At The Beginning Of Act 3 Othello Is Entirely Confident Both In Himself And In The Love Between Himself And Desdemona. By The End Of The Scene He Has Sworn To Kill Her. Explain How And Why This Change Occurs. How Convincing Do You Find This Change.

In this essay I will be explaining Act 3 Scene 3 in detail to come to a conclusion in how Othello’s attitude changes and the way he felt and showed it. In the beginning of the scene Othello’s language had a lot of poetry and shows how confident he is showing it through the language he uses. He is also had no doubt in marrying Desdemona and their love between them seems very unbreakable. He is also positive about how things are going on in Cyprus, as he has been made general and feel real proud in leading the army. By then end of the scene Othello’s language becomes more like Iago’s and much hatred for Desdemona this shows lack of love in him and the faith within himself and toward Desdemona. He is also convinced that Desdemona should pay for what she has done and summons to killer her. Throughout the essay I will explain how the change is made in just one scene.

Iago feel that he needs to get back at Othello had he wanted to be in Cassio’s place. He is trusted and fooled by such ‘honesty’ toward all the characters in the play. The man that Othello thought he could trust also betrayed him. Othello’s belief in Iago is quite logical because he has worked with him for years and fought many battles as well. Iago is very conceiving because he plots to put such images in Othello’s mind and convince him that something is going on between Cassio and Desdemona. He would go down to anything to see what he gets and also involves his wife in taking a handkerchief. From what I have said so far you can tell that Iago would go to such depths to get exactly what he wants. We can also show that Iago does not like Othello much as when he mentions ‘Even now, now, very now, an old ram is tupping your white ewe.

Iago’s plan was to get Cassio’s job and gain revenge on Othello. In Act 1 Scene 3 Line 374 he plans to ‘ Kill two birds with one stone’ he would do this by dishonouring Cassio and making Othello think that Desdemona and Cassio are ‘involved.’ Iago tells Roderigo to start a fight with Cassio and he encourages Cassio to get drunk. Roderigo then starts a fight and runs off while Cassio is starting another fight with Monotano. Iago asks Desdemona to smooth things over with Othello at the same time Iago’s plan to make Othello think suspicious of Desdemona ...

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In the opening of Act 3 Scene 3 Desdemona assures that she will rebuild the friendship between Othello and Cassio Lines 1-2. In lines 35 Act 3 Scene 3 Iago is already starting to disagree with what should be done with Cassio and campaigns. Othello asks him in what he thinks he should do. Lines 47 on page 61 she mentions to her husband that she should make peace with Cassio already here Iago’s plan is starting to take place as Desdemona take the side of Cassio. At the bottom of page 63 Iago’s starts to ask Othello questions such as ‘ Did Michael Cassio, When you woo’d my lady, know of your love?’ As Othello tells him that he did from the first to the last he asks Iago why he wants to know. On Lines 96 page 63 he replies and just says I was wondering. On page 64 lines 118 he tries to convince him that he loves Othello this would build more trust between the two of them and make Othello think that he is very trustworthy. On page 65 he is also very convincing that he thinks that Cassio is honest. Here he finds out that Othello think that he really is honest and gives him a goal to reach and make him think the entire opposite. Example of this is on page 65 lines 126-130. On page 66 lines 166-172 Iago says to Othello that he has been man cheated (sexually) by his wife. (Cuckold) He is also certain that his wife has been false toward him and tries to convince this to Othello. On page 68 Line 180-190 assures that he still has all his faith in Desdemona and will not have any doubt in it till the question ahs been settled. Iago then goes on to explaining that he would never be so open with him but and tells him that he is over confident over Desdemona. On line 199 he says that he should look at his wife and Cassio get on with each other and they have also done such pranks such as sexual tricks. Iago in lines 208-210 says that she did deceive her father and married you and seemed to fear your looks and loved them the most. Othello agrees to this. On page 69 Iago tries to prove to Othello that there is something going on but on line 223 he says that ‘He will not.’ In lines 224-227 Iago says that there might be a dreadful result and that he is worthy of this friend Cassio. From lines 230-240 Iago mention that he is in no position the speak of her but he fears that she will recoil her better judgement to make it really effective Iago says that he will take his leave and listen to what Othello has got to say. In lines 244-255 he question him self into why he married her here you can see that Iago poison on him is starting to work. As soon as Iago hears that he returns again and from lines 246-257 he says that he don’t think Cassio is fit to be lieutenant and also puts in Desdemona such innocence that he should consider. Othello starts to use animal quotes himself such as hawk like Iago does so you can slowly start to see that Iago is in total control of Othello’s mind. Iago takes his leave and Othello is talking to himself about what the marriage means. From lines 260-279 he says that he should release her and that she should take her own chances and look after herself. He feels that he has been deceived by Desdemona and should leave her to it. He also mentions that he would want proof to what Iago has said because if she were not a lie then he would not believe it. Form lines 280-289 he talks like he is a different person to Desdemona and she feel his head and how hot an d sweaty it is while doing so she drops her handkerchief the first present that Othello had given. Emilia then picks up the handkerchief and says that she was glad she had found this. On page 72 Emilia questions Iago why he wanted the handkerchief that belonged to Desdemona. On page 73 the scene yet again is focused with Iago and Othello. From lines 339 Othello mentions that the hours of lust he had and that it hasn’t harmed it and the night went merry and he didn’t find no kisses of Cassio’s on his Desdemona’s lips. At lines 360 he wants proof that Desdemona really is a whore and that he will only believe what Iago has said if his very own eyes have seen the proof. On page 75 the top paragraph Iago says to Othello that god be with him and that himself has learnt a lesson which causes such distress. Othello then goes on to saying from lines 384-391 that in this paragraph Othello is not sure of what to think he is very confused but if he is shown the proof then unconfused he will be. Form lines 392-394 Iago says to Othello that he knows the passion that’s eating him up and questions Othello whether he is satisfied. On page 76 from lines 411-427 Iago explain that he has heard Cassio say in his sleep ‘sweet Desdemona let us be wary, let us hide our love.’ He also heard him same other comments that effects Othello’s mind into thinking that his wife has been unfaithful to him. Here Iago had totally convinced Othello that his wife has been acting like a whore. Othello’s language become all broken and become likes Iago’s when he says ‘o monstrous o monstrous.’ From this point on Iago carries on filing the poison in him. This make Othello feel out of control because on page 77 line 437 when he mentions that it was the first gift that he has given her. On page 77 his language become out of control and starts to say things that he would have not in the beginning. He also kneels down feeling low and it makes Iago feel really high above him as he does this after line 450. On pg 78 he mentions that he doesn’t want Desdemona apart of his life and that he can do without her, on lines 476-479. After that Iago mentions that he is Othello’s forever and tries to make him feel better by saying such things.

AS of conclusion I think that the change that happened within just one act is really big because in the beginning of the play Othello seems to be really confident in his language and what he is but by the end of the act and scene he shows that he has lack of love and in many ways shows that he is really gullible. He is very innocent bet yet trusts people that he should look up on and make sure the people are right that he is with. He has shown that a few words that were very big lies can affect him a lot and that he is very soft hearted. On the other hand where Desdemona is very innocent yet Othello has too much hatred for her now that anything she says will not convince him and will not take her word over Iago’s. Emilia is also innocent but doesn’t know what kind of a man she is married to.

By Minisha Patel 10L