- ""If it were now to die 'twere now to be more happy." That was her feeling - Othello's feeling, and she felt it, she was convinced, as strongly as Shakespeare meant Othello to feel it, all because she was coming down to dinner in a white frock to meet Sally Seton!" (p. 35)
Virginia Woolf alludes to Shakespeare's
Othello, a tragedy which deals with various themes such as love, betrayal, and jealousy. In the play, the main character, Othello, kills his wife out of immense jealousy. After killing her, he commits suicide realizing that his envy was unnecessary. Clarissa relates her feelings regarding Sally Seton to Othello's story as she remembers how she loved Sally long ago. Like Othello, Clarissa use to feel excitement, anxiety, and strong emotion towards Sally when love powered her decisions and controlled her feelings.
Works Cited:
"Othello."
SparkNotes. Web. 27 Sept. 2009. http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/othello/summary.html.
Photo Credit:
Othello Bouchet and Gonzalez. Photograph.
Wikipedia. Web. 27 Sept. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Othello_Bouchet_and_Gonzalez.jpg.
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