Magic_And_Othello

Magic And Othello Repeated Image Clusters of Love and Magic in Othello Arthur David Hash Western World Literature In Othello love is made to be deceitful and evil, spawned from magic. References of magic are used to define Desdemona’s love for Othello. Black versus white, good versus evil, these themes are provided to the reader by a deceitful Iago. Convincing Rodrigo, other characters and perhaps the reader that their love could only be the result of some spell cast by Othello to usurp her love. Iago spins on his web of deceit. Desdemona’s love is not true. It is the result of some magic. Twisting reality Iago convinces them and the result is death. The story begins. Branbanzio confronts Othello. “…….O thou foul thief, where hast thou stowed my daughter' Dammed as thou art, thou hast enchanted her, for I’ll refer me to all things of sense, if she in chains of magic were not bound…” (p.2121 line 63-66). Enraged, Branbanzio lashes out against Othello. He mind is clouded by rage spawned from taunts yelled to him in the night by Rodrigo and Iago. When he approaches the duke with his affairs the scene is described. “She is abused and stolen from me, othello, magic, love, iago, desdemona, story, shakespeare, branbanzio, thou, play, line, handkerchief, green, daughter, believe, themes, tales, same, result, out, making, lost, evil, characters, been, witchcraft, white, versus, true, throughout, stories, spawned, something, sense, seizures, says