Introduction
Shakespeare shows the characters’ complexity by emphasizing their positive and negative characteristics. Iago’s persona, which is portrayed as predatory and cynical, is crucial to the tragedy because it disturbs the plot. His worldview is based on two principles, the first is to “put money in your wallet” (Shakespeare, 2020a). The person’s point of view affects how valuable things are and how they should be treated ethically (Aprilia, 2019). This is the ultimate expression of moral relativism and nihilism.
The following illustration demonstrates yet another way Shakespeare makes this scene so unsettling. Base and gloomy images can be found alongside the sublime, poetic, and light ideas that predominate in the world of Othello’s images: “O monstrous! monstrous! O, blood, blood, blood!” (Shakespeare, 2020a). “One is too poor, too weak for my revenge” (Shakespeare, 2020a). Here, Shakespeare uses amplification to emphasize the characters’ excitement and illustrate the importance of these words.
Analysis of The Play Twelfth Night
Shakespeare shows the scene when the characters read the note allegedly left by Olivia. Mary wrote it, but more important is the reaction of the men who thought Olivia was the author because that is how Shakespeare encourages the reader to admire Olivia. ” I will be proud, I will read political authors, I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintance, I will be point-devise the very man” (Shakespeare, 2020b). Malvolio’s willingness to do everything that Olivia is alleged to have said shows how much he respects the heroine and how strong her character is.
Shakespeare also inspires admiration for Olivia in readers—including myself—which makes it regrettable that her name was used for deception. Shakespeare uses an absurdity in the note Mary purposefully included, which allows Olivia’s viewpoints to be understood as the exact opposite of what is written. “Be opposite with a kinsman, surly with servants; let thy tongue tang arguments of state; put thyself into the trick of singularity” (Shakespeare, 2020b). As a result, Olivia presents a respectable and dignified image of herself, which is admired.
Conclusion
In conclusion, like in most of Shakespeare’s plays, Othello and Twelfth Night depicts the conflict between the individual and society in a more subdued way than other tragedies. Shakespeare expertly shows the interactions between the characters to convey the tension in the conflicts common to society. Shakespeare succeeds in making the play unsettling by utilizing a lot of epithets, metaphors, amplifications, repetitions, and exclamations.
References
Aprilia, K. (2019). Analysis of metaphors found on the dialogues of “The tragedy of Othello the moor Venice” drama script by William Shakespeare. Journal of Research on Applied Linguistics, Language, and Language Teaching, 2(1), 83–86.
Shakespeare, W. (2020a). Othello. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Shakespeare, W. (2020b). Twelfth night. Sweet Cherry Publishing.