Hey y’all, I am back. I have been busy with all of this schoolwork!
College is very stressing as well and I just turned in applications! Ahhh!
Anyways, my class and I started and finished reading Othello by William Shakespeare. Honestly, it was one of the better
plays that I have read, which is very minimal to begin with. In addition, I
really do not like reading poetry or analyzing it so knowing that his plays are
big poems was a hard start to the play. I pushed through it! Moreover, I
actually understood most of it so that was great too. Big thanks to my teacher,
classmates, and Spark Notes (I really did not use this a lot, really!).
Anyways, the tragic hero Othello committed some pretty heinous acts, including
murdering his wife, Desdemona. However, he did this based off of lies told by
his bff and ancient, Iago. The question is: Who’s to blame?
My number one pet peeve is lying and people who lie. I lose
so much respect for people who have the audacity to lie to me. I really do not see
a reason in lying because people always find out the truth, especially my nosey
self. From that reason alone, I blame Iago more than I blame Othello. From the
beginning, Iago has done this all for himself. He sacrificed his best friend
Roderigo, his marriage to Emilia, and his government position all to wreak
havoc on Othello because he was jealous. He was jealous because he THOUGHT that
Othello slept with his wife. He was also jealous that Othello chose Michael
Cassio to be lieutenant instead of him. I think these are awful reasons to lie
to someone to be honest. So yes, I am
blaming this all on Iago. Yes, I think Othello should have believed his wife more
than his ancient, but Iago initiated these lies on RUMORS and ACCUSATIONS.
There was no logical reason for Iago not to confront Othello and ask him why he
did not choose him to be his lieutenant. This whole debacle is just outrageous!
It made me so mad reading the play because I did not see how everyone could
just believe Iago without finding out some truth! Before everyone died and
killed themselves! Baffling.
That’s my rant for today. You all should read this play, I
really enjoyed it and I usually don’t enjoy these types of genres. Shakespeare,
you’ve done good. (Yes, I know that is grammatically incorrect so please do not
hate me). I am still angry that Iago actually committed these acts of cruelty
and that everyone believed him! Maybe I feel this way because I knew everything
as the reader. I knew Iago’s whole plan from the beginning and I knew that he
felt nothing towards the lives of his friends and family. He betrayed everyone.
He betrayed me too! I had faith that he was going to turn around, tell everyone
his plan, and save so many lives. But nope. That didn’t happen. Oh well. Until next time, my readers!
EG
Hello again, this blog was just as great as the others! I love how bubbly and friendly your posts always are! You did not drag on about any other topics that did not relate to the blog and you got straight to the point! I really enjoyed you’re view on who is to blame, although I am bias because I completely agree that it is all Iago’s fault. In future posts I would think about spending more time on the other side, why their opinion is wrong and yours is correct. In order to truly persuade someone you need them to look at their own opinion differently! Keep writing and always look at both sides of an argument.
ReplyDeleteHey I just want to tell you that your blogs are soooo funny. Even when the topic is on death I can't help but laugh and smile what you say on your blog. Like Rose said, I love your happy-go-lucky personality and if I were to decipher your writing to everyone else's I can find your's. Anyways, I just want to tell you I like your blog a lot, it answers the question on who's to blame in a personal level yet not. You answered that it was Iago's fault [which I totally agree on, but I'm not trying to sound bias here], but also address the other side aka Othello. That's what a good persuasive essay, blog, or etc. is suppose to do and I acknowledge your work. In future blogs, I just want to suggest maybe dividing your work more and have your posts look more colorful or unique. Other than that, good job!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post, I can only say: I think we should be friends! I really enjoy the ways you express your feelings and thoughts in this post. I admire the kind of writer you are, one comfortable with her audience, which made your post super fun and easy to read. I think overall, your post was pretty awesome, however I believe adding some kind of insight, or what you thought Shakespeare was trying to point out (from having a different ending then you expected) or just what you learned from the play or movie! Looking forward to your upcoming posts :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love how you incorporate your real-life into your blogs, especially this one. It shows me the real you and I have to say, I absolutely love it. It's funny, straight to the point, really quirky, and just amazing. Even though I don't agree with the fact that it's Iago's fault, but there was a moment when you almost turned me, which is what a successful writer does. The only thing that I would point out is to have some textual evidence next time, other than that, I loved reading the blog and cannot wait for your next one.
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