William Shakespeare
“To be or not to be? That is that question.” William Shakespeare definitely was, and he left a legacy of timeless, universal literature to inspire the world and change literary history into what we know it as today. The life of William Shakespeare was eventful to say the least. From his personal life to his life as a writer, there is a great deal to be said about Shakespeare. The drama he wrote, Othello in particular, lends itself well to analysis, which is looking closely at the small parts of the play to see how they affect the whole, Finally, there has been much literary criticism in terms of shakespeare’s writing throughout history. Evaluating Othello by looking at how it relates to Shakespeare’s place in history and the social issues of the time will give more insight into the writer and his work.
William Shakespeare was brought to the earth in a market town known as Stratford-upon-Avon, He was the first son and the first surviving child in the family. His parents John Shakespeare and Mary Arden had two daughters, Joan and Margaret, before him, but they had unfortunately died early. In total they had eight children: Joan, Margaret, William, Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Richard, and Edmund. The couple married around 1557 and lived on Henley Street when Shakespeare was
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“Where should I lose that handkerchief, Emilia?” (Othello 3.4.23) this is Desdemona admitting that she had lost Othello’s handkerchief a symbol of his love. “It is not lost; but what an if it were?” (Othello 3,4.84), but immediately after Othello asks for it she lied about not having lost it. Why does she do this? It’s not to be malicious, but to prevent him being hurt from her losing such an important item. She has done the same thing to her Father, Brabantio, in order to avoid the inevitable the pain the is to felt at the ‘loss’ of his