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Othello's Conception Of Love

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William Shakespeare was born in April 1564, Stratford-upon-avon the United Kingdom. He was a English Poet, Playwright, and actor, he was often called England’s national poet. He was known best for comedies, romance, and tragic comedies, he write’s in common style that some get mixed up and can’t tell if they were from the bible or today’s text. He was married to Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582 he was eighteen and Anne was twenty-six, and she was pregnant. By 1592 he had earned a living by playwriting and acting in London and possibly has several plays produced.
Othello however does not love Desdemona, because he is constantly worrying that if she loves him or not. He believes he is in love but he does not understand it’s implications, also could be that he is not capable of love. While Othello feels devotion to Desdemona, Othello’s conception of love is that where one can have no doubt or insecurity, there is always a doubt and wonderment in love that when a person is in love with another, they have to allow it to exist however Othello does not allow it to happen. …show more content…

“ Let husbands know, their wives have sense like them : they see and smell, and have their palates for both sweet and sour, as husbands have.” She implies that men are weak minded which is very true, “They eat us hungrely, and when they are full they blech us. She exclaims they are unable to control their desires with logical thoughts. It is “natural” for women to be feminine and to do as their fathers and husbands tell them, Desdemona breaks her honor to her father by marrying Othello. Desdemona however only expresses her beliefs of men in private, but she shows power in

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