1. The Tragedy Of Othello
... , Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine the to that sweet sleep Which though owedst yesterday. Desdemona is probably considered the most tragic of characters in Othello. She never betrays Othello, yet dies to his jealous hands. In Emilia's eyes, Desdemona is "chaste and heaven true- to Othello, but that is not enough to over-ride her husband's sinister and majestic plot. Iago ... me to my kind lord. O, farewell!- Alvin B. Kernan stated, "The murder of Desdemona acts out the final destruction in Othello himself of all the ordering powers of love, of trust, of the bon...
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- Grade Level: High School