her husband, Iago, betrays Desdemona and steals her precious handkerchief. Emilia does this "to please Iagos fancy"( 3.3 lines 290-295). By the time Emilia realizes her horrible mistake, Desdemona is dead which could possibly be partly due to Emilia's misgivings. Cassios love and admiration for Othello leaves him constantly striving to regain Othellos love and respect. Even after being demoted by Othello, Cassio still loves and shows the utmost respect for Othello by saying "I would rather sue to be despised than to deceive/ so good a commander with so drunkenofficer." Love is the central emotional attitude in the play, Othello. Yet, love does not help the characters workout their problems.Feelings of insecurities, in the characters, further develop out of their love or attachment to a certain character character. Othello is already insecure about his place in Venetian society, but to face losing Desdemona love to a younger white male is just too much for him. Susan Snyder states "Barbantio, Iago and finally Othello see the love Between Othello and Desdemona as unnatural, nature erring from it self." Othello expresses this through his statement,. . . Haply for I am blackand have no soft parts of conversation That chambers have, or for I am declined Into vale of years- yet thats not much-Shes gone. I am abused, . . . Furthermore Desdemona finds herself and her self-worth in question after Othellos cruel treatment to her. She says " And his unkindness may defeat my life,/ But never taint my love" (4.2 line 159-160) Shakespeare makes the characters think love will bring them the most joy, but it actually brings them the most pain and suffering. This is done to portray that uncertainly of all that is in life and to make one think more about putting all ones faith, or hope in one object or person. In Othello, the most prominent emotions of love, jealousy and finally hate lead into one another to further intensify each and bring about a most...
