The Scarlet Letter- Ending

"He is merciful" (197)

The ending proposes that Hester and Dimmsdale were finally forgiven for their sin years ago. After Dimmesdale confessed, he died as though his confession to the townspeople was the last thing that he had to do to obtain peace. Dimmesdale died to stop the anguish that he felt on earth. Chillingsworth died do that Hester could live in peace, knowing that he was not going to punish her. Hester and Pearl finally moved away from the town that caused them so much pain and suffering to have a chance at a happy life. The towns people the cursed stigma off of Hester, but executed Miss Hibbons, showing that they did not truly change. Their judgemental manner will continues to persecute those who are different from the norm for generations to come.

The Scarlet Letter- Ergot

"Lost regular and healthy throb, wandered without a clew in the dark labyrinth of his mind"(127)

It is believed by many that the Salem Witch Trials was strongly effected by a fungus that grew in the wheat harvest called Ergot. This particular fungus causes severe hallucinations and other mental disorder, most of which similar to Schizophrenia. This could explain allot about this novel. For example how Miss Hibbons goes out to the forest and talks to the "Dark Man". This could explain why everyone is Scare of the devil. They think that they are cured with strange mental occurrences that they can not talk about for fear of being persecuted as a witch, so they point fingers at others. Dimmsdale's scarlet letter could be nothing more than a delusion, thinking that there has always been an A on his chest. He covers it with his hand so that no one else will see it.

The Scarlet Letter- Alienation

"The town was asleep, there was no peril of discovery." (113)

In the first half of the novle, Hester was secluded, and alone even in the presce of others. Now, Dimmesdale is secluded. He is a leader of the community. But in all of his interactions with his parishoners, he was not truly with them. He was alone in his mind. On the night he was on the scaffold, he was alone in every sence. Even when he screamed in pain, few people strerred. The only one that saved him from this lonley night was Hester. When she came up the lane Dimmesdale changed from depressed and homisidal to relived at the site of them. Talking to Hester and Pearl, he became present, and he could bear the harsh worls in which he built arround himself. Both Hester and Dimmsdale were alone without eachother. They cured each other of lonleyness.

The Scarlet Letter- The A

"The letter was a symbol of her calling" (123)

The scarlet letter was originally meant to be a punishment set by society toward Hester Prynne, so all would know of her past crimes. Hester, being a religious person believe the letter to be her own personal curse. As evident by her strength in public, she did not care what others thought of her. The letter significance also changes throughout the story, and its meaning is different to different characters. The towns people at first meant it to be a symbol of her curse. Over time and Hester's charity toward others, many of them changed their minds and thought it to stand for able, a symbol of strength. Lastly, the scarlet letter is present in Dimmsdale as well, invisible, known only to him. To dimmsdale, his marks is worse than Hester's because he has to endure it alone, but refuses to tell anyone else.

The Scarlet Letter- Irony

"kind to the least of society" (124)

Hester Prynne was accused of creation of the devil spawn, shunned from society, and still had love for others. She showed kindness to those who she made dresses for, even though they were probably not kind. She would make garments for those who could not afford them. In all these things that she did for the good of others, she was not thanks, the work she did got little appreciation yet she continued to show goodwill to those who despised her. All the while, the townspeople were chastising her and gossiping about her, and refused to show her any good will. Which of these would more readily be proclaimed evil? Even though Hester Prynne was cursed to where the scarlet letter, it was the towns people who where not fit to call themselves people of God. Even the ministers persecuted innocent women just because of rumors claiming witch craft.

The Scarlet Letter- The Secret

"Should have the handlings of such malefactresses as this Hester Prynne. What think ye, gossips? I the hussy stood up for judgment before us five...come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates?...Marry, I trow not." (38)

For a town so small, Hester Prynne keeping a known secret so big must be killing some of the towns people. If this had been a normal secret, like who stole something trivial and the townspeople knew that one of their own knew information, that person would be hounded. It would never be acceptable just to passively walk away with the secret. Hester Prynne did not just walk away. She got a heavier sentence, but she was able to keep her secret. The towns people must have tried everything while she was in jail, before the opening scene. After all that and being asked in front of everyone at her hearing Hester told no one. This added on to her shunning from the society. Now, she was an adulterer and she had a dangerous secret that she would not reveal. In the 21st century, this would be seen as honorable, protecting another, so you can bear the burden, but only worsened Hesters, punishment, both from society and the law.

