Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tragic Flaw Othello Poem- Ella by Ella Redmond Lyrics
1:
Among five acts and fifteen scenes
The only things noticeable
Were the “places” and the “horses”
2:
It was of one mind
A predator
In which he poured his mind
Omniscient and ubiquitous
He shared a story of animals
3:
The “Barbary Horse” or
The “personification of honor”
Opposites intertwined in one habitat
Opinionated spectators observe
The general Kings of the world
And the bottom chain
4:
The “Horse” insisted on keeping his “place”
His position pushed perseverance
5:
But “tragedy purifies affections by pity”
Speaks after his chances
6:
“Exchange for a goat” to preserve pride
Place rank before truth to self
Self deprecation for popularity
7:
A web spun so thick by a clever “Spider”
Brings the kingdom of insects to the top
And the man to their knees
8:
The Moor hath caused
These animals wail at the levels of their predators
Beards identify as one
9:
A flaw in the eyes of Macbeth and Oedipus
A flaw in the mind of Othello
All titled to the one with the worst flaw
10:
He Teaches a lesson
The hero who creates it all
11:
After all, animals must exist to keep the world at peace
Violence is peace
12:
Let red rain soak the pages through
But “Moor, she was chaste”
Speaks after her chances
13:
They lead them, us, you
To a place like him, her
Thirteen times Thirteen ways Thirteen flaws
Use the ways to fix
Thesis:
Shakespeare incorporates the motif of animals into his tragic play ‘Othello’ to emphasize the importance of the theme of hierarchy and how power hunger, a tragic flaw for many characters leads to the downfall of more than just one of the protagonists, Othello.
Bibliography:
Shakespeare, William, Louis B. Wright, and Virginia A. LaMar. The Folger Library General Reader’s Shakespeare. New York: Washington Square, n.d. Print.
Among five acts and fifteen scenes
The only things noticeable
Were the “places” and the “horses”
2:
It was of one mind
A predator
In which he poured his mind
Omniscient and ubiquitous
He shared a story of animals
3:
The “Barbary Horse” or
The “personification of honor”
Opposites intertwined in one habitat
Opinionated spectators observe
The general Kings of the world
And the bottom chain
4:
The “Horse” insisted on keeping his “place”
His position pushed perseverance
5:
But “tragedy purifies affections by pity”
Speaks after his chances
6:
“Exchange for a goat” to preserve pride
Place rank before truth to self
Self deprecation for popularity
7:
A web spun so thick by a clever “Spider”
Brings the kingdom of insects to the top
And the man to their knees
8:
The Moor hath caused
These animals wail at the levels of their predators
Beards identify as one
9:
A flaw in the eyes of Macbeth and Oedipus
A flaw in the mind of Othello
All titled to the one with the worst flaw
10:
He Teaches a lesson
The hero who creates it all
11:
After all, animals must exist to keep the world at peace
Violence is peace
12:
Let red rain soak the pages through
But “Moor, she was chaste”
Speaks after her chances
13:
They lead them, us, you
To a place like him, her
Thirteen times Thirteen ways Thirteen flaws
Use the ways to fix
Thesis:
Shakespeare incorporates the motif of animals into his tragic play ‘Othello’ to emphasize the importance of the theme of hierarchy and how power hunger, a tragic flaw for many characters leads to the downfall of more than just one of the protagonists, Othello.
Bibliography:
Shakespeare, William, Louis B. Wright, and Virginia A. LaMar. The Folger Library General Reader’s Shakespeare. New York: Washington Square, n.d. Print.