othello
...ilia, Roderigo, Othello and himself is Iago. The context in which the story was written and set influences the Christian belief in good and evil, which makes Iago, in the eyes of the audience, evil. The moral of Othello is that one should trust their loved ones overall because true love always prevails, even if only in death over pride, anger and evil. Firstly, both Oedipus and Othello's story lines rely upon the use of dramatic irony. The audience needs to know what the characters do not, in order to have the desired dramatic effect. In Oedipus, the audience must know that Oedipus himself is the killer of Laios when he does not so that we can appreciate the search for truth for what it really is. In Othello, the audience must know of Iago's plan to be able to see the turn of events from an outsider's point of view, not one of the characters. Secondly, the themes in Othello do relate to the context, the context in this case being the time era in which the play was written and where it was written and set. The main theme that affects the story line is that of racism. Because Othello is a black man, a "Moor" and the status he has compared to the rest of his people at the time, plays a large role in the events of the story. Iago claims to hate Othello because of his race "I hate the Moor, my cause is hearted …. ". Also because of his race, Othello is insecure about Desdemona's love for him because of his appearance and this is what Iago plays upon to succeed in his destruction of Othello's life. The theme in Oedipus in relation to the context is the writer's own era in which he lived and his culture, being Greek. Because of this the main theme is the gods role in Oedipus's life and the story relies upon that. Although the question: if Oedipus had followed the gods all along, would the prophecy still have come true, still remains, the point is that he didn’t. Thirdly, the technique used in Oedipus in relation to the context is the dramatic language used and the way that ...