The Scarlet Letter- Style

This novel is written in a frame story. The first frame is in the Custom house at present. The second lesser frame is of the man intrigued by the story enough to write it down. And the most in depth frame, Hester's story in the late 17th Century. Because of this style of writing, the reader sees generations of townspeople recounting Hester's story as some cautionary tale, instead of learning compassion for other. The generations that were told this story through Prynne perspective, should have learned from it. They could have learned that everyone is equal, but instead the frame will keep getting bigger generation after generation of townspeople happening upon the story with disgust or disinterest. This is what happens in the outer most frame in the Custom house.

The Scarlet Letter- Characterization

"Whether from pride or resignation, or feeling that her penance might best be wrought out by this unutterable pain, she resisted" (73)


Nathaniel Hawthorn characterizes Hester Prynne through indirect Characterization. Throughout the chapters, Hester character changes. At first she seems strong willed and tough in the face of adversity. This is because she is on trail by everyone she knows and despite all this pressure, she is relatively calm. When she sees her husband in the crown, she does not react. She merely stares at him for a while, and they push there conversation to a later time in the prison. When asked to give up the name of the man that has also sinned, she refuses. These moments characterize Prynne as someone who is calculated. She know what she is doing and knows the consequence to every choice, willing to take it.

The Scarlet Letter- The Rose Bush

"This rose-bush, by a strange chance, has been kept alive in history" (35)

The lone rose bush outside of the prison door seems to be the only vegetation visible through the bars of a warn down prison. Everything else is a view of the dirt covered town, waring away as well. That rose bush meant that in Prynne's Grim situation, there was still a ray of hope. Just like the rose bush at the prison, pearl was the beautiful thing that came out of a mistake. Everyone thought her to be the spawn of satan. The towns people labeled pearl based solely on the mistakes of her parents, as an abomination to be handled or shunned. But pearl was not a abomination to Prynne. Prynne, comments how pearl was the only thing good that came out of her current situation. Prynne fights for Pearls custody even though it means going against the leaders and townspeople once more. Pearl is what Prynne has to live for. With out Pearl, Prynne could give up with out hurting anyone.

The Scarlet Letter- Setting

"A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments, and grey, steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods and others bareheaded, was assembled." (35)

The setting of this novel is in Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1700s. It is clear that is it not a big town, and everyone knows what everyone, and that includes their secrets. This is how towns in this time governed "effectively". Because Salem was such a small town the smallest rumor could be turned in to a full trail for witch craft, or in Prynne's case, adultery.  Hester Prynne could not hide this from the town like a normal secret however, and knew that persecution was inevitable. Because of the small town, she also knew that giving up her accomplice in her crime would do more harm than good. Opposed to the chaotic opening scenes with Prynne being persecutee and surrounded by the towns people, the house in the country is quite different. Everyone leaves her alone out there to do her work. The setting like this family, is secluded from the rest of the town.

Frankenstein- Conflict

"But now, when I appear almost within grasp of my foe, my hopes were suddenly extinguished, and I lost all trace of him moe utterly than I had ever done before." (154)

Victor faces mostly internal conflict because he could not tell anyone about the creature. He had to face his problems on his own, and deal with the guilt that he faced over creating the creature and the acts that the creature committed. He might have delt with it better if he had confided with someone. Instead he killed himself because this conflict was too much. This conflict was however external with one other character. There was not much hidden between Victor and the creature. From their second meeting, the creature told Victor every act that he committed and why he committed it. The creature knew that Victor still wanted him gone, not to hurt anyone else. This ultimately lead to Victor tracked the creature across the globe, each knowing each others strengths and weaknesses.

