Othello And Desdemona :: Literary Analysis, Othello and Desdemona

Obsidian and AlabasterOthello and DesdemonaOthello and Desdemonas marriage was luckless from the start. Even considering the racial nature of the marriage, his lack of a constant home, and the unseasonable method of his courting, there is another reason why their marriage would neer have worked. Othellos label of Desdemona prevents him from considering her a person. He thinks of her instead as superior to himself in every way, to the point that she is a immortal. Her race, beauty, and status form her godly in his mind. Because Othello thinks of Desdemona as Alabaster(5.2.5) he will never consider her capable of responding to his love.Because Othello is at his wits end when he refers to her as Alabaster, he is speaking out of his heart. After Othello reads the earn from Venice, he begins to speak in less cohesive manner. For instance the line, Pish Noses, ears, and lips. Isnt Possible? Confess Handkerchief O devil(4.1.42) contains none of Othellos former eloquence. He begins to speak with word association, rather than in eff sentences. For instance, the word confess brings up the word Handkerchief, and devil. Because Desdemona, the handkerchief, and the disposition of maliciousness were on his mind so much, he begins to express with compend words and ideas instead of sentences. Although this makes his lines harder to read, they show us what he is constantly thinking of. Instead of clear and concise lines, they are a torrent of his align feelings. Therefore when he describes Desdemona as Alabaster, we can be accredited it is his inner picture of her. Alabasters beauty gives you an idea active his feelings of bodily inferiority to her. Alabaster is a naturally beautiful stone, employ by ancient Egyptians and Chinese to make statues and vases. This word choice gives the lecturer a sense of his feelings of inadequacy to Desdemona. He is never said to be ugly, on the contrary, he is described as far more second-rate than black(1.3.291). He must have f elt some sensibility about his physical appearance. In contrast, he describes her face as bonny as Dians visage(3.3.389), Dian most likely being the god of healing in Celtic mythology. This implies both beauty and health. He then goes on to say begrimed and black as mine profess face(3.3.390). Othello superimposes her clean and young white face with his grimy honest-to-god black face. The fact that he believed her to be unfaithful with Cassio further proves his insecurity.