Falling Back Into Order

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man, Othello was characteristically very ambitious. He probably did not consider Desdemona an equal, but she represented all the good he could attain or accomplish. Othello told Iago, “My demerits may speak unbonneted to as proud a fortune as this that I have reached.” Othello loved Desdemona as an extension of himself, and in his greatest moments of happiness, his marriage was sustained by an idealized vision of himself serving as the object of his exalted romantic passion.4
When Othello exclaimed, “When I love thee not, chaos is come again,” in response to Desdemona’s willing obedience to him, it served as foreshadowing. The passionate intensity of his love prepared the way for his tragedy.5 In his mind, he set up a romanticized idea of his wife, a standard so high, that Iago was able to create doubt and use it against him later on. Othello’s world began to spiral out of control when Iago led him on to believe that Desdemona was being unfaithful to him.6 Othello protested that he would never obey the changes of the moon; he kneele...