Frankenstein- Frame Story

"You have read this strange and terrific story, Margret; and do you not feel your blood congeal with horror" (155)

The frame story of Frankenstein helped to establish the story and call attention to the parts of the story that mary Shelly wanted to focus on, while lessening attention on Watson for the majority of the story. There are many compensate at work with many characters. The reader is not overwhelmed by all of these characters because of the frame story. When Walton is speaking the reader is focused on the characters is associated with walton's story, as well as Victor and the creature's stories. Because Mary Shelly did give the reader the story behind almost all the character, this could have made the story long and drawn-out, but because the characters were important to each frame, the story stayed interesting and suspenseful. Also knowing that the story will end with Victor chasing the creature, add mystery on what scenarios could possibly lead to such an out come.

Frankenstein- Antihero

"I had in the custom of taking every night a small quality of laudanum; for it was by means of this drug only that I was enabled to gain the rest necessary for the preservation of life."(135)

Victor is an antihero because, instead of facing his mistakes and trying to make them right, he hides from them until they go away. He lets the creature wonder for two years with out monitoring or even suspicion as to what he might be doing. If the creature did not happen back in to Victors life by happening on his younger brother, Victor might not have given the hideous, dangerous creature another thought. He mentally shut down at the first sign of anxiety when the main character usually makes a plan to save the day, rid the world of the monster that he just created. When he is forced back with the creature, he acquiesces to make another. Only when he decides to go after the monster does he make any heroic action. Shortly after this, he gives up in the ultimate way and removes himself from the world. This lets the creature win. It's as if he never saw the creature again after his breakdown at the factory, because he had not stopped the monster.

Frankenstein- Guilt

"That is also my victim!" he exclaimed; "in his murder my crimes are consummated; the miserable series of my being wound to its close!" (163)

From the moment the creature was created, Victor could not handle the guilt that it caused with in him. This is the primary reason that he became mentally unstable and could not function. A the story progresses, his guilt grows. He seems to be recovering when he returns to Geneva, only to find out that he was the cause of his brothers death. Added to that Justine's life framed for what his creation had done. In this case he had to watch her die slowly. He knew that she was not going to be exonerated, and he let her die anyway.  This is when he retreats to the mountain in solitude thinking over all of the hanious crimes that he is responsible for. This might be why he agrees to the creature request, to set it right and protect the lives of his potential victims. Only when he starts to feel guilty for all the things that she could do does he abandon the project. And after the creature kills two more of his relatives, he can't take it any more. He mental illness is to much. Huilt is the reason for his suicide.

Frankenstein- Family

"Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come from? What was destination? " (91)

The Creature had no family, and had to learn everything on his own. As a result, he did not get the emotional parenting that he needed. This lead to him basically becoming a psychopath, killing everyone that gets in his way. Since he did not have parents to obtain love and comfort, he became attached to another family, but did not trust that they would accept him for many months. He watched them patiently hoping that they would be different. As he watched, he became more confident that these were good people that could love him. This, however was based on their interaction with each other and not on their interaction with anything hideous and monstrous that they accepted with out question. The monster wanted so badly to fit in that he was unrealistic in his expectations and aloud himself to get hert. This is similar to a teenage girl that dates that bad boy. If she were thinking relationally, this obviously sounds like a bad idea, but other things cloud her judgment like belonging.  This what the monster was deprived of in his development, and after he is rejected and scorn by the family that he hoped he would find acceptance, he no longer had hope for anything.

Frankenstein- Cretion

"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend." (69)

Even though at the time that this story was written, their was not technology, this could be a cautionary tail against the expansion of it. This is illustrated by Victors regret in making the creature. He was so determined to prove himself to those who did not believe that it could happen that he did not take the time to think about the consequences of his actions. Creating life is a wonderful idea. Creating life from death, might not work out as expected. Today, scientists are excited about improvement to technologies, but how do they no what will help and what will hurt the people using them. The world is so focused on TV, Computers, cell phones, and video games, that many people become inactive, and detach from life outside the technological world. Families are becoming distant children are spending more time playing computer games that spending time with their parents and siblings outside. Just like Frankenstein's creature, technology was meant to be good and can be good, but is used for evil.

