Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Othello 2

As with any quality play, foreshadowing will likely be clear in the plot.  This being the case, Shakespeare decided to use foreshadowing in Othello through the characters Desdemona and Bianca.  The most obvious example of foreshadowing came from the song the Desdemona sang while her and Bianca were in her chambers.  Though this song does not exactly foreshadow a death, it doesadow foreshadow negative things that may soon occur.  "I called my love false love..."(IV, iii, 53, Shakespeare).  This quote shows the Desdemona may be believing that her first love, Othello, may have been an actual false love.  Additionally, her placing her wedding sheets on my be sign that she is ready to die.  Earlier, she implies that she wished to end this marriage on the seem sheets that it started on.  This could be foreshadowing for a possible death later on.  

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