Significance and Dramatic Purpose of Othello’s Soliloquy Case Study 2022

Running Head: SIGNIFICANCE AND DRAMATIC PURPOSE OF OTHELLO’S
SOLILOQUY
Significance and Dramatic Purpose of Othello’s Soliloquy
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SIGNIFICANCE AND DRAMATIC PURPOSE OF OTHELLO’S SOLILOQUY1
Significance and Dramatic Purpose of Othello’s Soliloquy
“I am abused; and my relief
Must be to loathe her.” (Williamshakespeare.net. 2020 Act iii, Scene iii)
The line mentioned above from the third scene of the third act where we see Desdemona and
Othello talking sweetly for the last time without the formation of malice and prejudice in
Othello for his wife. The scene shows the complete transversal of Othello towards Iago’s
instigation and final hour, which marks the end of trust and understanding within their marital
life. However, the soliloquy plays the most crucial role in the act for it signifies the
strengthening of the trust which he places on Iago and his state of unrest, making him useless
and unable to think straight. Like all Shakespearean tragic hero, Othello’s soliloquies are the
mirror of their conscience with the help of which the audience can understand the change
they will be witnessing in action later.
The action, in this case, is the reaction of the seed of jealousy which was planted by
Iago second act of the play where he insinuates the subject that Cassio might have been trying
to get back Desdemona in order to take revenge on Othello to take revenge on him for
stripping him off his rank of the lieutenant. Nevertheless, this particular soliloquy by Othello
shows the last vestiges of trust weathering down in the form of a curse to his married life and
on his decision to marry Desdemona. The first thing that is established with the help of this
soliloquy is the establishment of the unfailing trust on Iago’s honesty and goodness on
Othello, reflecting his tragic flaw of being insecure. This insecurity arises from his adherence
to his inferior position in the society which he does not accept. However, it can be seen to be
affected by it. his Moorish physique and dark complexion were used by Brabantio in front of
the duke were that he could not accept a Moorish man who has enchanted his daughter with