Frankenstein- Nature vs. Nurtue

"...when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoined, I sympathized in their joys." (79)

The creature was "born" with a fully formed brain. This brain already went through the developmental processes. At death the brain might have become inactive, but the capacity to learn was still there. Naturally, genetically, the creature had advanced reasoning skill of a full grown adult even though he was still an infant. Also, his nature when he was born was to be loving and compassionate. He was formed of human part, and must have inherited human compassion. However, her receive no nurture from his creator and ridicule from who ever saw his face. These experiences lead him to become depressed and mad at the world for not wanting him. Yet he still had the compassion, like when he cared for the family he knew would probably never love him.

Frankenstein- Parody

"I became nervous to a most painful degree; the fall of a leaf startled me, and I shunned my fellow creatures as if guilty of a crime." (34)

There are many different accounts of the story of Frankenstein, many of which poke fun at Mary Shelly's story. They take minor details from her story and spin their own version of the rest of the story. However, most versions of the story are somewhat based on the original version. For example, in the other version, Victor is pictured as a mad scientist, out to create a monster for the propose of being destructive. There is a connection to where this falsehood originated. Victor has a nervous breakdown after creating the monster, so technically he is mad. The former version is just a little more exciting. This most likley is the reason that the fabricated stories deviate form the original, to add excitement and make the story more easily understandable and frightening.

Frankenstein- Motivation

"...that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret." (31)

Victor's motivation for creating the creature is that he fell in love with the science of human life. He pines for creating life out of Death. To understand this he felt as though he had to go to extreme means to obtain the result of recreated life. He did not what the money that comes with a new discovery, but the fame and the esteem. This is most likely because he grew up with the wealth of his family, but wanted to prove to the world that what he believes in is possible, even when his professor told him otherwise. Once, he succeeded in his goal, this motivation ceased. He was not motivated to even get out his head for many months. He finally gets a fraction of motivation back when he believes that his creation murdered his brother and he is confused about how to handled it.

Frankenstein- Characterization

"Softness and a winning mildness to her manners which had before been remarkable of vivacity." (42)

Mary Shelly has in depth characterization on almost all of her characters, going through their past as well as their personality types. This technique adds suspense to the novel because the reader knows that this character will become important to the development of the story, but do not know when or how they will play a role. For example, she introduces Justine in Elizabeth's letter wrote in early May. This is seemingly unimportant to introduce a new character, in a letter. Elizabeth could simply be trying to entice her cousin to go back home, but the reader expects more. When it is later explained that she is being tried for the murder of his brother, the reader is shocked because of Mary Shelly's characterization of Justine being kind and grateful to the family. This supports Victors suspicions of The creature doing it, because all that the reader knows about the creature is that he is huge and "seemingly" dangerous.

A Raison in the Sun- Trapped

WALTER You tired, ain't you? Tired of everything. Me, the boy, the way we live- this beat-up hole- everything. (32)

The character that is most trapped in Raisin in the Sun, is most likely walter, although the others are not far behind. Walter from the very first scene converses openly about his content in his job, and living in mediocrity. He has a dream because of the all he sees around his is people assimilating with the life they have been handed, not changing it. He finds an opportunity to dream, and like with most dreams, he does not think it thoroughly through. Like Beneatha in her failed activities, walter rushes in to this far greater business transaction based solely on the fact that he needs a better life apart from this suffocating apartment. This entrapment lead him to abandon the apartment for the majority of his time there. He was either drinking, or at "work". When he was at home, his friends followed his, that were characterized as people unsuited to go into business with. Walter might have seen this if he felt he had more time.

A Raisin in the Sun- Generation

"being a women who has adjusted to many things in life and over come many more." (39)

From Mama's Generation to Trevor's their has many apparent changes, Beween all of the characters. In Mama's time abortion would be unheard of, but to Ruth and her Generation, it is an act of Desperation. Walter's father would not have made such a risky investment. In that generation, they were more grateful for what they had. Obviously the biggest one is between Beneatha and Mama. Mama tries to encourage Beneatha to follow her dreams. However, Mama talks about slavery, and how she is still grateful not to be a slave. Beneatha want to tip the old status quo, by connecting with her heritage, instead of trying to assimilate to the American culture, white culture. Mama even buys a house in white neighborhood, showing her willing to give in to the American heritage.

