Author Question: What do you understand by Othellos calling himself one that loved notwisely but too well (V, ii, ... (Read 59 times)

james · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

What do you understand by Othellos calling himself one that loved notwisely but too well (V, ii, 354)?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is Iagos motive in stabbing Roderigo?

What will be an ideal response?

Sierray · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 20, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Essentially, that his feelings for Desdemona were compounded too much of passion, intensity, and an almost obsessive fixation upon her and their relationship as the core of everything valuable, and too little of balance, good sense, and a clearheaded understanding of her true nature and appreciation of her genuine worth and devotion to him.

Answer to Question 2

Live Roderigo, / He calls me to a restitution large / Of gold and jewels that I bobbed from him / As gifts to Desdemona. / It must not be (V, i, 1418).