Othello and Ethics of Care
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SummaryWhile considering the time period and by closely evaluating how events and people play against each other, Shakespeare’s Othello can be considered a full bodied and consummate feminist work. In fact, Shakespeare’s close and dramatic critique of a system of absolutes in a patriarchal military society makes this work a template or preceding influence on what is known as feminist ethics, or care ethics today. While reading this play again I could not help but evaluate it under a feminist lens, and by scrutinizing how each character reacts in a system of events I feel that Shakespeare moves closer and closer toward an ethic of care, or one based on a personal relationships, individuality, and communal responsibility. This sharply opposes the existing system in the play that is military, justice-based, and overwhelmingly focused on honor.
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- Iago is undoubtedly one of the most finely hewn and crafted characters.
- It would obviously be bombastic to call Iago a care ethicist.
- The play can be considered a richly feminist work.
- Othello's tragic failure to break from the absolute ideas of the importance of chastity, honor, and the military.
- The essential goal of feminism is to destroy all limiting doctrines and templates.
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