A Raisin in the Sun- Setting

"Still we can see that at some time, a time probably no longer remembered by the family (except perhaps for MAMA), the furnishings of this room were actually selected with care." (23)

The setting of an old, outdated apartment, has the most effect on Mama, because even though she doesn't let it show much, she has wanted to move. This was only soposed to be a temporary situation. Every year that passed stuck in that apartment, a part of the hope for getting out dwindled. She still had hope though, which is why she invested a portion of her money in a house. This is ironic, because in the first act, she was the one who seemed most at home there. This is apparent when she is cleaning it with Beneatha, and doesn't want anyone to come over when the apartment looks bad. This assumes that she has some pride in the apartment when it is clean. Again, this was not her first choice, and the reason she was content living such squalor, when other characters where pleading to leave, is based on her character. As a mother, she is good at putting others needs first. The apartment was in the best intrest of the family.

The Glass Menagerie- Lost Contact with Reality

"Why I remember one Sunday afternoon Blue Mountain-"
"I know whats coming"
"Yes. But let her tell it."
"Again?" (1238)

Amanda had many gentalman callers when she was young, and she picked the wrong one. Now she is deluding herself into thinking that she is not living in a small tenement with her adult, unmarried children by recounting frequently stories of her various gentleman callers. When this subject is first introduced at the breakfast table in scene 2, Tom doesn't want to hear it, but laura allows it, partly because she might be trying to fantasies about what it would be like to have that many gentalman callers pining over her. More so, she is disconnected to reality because of her glass collection. When she was talking to Jim about her relationship with them, it sounded humorous and almost as though she was joking, but considering how much time she spends with her collection, it would not be outside the cone of meaning to say that she did talk to her collection, like a child with an imaginary friend. She did not have any real friends, so she substituted human contact for a life with her glass figures.

The Glass Menagerie- Sympathetic Character

"Well, well, well, I never even noticed" "Let yourself go, Laura, just let yourself go." (1282)

Laura's personality certainly revolves around her physical handicap. Because she is crippled, she has always felt different, and therefore would shy away from social situations, thinking that the people around her are having the same thoughts about her that she has about her self. This defect makes her so self concerned that she can not see passed this one aspect of her as a person. Because she does not notice her beauty, or intellect, she thinks that no one else is noticing them. This makes her subservient to her mother because she can not fend for her self, not because of her disability, but because of what she allowed her disability to do to her. Jim becomes important i this regard because he is the only person apert from her family that she has ever opened up to, and he tells her that what she views herself as is wrong. Even though they can not be together he teaches her that she as worth, and another guy would be lucky to have her, so that next time a gentleman caller comes, she will be ready.

The Glass Menagerie- Tom's Conflict

"My glass!...Drops awkwardly to his knees to collect the fallen glass" (1248)    

 Tom has been forced into a life which he despises. He has always wanted more for himself that working a factory job and because of his mom and sister, this is exactly what he gets stuck doing. He is torn between his love of his family and resentment that they are holding him back from going out and doing the adventures that he sees on the movie screen. In scene one this conflict is introduced immediately with Amanda nagging him about his breakfast. Characters in movies don't have to go through this kind of daily scrutiny, and tom can't stand when him mom treats him this way. However, he usually does what she tells him because she is still his mom and he loves her. If he didn't, he would have left long before. There is a different conflict with laura. He pities her more than amanda does, but he wants to see her happy. This relationship is far healthier than his relationship with amanda, because they understand each other far mor than they disagree. Like when Tom breaks one of the glass animal, laura is crushed, but understands that it was an accident.

