Theme ~Sin~ ( 1000 Words)

The are inextricably related themes between 'Doctor Fausturs' by Christopher Marlowe and 'Othello' by William Shakespeare in this Elizabethan Literature. Specifically, the analysis of the comparison in 'Othello' and 'Doctor Fausturs' depicts significant connections between the themes and the existence of the motifs of villains which is depicted as the notorious and awfully evil characters who's purpose to live in the world is to ruin others people lives. Furthermore there is an obvious presence of the idea of Sin in both Plays. Iago is considered as the green eyed monster who take its toll on Othello, Iago lies mess up Othello’s mind and makes him apprehensive, worried and woolgather. Iago has managed to so successfully manipulate Othello’s perceptions of reality, mostly through the use of language, that Othello is floundering with reality and can only cling to the false notions of reality that are constructed for him by Iago. Othello started to convince that Desdemona has done an irrevocable mistake and therefore turn her cold shoulders to him and camouflage herself with mask and pretending in love with him and therefore chose Cassio who is an well mannered and attractive young man as her lover. Othello refused to be culkolded because it may disgrace him and loose his honour as he has made every hardest effort and all out in his life and bear many affliction of dangers, slavery and battles. Othello afraid to loose Desdemona’s love as he won her love at the first place. The sense of insecurity of Othello could be viewed as a sin that comes to light when Iago starts to place the idea of a surreptitious affair between Desdemona and Cassio into Othello’s mind. As soon as Othello’s mind has been intoxicated and poisoned by Iago he starts pondering about his mistakes his skin colour and weaknesses as a root course of Desdemona is unfaithful to him. he begins to treat his wife with an increasing amount of suspicion. In the monologue he murmurs ‘Haply for I am black And have not these soft parts of conversation That chamberers have, or for I am declined Into the vale of years – yet that’s not much – 5 She’s gone, I am abused, and my relieve Must be to loath her.’ He start to feel with guilty and suppress by his self inferiority complex as he is a black man and then thinking that he lacks of ‘ soft parts of conversation’. The Sin that Iago has make is he manage to instigate Othello and successfully manipulates the other people’s mind and obtain their trust and his cruel machinations to destroy Othello in silence owing to his jealousy. This is resembles the satanic or evil figure which is the dark side of human beings. The idea of evil and sin is intertwined and seldom separated in the era of elizabethan literature.
Doctor Fausturs by Christopher Marlowe is pertaining a man who regards study in the fields of logic, law, divinity and medicine and he abandoned all those field of study and chose to practice black magic. Although he has mastered the critical disciplines but owing to his wild ambition he is seeking a further and more beneficial and challenge so he turns to black magic. Dr Fausturs is famous for his accomplishments but he felt that the limitation of human knowledge which is leading him to his downfall.
He finally deals with the Satan through Mephastophilis and paves his way for his own doom by signing a contract with the Satan whereas he will get what he yearns for and he has t relinquish his sould for 288 Months to the Satan. Doctor Faustus teeming with significant theme i.e Sin which is interrelated to the play Othello. After being accepted by the Satan Fausturs begins his years brimming with sinful nature. Faustus yearns for power, complimentary and attached himself with trickery. Dr Faustus’s intense curiosity drives him to pay the price for the attainment of his goal. As the saying goes, ‘ curiosity kills the cat’. When he starts writing the contract his blood clots which is the symbol of forbidden from his inner self .
Furthermore one of the obvious themes in Doctor Faustus is pertaining good and evil. From the beginning of the play we could comprehend that Dr Fausturs realise that he himself is stuck between good and evil, knowing the difference and aftermath of the two, but he takes a beating and oppressed by his ambition and thirst for worldly pleasures. Faustus yearns for mortal gratification is personified through the seven deadly sins who all talk to him and trying to delude him. Faustus’s sin lead him to his own damnation can be detected in the following excerpt : “Faustus’ indulgence in sensual diversions, for, once being committed to the pact with Satan, Faustus partakes of the sop of sensuality to blot out his fears of impending damnation”. Besides he also strunggle between good and evil which is depicted through the good and evil angels whose trying to affect his decision and attitude. We could sense that the Good angels is the depiction of the symbol of virtue and the Evil angels portrayal of symbol of vice.
Although Dr Faustus fathoms the aftermath of his decision to listen to the evil angel than the good angel finally he is unable to resist the temptations of the worldly and mortal pleasures. In the long run Dr Faustus is still indecisive whether he should regret and return to the path of God or follow his usually contract with the Satan. He faces his internal struggle and he is vascillating between two options. Moreover, In the Othello’s Play Iago’s battle against Othello and Cassio certainly is portrayed in theme. Iago and his evil battle to orrupt. Iagoeventually has to face the music and neither he has obtained what he wants, as both of Desdemona and Emilia are dead. Finally he is unable to escpae from the full circle and he is punished for what he has done.

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