Blog #3- The shift from religion to war

When we first meet Iago, we are immediately aware of his less than virtuous intentions. He was taking Roderigo's money to woo Desdemona and using it for other purposes. In his first scene with Othello, Iago makes it seem that Othello's reputation as a war hero should be looked upon highly, and admired. In a way, he seems to treat Othello as the God of war and that the city is full of his grateful servants. Unbeknown to the audience, this deceiving behavior was a front for Iago's true feelings of jealousy and spite.
In an attempt to prove Harold Goddard's theory true, textual evidence of Iago's changing behavior toward Othello would need to be found. Also, evidence of Iago's manipulation of all the characters would point toward the shift from religion to game. There is plenty of textual evidence to show that Iago is a "moral pyromaniac." One of the best examples of this is when he asks Emilia to retrieve Desdemona's handkerchief. He has so few moral standards that he will ask his wife to assist in his evil plan (and ask her on numerous occasions.) This story doesn't play out much like a game of dominos, push one over, and they all fall down. Ironically, this can also be said for the way in which a fire spreads.

Post 1- I love every part of this blog

This is a quote from my favorite book, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

• "She was made up of all of these good and these bad things...She was the books she read in the library...Part of her life was made from the tree growing rankly in the yard. She was the bitter quarrels she had with her brother whom she loved dearly. She was Katie's secret, despairing weeping. She was the shame of her father staggering home drunk...She was all of these things and of something more...It was something that had been born into her and her only."

My favorite, most inspirational quote (Which happens to be in my senior ad...)-

• "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land among the stars." -Les Brown

A picture of my favorite place in the entire world and also where I'll be living next year!-

Post #2- Hmmm. I'll have to think on it...

After reading Oedipus, I was shocked to find that the story was still so easy to relate to everyday life, even after these many years. Our basic emotions have not changed, and I am doubtful they will. Although the everyday situations that we are in may have changed drastically, we all love and hate. Though we may not all believe in fate (including myself,) we are all aware of human connections and the fact that we are given the willpower to choose with whom these connections will be made.
Outside of the story, I was more shocked to see the differences in beliefs among the class. When discussing whether we would wish to know our fate if we were able to, It surprised me how people who have gone to the same school together since they were six, and live in the same small town can have such different view points. This made me question why I personally don't believe in fate, yet would wish to know mine if it did exist. I'm still thinking about why my personality has formed like that, and that's in a large part due to Oedipus Rex.