As You Like It- Nature vs. Chance

"Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her weel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally." (I ii 6)

One theme to As You Like It is that what you are born to do and what actually happens are at odds. Rosalie was born to lead a privileged life as the princess of a duke, but this all changed when her father was banish. Orlando was also born in to privilege that he would have had if his brother had not been selfish. Their Nature was shaken by fate when they entered the woods, living off the land. Ultimately, their natures won out as Duke Fredrick had a conversion and named Duke Senior the Duke once again. Chance throughs us off the path naturally destined for us at birth, but generally things will all work out. This theme is far different that most of other Shakespearian plays. This could coincide with the title "As You Like It. Shakespeare might have been responding to people saying that his plays where too depressing. This would be humorous. It is as if Shakespeare was saying, "you wanted comedy, heris an idealized view of the world".

As You Like It- Suspence

"I am he that is so love-shaked" (III ii 44)

This play is mostly void of suspense. At the start there is suspense at the threat of murder and banishment. I thought that since their was barely any conflict once they enter the woods, that no suspense existed. However, the absence of suspense for so long creates suspense. Throughout each love story, the happily ever seems so effortful, but knowing Shakespeare, the reader thinks that there must be something coming around the corner. Because the antagonist, or perceived antagonist are no longer in the story line, this makes the reader feel as though they are planning something the whole time. Last time that Oliver was heard from, he was off to find and kill Orlando, so this leads the reader to believe tat every happy moment that Orlando has can be taken away by oliver finding them. Up until the end of the fifth act this suspense is prolonged, even after Oliver comes back, Duke Fredrick could still ruin everyone's happiness. So there was suspense the whole time, it just was not obvious.

As You Like It- Characters

"After some question with him, was converted Bothfrom his enterprise and from the world; His crown bequeathing to his banish'd brother" (V iv 78)

In As You Like It, their were few main characters, and virtually no antagonists, at least none that posed a lasting threat to any of the characters. At the start of the play, Duke Fredrick and Oliver, defiantly were made out to be potential threats to Rosalind and Orlando. There was talk of murder for not much of a reason other than selfish purposes. In this way, this play seems likely to share character relationships with Othello, like the relationship of Iago with Cassio. However, once Duke Fredrick banishes Rosalind and Oliver makes Orlando run into the forest, the reader does not hear form either of them for 2 acts. Once these characters leave the story line, there is little conflict. In the forest, almost everything happens like the characters want them to happen. Orlando finds Rosalind, Rosalind trains Orlando to be a good husband, and nobody wants to stop them. When finally oliver shows up again, the reader expects an ulterior motive against Orlando, trying to kill him, or bring him to Duke Fredrick. He had a sudden conversion, because his brother saved him from an attack. Duke Fredrick, in the end, had an even more sporadic conversion on the advice of a religious man. By act 5 there are no antagonists.

Othello Comparison Essay

Othello’s theme warns against trusting someone entirely because  the human instinct of betrayal to obtain a selfish goal can be a strong, but invisible motivator. Many times people develop close relationship with others, trusting them with deep secrets, thinking they would never use such trust in a hurtful way. Sometimes this is exactly what happens because this secret, if told, benefits them. In Othello, this process started when Iago received a piece of gossip and was furthered when Othello choose Cassio over him for Lieutenant. Iago gained their trust before he planned betrayal, but used it afterward. This same pattern repeats throughout history in true stories as well as fiction. This process happens in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” as well as Bruno Mars’ song “Grenade”.
In Harry Potter Peter Petigrew was short and achieved little in his youth at Hogwarts. Nobody would have suspected him of conspiring with evil forces.



