well... everyone is dead

"But soon,"he cried, with sad and solemn entusiasm," I shall die, and what I now feel be longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct." pg. 166

I guess Victor would have been happy, the monster wishes to die. Thus he shall rid the world of his burdensome prescence. Yet where does that leave the rest of t he cast of this very sad tale, dead!! Saddest book ever! Nothing good ever really happened. Even when Victor was semi-happy he would have to leave his Elizabeth to make another monster that he would abhor. It was a book full of contradiction and stupid decisions. I am still mad that Victor tore up the female monster parts and did not just do what the monster wanted. It makes no sense when he knew that the consequences would be potentially losing all those he loves when it could havebeen him just having a little guilt that he made another being that is ugly!!! What a book...I hate sad endings.

The bromance coming to an end

"Must I then lose this admirable being? I have longed for a friend, I have sought one who wold sympathise ith and love me. Behold, on these desert seas I have found such a one;but, I fear, I have gained only to know his value, and lose him. I wouuld reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea." pg. 157

Well, Victor I think is dying of melancholy. I think that is actually possible in real life but I thought it only possible when one is old and then when decides to die it happens. It think that is the case here with Victor. He has lost his loves of his live and does not wish to replace them with Walton. Walton is so sad mostly for himself by putting out of having someone be able to listen to them. I think that Walton seems almost selfish when he speaks of Victor. He talks of loving him mostly because he sees the potential of Victor being able to listen to him speak about his crazy ideas.

whaat did you think he was going to do??

"Scoffing devil! Again do I vow vengeance; do I devotte thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Never will I give up my search, until he or I perish; and then with what ecstasy shall I join my Elizabeth and departed friends, who even now prepare for me the reward of my tedious toil and horribly pilgrimage!" pg. 152

This stream of consciousness shows Frankenstein's inner feelings. In this chapter that is what one mostly sees. He is so overcome by guilt that he wishes to sleep all day where he can escape reality and be with the people he loves. But i keep thinking, what did he think the monster was going to do , forget? The monster has an infinite amount of time and is bent on concentrating all his efforts on revenge. I feel as though Frankenstein brought this upon himself. Also the stream of consciousness shows the reader the though process of Frank.

Tone of concerned father

"Nay, you may have met with another whom you may love, and , considering yourself bound in honour to Elizabeth, this struggle ay occasion the poignant misery which you appear to feel." pg. 109

Wake up Franky even your own family and recognize you symptons of misery. I wonder if i always acted so downright melancholy if my family would become more and more annoyed because I would not relay to them what actually bothered me. Would they be as supportive? Frankenstein's father is the epitome of the concerned father. He frets that he has cornered his son into a predicament that he wants out of. It is touching that he would voice such concern. Also I find it odd that he would find it so strange that Frankenstein is sad when two people he knew and love has died.

darkness light metaphor

"It surprised me, that what before was desert amd gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure. Mysenseswere gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty." pg 81-82

Many times during this novel there is a metaphor where during the darker months, sadness ensues. Yet during the lighter months all is happiness. It even affects the monster who relays such emotions also to Frankenstein. It makes one think that he is not so different from the human race afterall. He feels and has the same reactions to things as Frankenstein did to light and darkness. It was weird to know that something suposedly so disgusting could have the same feelings. Therefore, he is just as developed as humans and should be treated as one.

I just want to be liked!

"It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration." pg. 81

It still surprises me the level of intelligence that this monster who was only days ago unknowing of the human language is able to make a literary allusion. It is perfect in this context because the monster knows he is of ugly appearance but wishes to be accepted regardless because of his good nature. Yet appearance will always matter. If one is good looking, you are good. If you are hideous, you are already deemed evil. It is nature for humans to judge based on appearance and I can already see what will happen to this monster. He will not be welcomed, rather he will be rejected and fleed from. His appearance is too fearsome and grotesque.

The monsters welcome Home

"'I expected this reception,' said the daemon. 'All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport this with life?'" pg. 68

The fact that this monster is intelligent kind of astonishes me. I find it funny that the creation throws the creator's own words back at him. The monster's right in a way, Victor did make him and went against the laws of nature by creating life. Therefore, he is being still controlling by trying to extinguish this life. Even if Victor feels it is well deserved who is he to say that this creation should die. Although I think I would want to too in this circumstance where others are dead because of this thing. It is still just fitting that the monster reveals the hypocrisy present in Victor's barbed words towards the monster. He also could of prevented it by teaching the monster the social customs of humans.

Inner conflict---the creation turns deadly

"Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts." pg. 60

Victor is beginning to see the consequences of what his experiment are costing. He sees that innocent life has been shed because he did not look beyond making his creation. Rather he just looked at the prospect of succeeding. So now he is affronted with a mind so full of guilt it is hard to remain sane. He is plagued by the fact that he might have caused William and Justine's murder. One for something they did not do and the other for just having bad timing. Although I keep wondering what would make the monster turn murderous? It was never really a monster before that because it had not done anything to give it such a label. yet this act if done by the monster proves that the title for Victor's creation is fitting.

