Examples Of Hyperbole In Othello

Shakespeare implements hyperbolic language to express various different emotions in turmoil. When focussing on the character of Roderigo, Shakespeare capitalises on his vulnerability and concocts this intricate relationship between Roderigo and Iago. In the midst of Act I Scene III, Roderigo is brought into a deep despair due to his inability to court with Desdemona. He proclaims, “I will incontinently drown myself”; the hyperbole represents how much he craves for Desdemona. However, Roderigo is not the focal point; it is in fact Iago who feeds off of his vulnerability by manipulating him into fighting with Cassio. This represents Iago’s cunning nature in that he is able to make Roderigo give him money as well as bringing Cassio into a state

I want to rip his eyes out. I want to see him dead. […] Being without my son is torture.” These short sentences do not only represent the deep yearning that Madame Angellier held to see her son, but also the disgust and anguish that she felt towards every single German; it did not matter who, or what they were - if they identified as a German they were scum. Therefore Nemirovsky is ultimately able to state that through this vulnerability Madame Angellier held, it turned into blind, putrid hate even though Bruno Von Falk was nothing but pleasant. Hence, she comes across as ‘unjust’ in the treatment that she gives to Bruno, or lack thereof. If one focusses on the simple sentence, “I want to rip his eyes out”, it can be noted that the hyperbole concocts this image of depravity that comes from a Lady of power and composure; juxtaposition of language and message; representing how the war affected everyone in some way, even the untouchables such as Madame Angellier. She is imperative in her mannerisms and due to her status in society she may well have thought that she was being impertinent because, in her

Turmoil through vulnerability can be noted through the utilisation of techniques such as juxtaposition, for example Plath writes, ‘Echoes travelling / Off from the centre like horses.” Horses in popular literature are synonymous with the natural life therefore by coupling it with the noun ‘echoes’ it represents the uncertainty that Plath held within her life. The narrator is known be Plath herself, as she used poetry as a form of catharsis, hence why vulnerability is such a key component, through the release of her emotions, the raw message comes through and this being that she was vulnerable and needed more of an escape than poetry. This being where the lines, “indefatigable, hoof-taps. / While / From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars / Govern a life.” The first line being synonymous of the real world and the tireless droning of the horses, this is paradoxical to the lines succeeding where the poem has sunk to the bottom of a pool away from confusion where there is stability that is represented through the more imperative lexicon such as “Govern a life”. This can be noted as Plath ultimately giving her life away; she is adamant that the world after will be infinite times more stable than the real world that is marred by human nature and inconsistencies. This could represent the idea that Plath was disillusioned by life on Earth and wanted an escape; this being noted