic scene) • First moments contain a brief comic relief • It is the first time the audience can see the true effects of Iago’s lies on their relationship(happily newlywed to fighting) • Desdemona and Othello realize (true or not) the person they married might not be the person they thought they were

  5. Dramatic technique • Comic relief: Desdemona’s interaction with the clown, right after the dramatic climax of the play • Dramatic irony: Desdemona dismisses Othello blaming it on stress, when the audience knows the truth behind Othello’s actions and how they will effect her later on in the play.

  6. Symbolism • The loss of the handkerchief and the supposed history and consequence behind it • Handkerchief symbolizes the love Othello has for Desdemona and their devotion too each other • By the theft of the handkerchief the love then vanishes, jealousy and hatred takes it’s place

  7. Rhetorical devices • Flash back/Anecdote: Story of the handkerchief (lines 52-64) This story is told to explain the significance of the handkerchief and what it symbolize to Othello his giving it to Desdemona • Simile: “And, like the devil, from his very arm puff’s his own brother- and he is angry” (lines 130-131) illustrating Othello’s character and the harsh, cruel nature he has much like the devil

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