Ella Redmond - Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Tragic Flaw (Othello Poem- Ella) 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.