The same traits lie within Iago. Few would suspect him of being anything but “honest”. This is further explained by the fact that he served under a position that he thought was rightfully his and had to deceive the ones who trusted to have a chance at it. Peter's highest accomplishment might just have been making three friends during his time in school, and he too betrayed them for a title and security. When both of these men had to make a choice, they choose themselves over honoring their friends and the result was death. This result took much planning that, as mentioned, few would suspect that they were capable of. Peter had to frame Sirius through pretending to kill himself and Iago had to frame both Othello and Cassio through slashing reputations and coercing others to kill his enemies. Similarly, when finally confronted in the shrieking shack about what he did twelve years, he did not admit defeat but, pleaded for his life by complement everyone in the room, with wands aimed to kill, just like Iago flattered Rodrigo saying that he now had “mental” (IV ii 244) enough to kill Cassio, "making him uncapable of Othello's place," (IV ii 276) ensuring Desdemona's stay. In both cases, this worked. After Peter whispered to Harry, ‘“James wouldn’t have wanted me killed... James would have understood, Harry...he would have shown me mercy...,” (Rowling 374) Harry stopped Sirius form killing Perter. Both of these unsuspecting men succeeded in deceiving the ones who trusted them in a way that deceived their closest friends could not detect, making it easier to accomplish their ultimate selfish goal.
Just as Iago and Peter sought their goals through manipulating various important characters, so to does the girl in "Grenade". Even though her boyfriend is willing to give his life for her to live him, she rejects him and manipulates him so that her needs are met from the relationship while he gets nothing. This parallels the relationship of Othello and Iago. Iago leads Othello to believe that he is in service to Othello when really he plots to destroy him. Othello, ignorant, is willing to do what ever Iago tells him based on the positive rapport they have built. He ignores signs that Iago is lying because of this rapport. For Example, Othello should have realised that Iago changed the subject when talking with Cassio about Desdemona, but looked past it blindly. In the troubled romantic relationship the boyfriend should see that his girlfriend will never change, yet he has hope and continues to sacrifice himself for her. 

Even when he realises that he “[g]ave [her] all [he] had and [she] tossed it in the trash,” (Bruno Mars) he looks past it because of the love that he developed for her. These instances suggest that good people look passed hint of betrayal because they want to see the good in people. View the lyrics to "Grenade"

In all three sources of betrayal, there are examples of betrayal for selfish reasons and the people around them that choose to ignore it. Betrayal happen all the time. In today’s world their are always tough situations, and with them comes easy solutions that involve hurting a friend to gain benefits. Hopefully, when that situation occurs, most people with choose to stick by their friend and stick out the tough times honorable, but there will always be those who decide to do the opposite.

Othello- "Grenade"

Lyrics For Grenade by Bruno Mars
Should've known you were trouble
Oh take, take, take it all
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
Black, black, black and blue
Beat me till I'm numb, tell the devil I said hey
When you get back to where you're from
You smile in my face then rip the breaks out my car

"Grenade" by Bruno mars sums up Iago's relationship to many characters in Othello, but primarily Othello, because Othello believed until seconds before his death that Iago was an honest, humble guy. This song illustrates betrayal by a loved one, and that's exactly what Iago was to Othello, a loved one. The word love is even thrown between them at least once per scene, which is quite unorthodox for our culture. This relationship could be seen as the relationship Bruno Mars had with his betrayer. In the song, her betrayal was often overlooked because of the love that he thought they shared. He would still give every thing for her even though she would sacrifice nothing for him. Othello gave away his whole life on the words of Iago, and if that love were not there, he might have been more skeptical and rational in deciding to kill his wife on the words of one man. One of the most relevant lines is "You smile in my face then rip the breaks out my car", because this is exactly what Iago did. While lying seamlessly, he did not even have to damage anything in Othello's life himself. He successfully convinced Othello to it for him.

Othello- The final speech

"I pray you in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am, nothing extenuate..." V ii 340

Unlike Iago, Othello was repetent and ashamed of what he did. Othello id worried about his reputation, as many men are. He knew how these actions would be told. Through word of mouth the story would undoubtedly be changed for the worse. He wants to make sure that people know the accurate story. He want to insure that people will know of Iago's dishonesty, and never let this situation repeat itself. In this final speech, he once again regains his composure. He is now calm and rash and instantly gets how Iago planned this all out. He last wish was that Iago never be allowed to do this again. Just like when he killed Desdemona so that she could not hurt any other men. He insured Iago would be known, so that he could not hurt anyone else.

