Write an essay on the following extract. Your essay should include analysis of language. You should also identify which of the theme(s) in the play are evident here, and how it might be performed.

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Write an essay on the following extract. Your essay should include analysis of language. You should also identify which of the theme(s) in the play are evident here, and how it might be performed.

In the play ‘Othello’, four characters are murdered. The character Iago, who manipulated certain characters into wanting to kill them. Desdemona, Emilia, Othello, and Roderigo, are killed.  Iago originally did this out of jealousy of Othello and Roderigo.  The deaths of these four characters were inevitable.  There was justice in this play for all of the characters who were involved in the killing of the four characters. 

Act V Scene II in many ways represents the emotional climax of the play. The events which have preceded this point have led Othello to the decision to kill his beautiful wife Desdemona. The major themes of this act are the emotional conflict felt by Othello and the protestation of innocent express by Desdemona.    

The play's final, bloody scene opens in the bed chambers of Othello and Desdemona as the deranged Moor battles between his love for his beautiful young wife and his desire to murder her. This atmosphere of this scene opens with bitterness.  Throughout this scene Othello is speaking in soliloquies which are delivered in blank verse. He repeats the phrase “it is the cause, it is the cause” Shakespeare makes use of repetition to emphasize the fact that Othello is acting out of conviction. Othello is convinced of Desdemona guilt. The language device is useful because it emphasizes that Othello sees himself has justified to commit the murder of Desdemona and yet does so resonantly. “It me not name it to you” this implies that Othello is very upset but doesn’t want to name the “cause” because it has caused him great pain.

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        The opening line shows Othello trying to convince himself to go ahead with his plan “it is the cause yet I will not shed her blood” this suggests that even though he is convince of his guilt  and see her as the source of his emotional turmoil he has an inner conflict about killing her.

The sight of Desdemona lining asleep makes it even more difficult for Othello to commit her murder. Shakespeare makes expert uses of simile to paint a picture of pristine beauty and innocence “whiter skin of hers than snow”. This creates an image of a ...

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