Mindful Destruction of Order in Shakespeares Othello

A delicate balance of chaos and order exists in our lives; the balance maintains itself by the very acts of human nature. In the drama Othello, the battle between good and evil creates the basic root of human nature as a whole. While at first, order exists in the lives of the Othello and Iago, through dramatic events and manipulation, the balance becomes unstable and starts to shift into chaos. Once the chaos has started, it continues a chain that continues along until the very end where the balance finally restores itself as it would in human nature. Through the inter and intra personal dialogue between Othello and Iago, a certain image of the character becomes developed because of the continued additions and changes to the character’s†¦show more content†¦Othello cannot see past what Iago has told him and he therefore trusts Iago and acts accordingly. Othello believes that Desdemona â€Å"†¦ must die, else she’ll betray more men† (5.2.6) and only then â€Å" can again thy former light restore† (5.2.9) Through the use of the metaphor of â€Å"light† Shakespeare’s indicates how Othello’s thoughts say that once the Desdemona’s light in life ends, only then can the â€Å"former light†, how life was, can return. Due to his moral virtue, he makes himself the agent of divine justice to solve the sins (Arp). At an elementary level, this can represents as a considerably the simple idea of the power of knowledge. Information holds the key to everything, while Othello does not see the need to question what he has trusted as the truth, he refuses to accept the need to wonder because of his pride. From an analytical view, Othello teaches us many things about the nature of human life. Further, Shakespeare’s usage of literary techniques and the strategies he employs are crucial to understanding not only the play, but the characters themselves. It becomes clear from Othello and its cast of characters, that human nature will always perplex human minds until the time we actually experience and understand what exactly happens between the point of believing and realizing the truth. From the play, one grasps an understanding of the crucial need to think and look at