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A 7 page analysis of Hamlet and Othello, with an emphasis on what passages in the lay reveal about Othello's character, as opposed to Hamlet's. No additional sources cited.
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While both men feel prodded to action, specifically bloody revenge, they each have to wrestle with doubt as to whether the course they take is just. Having determined to their
own satisfaction that revenge is warranted, each man faces it with reluctance and trepidation, realizing that the price of justice is to forfeit something of their own humanity. In
comparing passages from both plays, the differences between Hamlet and Othello also become clear. Othello is used to the battlefield, an area of human interaction that has well-defined lines
between good and evil, friend and foe. He is also used to trusting in men, his comrades in arms, and relatively little contact with women. What he hears from Iago
does not fit with the reality that he perceives, yet he believes it, which indicates that Othello is not quite as confident as he appears, at least where women are
concerned. This deep set insecurity on Othellos part serves to substantiate his belief in Iagos lies since, deep down, he does not truly believe that a woman such as Desdemona
could love him. These passages illustrate that Othello is much more direct in this thinking then Hamlet, less philosophical. A soldier, a man of action, Othello sees people
and situations in black and white terms. Therefore, he is less tolerant of sin and more judgmental then his Danish counterpart. While each man is appalled at what he considers
to be whorish and immoral behavior on the part of a woman -- Hamlet, in regards to his mother, and Othello in regards to Desdemona -- Hamlet is more lenient,
more willing to allow for repentance. While eventually does murder both his mother and the king, his uncle, earlier in the play, Act
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