Othello- Iago's Asides

"Now I will question Cassio of Bianca..." IV i 91

Even though Othello is the protagonist, the Aside go to Iago because, Othello has nothing to hide. Othello's secrets are known to all the characters, so hearing his inner thoughts would be useless, because they are just as well portrayed directed at another character. On the other hand, getting to know the true Iago would be imposible if not for his inner thoughts and asides to the audience. We would not know that he thought Othello slept with his wife. All the reader would know is that he was clearly creating this deadly situation, but we would not know his plans nor his motives. We barely know his motives with the play as it is written. This is because after he tells the reader, he does not seem to care anymore. He did not even like his wife, and part of his plan was because of her. With out these asides the reader would fairly clueless, which would take away from the suspense of trying to figure out what is going to happen.

Othello- Irony

"He found it, then, I never gave it to him. Send him hither. Let him confess the truth." V ii 66-68

When Desdemona tells Othello to go and talk to Cassio, this references the first act when Othello calmly proves his innocence in marrying Desdemona by telling Barbantio to go ask her. This is ironic because when Othello asked the counsel to do this, it saved him. When Desdemona asked this of Othello, he killed her with out considering the possibility. If he had shown the same calm, collected demeanor, and given Cassio the chance to talk, the truth might have come out. The beginning of play was all about accusations without proof, of which Othello was the center of. He disregarded of of that, and allowed Iago to spin a web of lies around him. Having personal experience with discrimination and people who believe the worst in others with Barbatio and all of the others throughout the play who were racist toward him. Despite all of this he so easily fell for Iago's story with out a rational conversation with Desdemona so that she can explain herself.

Othello- Tragedy

"O blood, blood, blood!" III, iii, 460

Othello is most likely going to result in tragedy from all the foreshadowing about violence and death wishes. When ever someone is angry in this play they resolve to kill the one which the anger was caused or directed at, or themselves to escape the problem all together. With characters who value life so little, there will be life lost. Iago is setting up these characters precisely because he know exactly what makes them vulnerable and puts them into these compromising states. Iago knows that Othello loves Desdemona very much and would be most distraught if something were to happen to her, or if he found out that she were unfaithful. He knows that Cassio is a good man who values his job, so he takes that away from him to make him vulnerable. What is truly guineas, is, up until the third act at least, nobody even suspects him. This makes the preposed death toll even higher, because if this story line continues with out any of the main characters finding out, they will all kill each other.

Othello- Dramatic Suspense

"My Daughter! Oh My Daughter" I, iii, 62

Dramatic Suspense is created throughout this play with over dramatisations. Often time there are character who all of the sudden want to kill themselves or someone else, only to be talked out of it moments late. The obviously happened with Rodriego, When he was so distraught over losing the love that he never actually had that he wanted to end his life by drowning himself. This was all over a woman that he hardly knew, and he was talked out of it quickly. In the time between Iago talking him out of it and him proclaiming suicide, there is suspense created with the audience. Will he kill himself? Why would he kill himself? Possibly, they root for him to do it, because then they do not have to worry about him killing Othello, in a moment of pure  insanity. Suspense is created, in the fact that it is a Shakespearean play, and some one has to die. The reader hopes that someone is not a main character, or tries to figure out who it is throughout the play.

Othello- Character

"I have never met a florentine more kind and honest" III, i, 39

The protagonist in this play is Othello, because he is the character to which all of the events in the story center around, or are in some way related to. He is the one who brought on such a wrath form Iago, by allegedly sleeping with Iago's wife. Iago is obviously the antagonist because of his evil plot to ruin Othello and Cassio. He is the one who make everything go wrong. If it were not for Iago, Desdemona and Othello could have had a happy relatively uneventful life. Since Iago plot to ruin the lives of many of the characters in this story, is incensere and insensitive, he is the clear foil of Cassio, who is kind and genuin. He is so innocent that he still does not know that he is being set up be Cassio, after he has been a pawn in a intricate chess game since before Iago got him drunk. He never questioned other peoples involvement because of the shame he puts on himself for slipping up. Iago appears to have not shame he switches from "honest" to cured in a spit second, with not so much as a second guess.