How does othello react when he find out the truth?

Question

Do you agree that he was one who loved not wisely but too weel?

Answer 1

Iago's false seeds never would have taken root if the ground had not been furtile. On the surface, Othello believed in Desdamona's innocence, but several ideas rotted his faith out from the inside.

1) The idea that a white, Catholic, upper class woman could love a African, Muslim, former slave.

2) His explanation of how/why Desdamona fell in love had more to do with his troubled past than the man himself.

3) He was aware of social practices in Venitian society, of how wives married usually for money and power, then found love in the shadows.

4) He was a soldier, unaccustomed to daily life in the presence of women, but all too familiar with the worst in mankind.

5) Remember what Desdamona's father said to him - "Look to her, Moor. She has decieved her father, and may thee."

6) He understood men, women, not so much. He trusted Iago with his life, a fellow commrade-at-arms. Othello had no reason not to believe.

Othello killed Desdamona because her 'crime' stained his reputation - to borrow from Cassio - and killed himself because he could not face the loss of his at being duped by Iago.

Did Othello truly love Desdamona? Undoubtly. Did Othello believe she loved him? Ay, there's the rub.

Hope this helps!

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Answer 2

yes i think,othello never trusted desedemona although he loved her so much.he believed wht other people told him. he was brainwashed by ppl which ultimately lead him to kill her.hence i agree that he was one who loved not wisely but to weel.

Answer 3

I do not.As a matter of fact,I find that he is too impulsive.This is what brings abt his downfall.He makes as erious error of judgement of believing Iago's lies and kills Desdemona who loves only him and who is disinherited by her father for marrying a moor.When he kills himself upon learning the truth,we do pity him,but not as much as we pity Desdemona.