From start to finish, Othello changes character in several ways.The comparison between his initial and final traits have vast contrast, as he went through a complete transformation . Not only do the examples of what Othello went through show an individual metamorphosis of a person, but the ability for evil to replace good when one is faced with certain conditions. Manipulation can have intense power over a person, especially when fused with the forces of jealousy.
Transformation of Othello's Character Traits 1 Othello is stable and powerful He is a general and is put in charge of Cyprus 2 Othello is calm and polite He calls the senators 'noble' and 'masters' 3 Othello is an outsider He is called 'The Moor' 4 Othello loves Desdemona He calls her 'my soul's joy' 5 Othello is manipulated by Iago He asks for and believes 'the proof' Iago gives 6 Othello is jealous He calls Desdemona 'the fair devil' 7 Othello's feelings towards his marriage change in the play He was happy then talks of the 'curse of marriage' 8 Othello becomes unstable He trembles at news of an affair between Cassio and his wife, then 'falls in a trance' 9 Othello regrets killing his wife He asks to be 'roasted in sulphur' as punishment for killing her
Othello is jealous He calls Desdemona 'the fair devil'. Othello's feelings towards his marriage change in the play He was happy then talks of the 'curse of marriage'. Othello becomes unstable He trembles at news of an affair between Cassio and his wife, then 'falls in a trance'.
"Let it work for you ... let me hold you," he instructs his assistant Ken (JW Spina).
He is there to serve Rothko's artistic career, not to develop his own. Ken is the voice of the youthful modernist movement. Although he is not outwardly a modernist painter, he is very much aware of the publicity, commissions and consumerist culture which the latest crop of artists are simply cashing in on.