HOW DOES OTHELLO’S STATE OF MIND EMERGE THROUGH HIS LANGUAGE? COMPARE HIS USE OF LANGUAGE TO OTHER PARTS OF THE PLAY.

The play in question, “Othello”, initially presented us with a highly respected and judicious protagonist, namely Othello. Despite the fact that he is of a different race and colour than that of his Venetian counterparts, he has managed to rise up the hierarchical ladder and secured for himself the position of a general. The main plot of the play revolves around his gradual belief of unfaithfulness on Desdemona’s part, surreptitiously fed to him by his supposedly loyal ensign, Iago.

Othello’s ever mounting paranoia and suspicion adds an element of suspense as the play labours on towards its bloody conclusion, with Shakespeare effectively illustrating the dilemma Othello is going through by utilizing devices such as directing (such as Othello’s epileptic fit), language and metaphors.

In this essay, I will be focusing on how Othello’s language and perhaps any other linguistic devices used by him to further emphasize his underlying thoughts that present themselves du...