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Posted by sally on November 24, 19101 at 11:48:43:
In Reply to: Re: Did Othello really love Desdemona? If no, why? posted by kate on November 14, 19101 at 06:05:09:
: we need to know too!
I think he did, with a pion. AC Bradley refers to this in his 1904 criticism and says that Othello's nature is all one piece....ie when he loves he loves completely with a vehement pion that can be seen through the colourful, vivd and rich language he uses in ActIiii, conjuring up images of mysterious 'men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders' and 'antres vast and deserts idle'. etc etc. Indeed, Othello's defence in this scene is a story of his love for Desdemona. Similarly, there are further refernces to a love which is both spiritual (evident through O's language and D's, I 'consecrate my soul and... [whatever it is]) and physical (see Desdemona's if he go to war etc 'the rites for which i love him are bereft me'). Also, we must look at the end of the play for further reinforcement of this ertion : Othello does not kill Desdemona out of hatred and lack of love. Indeed, he says without hesitation that he performs this act of catharsis as "one that loved not wisely but too well" etc... and refers to D as a precious stone, saying that in his ignorance, like "the base indian, threw a pearl away/Richer than all his tribe'. The extent to which Othello becomes jealous is clearly an indication of just how much he loved Desdemona.