Реферат: Act III Scene Iii Of Othello Essay

assumption of Othello’s image-filled powers of language, and the beginning of

his dominance, is shown by the story he tells of Cassio talking in his sleep.

He describes in detail Cassio’s actions, making them all too vivid for Othello

to dismiss; indeed, they are so vivid that Othello forgets that they are merely

words, and seizes them as true evidence against Desdemona. Othello’s language,

from this point on, is bent by anger; he has his last bit of eloquence in this

act, and then in Act IV, cedes his powers and his language to Iago, as Iago

drives the events toward their conclusion. In the

battle between order and chaos, chaos seems to be winning out. Othello abandons

his reason in judging Iago’s "proofs," and his abandonment of

language also marks a descent into chaos. Although it is a chaos controlled by

Iago, still, order and reason are on the losing side; raging emotions and

speculations begin to rule Othello’s fate, as he comes closer and closer to his

tragic end.

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