Othello Case

Othello

Roderigo’s View/Attitude on Othello’s Marriage

I, Roderigo, can’t believe that she married that man! The one they call Othello. The Moor. What does he have that I don’t? I’m rich and I’m young!! Am I not desirable?! I will be the one to admit it…. I am desperate for Desdemona’s hand in marriage. He is not deserving of her. She is too magnificent, too fair, too lovely and too wonderful. And yet she chose him. Just the thought of knowing that she chose him, HIM, over me makes one sick to the stomach and weak to the knees. I loved her for so long and now my heart feels betrayed. I will do anything for her hand. I will kill myself and die a thousand deaths, if it means that the lovely Desdemona will no longer be married to the Moor.

I am even considering taking up Iago’s offer and helping him kill Cassio, as he seems to have befriended the fair Desdemona. I believe that Iago will help me to achieve my goal. I believe in him; giving him all my money to ensure that Desdemona is with the right man. Me! And only me! Oh how I lust for the sweet nectar of her lips; the warm feel of her skin, but now some other wretched man is smelling the perfume of what should be my delicate flower; engulfing themselves with the womanly heat of my ray of sunshine. Oh how it angers me to know that what should be rightfully mine is in the hands of another. The Moor! I’ll kill him! He has taken my only chance at happiness and is enjoying himself in his sheets. Desdemona, you shall soon be mine!

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