Love and Hate must both exist between Iago, Desdemona, and Othello to understand William Shakespeare's Othello. Plato even said it himself; "There must be something antagonistic as there is to good."" I believe Mr. Plato is right. How can we truly grasp a good concept, such as love, if we do not know love's opposite? Joni Mitchell says that "we don't know what we got til it's gone,"" and sad to say I think she is also right. Othello, I believe, expresses Plato's, Mitchell's, and my own idea because all characters feel both love and hate in the story, even though it is clear that Othello, Iago, and Desdemona are three different types of people with different types of personalities. .
Let me first explain to you Desdemona, Othello's beautiful and loyal wife. In the beginning of the play, she runs off to get married to Othello, a moor, and it seems like there is no trouble in paradise for the happy couple. However, there is an underlying trouble destined to bring this happy couple to their doom. Brabantio, a man with a secret crush on Desdemona, pays Iago to break up the marriage between the two. Desdemona is thought to be cheating and Othello becomes enraged. Desdemona is the most loving character in the story. The only hate she displays is rightful towards Othello when she senses there is something wrong. She is always supportive of Othello and his wishes; she is truly a model wife. It is a shame that Othello so blindly killed her without investigating the situation first. ) Act IV, Scene 1:.
Othello accuses Desdemona of lying.
O, devil, devil!.
If that the Earth could teem with woman's tears,.
Each drop she falls would prove a crocodile. .
Desdemona is the most honest person in the story although she could have stood up for her rights, though. I understand that women were regarded as inferiors back in the time that Othello was written, but honestly if a stronger person is coming after me to kill me for something that I didn't do, I would be mad.