Foreshadow maybe???

"Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw grave-worms crawling in the folds of flannel." pg. 35

NOT ANOTHER DEATH! Frankenstein has definitely lost his mind! I think this shows the great depth to which frankenstein's mind has taken because of this very vivid and metaphorical dream. I think that the picture of Emily dying is a foreshadowing for her sudden death or perhaps maybe she will die naturally. Everything bad has already happened to Frankenstein so I feel like yet another bad disaster is likely to occur. It also seems that the monster's creation triggered this strange dream of death. As though natural death should be the way it is and not be changed by Victor's crazy science experiments.

Frankenstein's OBSESSED!! TAKE NOTE WALTON!!

"Unhappy man! Do you share my madness? Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught? Hear me,- let me reveal my tale, and you will dash the cup from your lips!" pg. 12--parallelism to vicc

I thought this sudden utterance from Victor spoke volumes about the parallelism that is very much illustrated in victor and Walton. They both have sisters that they are very close too...some closer than others. Well, okay Victor's "sister" isn't really his sister they are more like lovers and Elizabeth is adopted. ALso I found this quote especially fitting because of the fact that Victor can clearly see the trait of obsessiveness that has taken root in Walton. The fact that Victor can so easily see this and wants to save him from it speaks volumes of their parallel lives. I do not think it is of any coincidence that Mary shelley first introduced a character so likened to Victor Frankenstein who's last name is the title of this book.

The ending

"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but thats not matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... and one fine morning- So we beat on, boats agains the current, borne back ceaselessly in to the past." pg. 121

At first this conclusion in which the boats are a metaphor for humans being stuck in the part confused me. I did not understand the relevance of the boats and the currents. This is until I saw that the broader message of the book is that Gatsby's behavior is the epitome of human behavior. We learn from mistakes, yes, but we seem to get stuck in what has happened to us. We may see ourselves as moving forward in the future but we may just really be moving backward. It is sad way to end the book but it is also uplifting to know that life goes on. Yes a tragedy occurred but we learn and just try our best against the current which pushes against us everyday. The current of our mistakes of the past that haunt and beat us everyday. Luckily somedays the wind is to our backs and so our sails are able to catch wind and ride off into the sunset. If only that were true everyday of one's life!!!!

The saddest funeral

"'I couldn't get to the house,' he remarked.
'Neither could anybody else.'
'Go on!' He started. 'Why, my God! They used to go there by the hundreds.'" pg. 117

I found this particularly depressing. The only other mourner that comes is the man usually found drunk in the library at Gatsby's parties. It is a sad thing to see that there is only three people in the attendance of your funeral. Does that mean that Gatsby was not a good man or that the people he surrounded himself were people who were selfish and cared not for him? I feel as though it reflects the personality of the society in which Daisy and Tom are apart of. They are of money and therefore have no other cares or comprehensions of the struggles others go through so cannot not really empathize with people. Nor do they look beyond their own, immediate needs. These needs being to have a pleasurably and comfortable life. Gatsby fulfilled this need for the people he invited to his parties so he could gain an in into the beautiful world of the rich. The world in which Daisy is apart of and in the end it did not give him much good because the people that seemed useful never cared for him in the end.

metaphors for the beautiful Daisy

"She had caught a cold, and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever, and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and reserves of the freshness of many clothes, and of daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud about the hot struggles of the poor." pg 100

It seems that Gatsby fell in love with Daisy because of the way she lived and how she was untouched by all things ugly.. aka poverty. This metaphor about Daisy gleaming like silver exemplifies how Gatsby sees Daisy, as someone pure. This is funny because she has really gone through a lot in her life so one would think she is wizened by her experiences. Yet at the end of the story and throughout I feel as though she is a teenager. She is in a fantasy world. How is she so untouched that she still seems naive and not in anyway tarnished by hardship. She faces a husband who is unfaithful and had a baby. Although this child is mentioned and describe twice throughout the course of the story. It seems that her money is what saved Daisy from all things that could make her life in anyway uncomfortable to painful.

Internal conflicts and discoveries for the menfolk

"He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock made him physically sick. i stared at him and then at Tom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before- and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well." pg. 82

What a shocker men finding out that their women have lives of their own and are not always consumed by their men! It seems that even though this internal conflict is really just about the realization that their women are not always so accessible and stable really shakes the men. Tom does not get physically sick like Wilson but he is upset that is perfect little world is about to shatter. Shatter because of Gatsby and because Myrtle is so unhappy with her husband she wishes to leave. ALso i found this conflict kind of nice especially for Tom. I disliked him from the beginning when he had a phone call with his mistress in the middle of a lunch where his wife was present and where it was obvious who he was talking to. It almost felt like a little wake up call for Tom that he is not so perfect that his perfect little wife will just stay with him and be totally in love with him. Although I wished throughout the whole book that Gatsby and Daisy end up together!

paradoxing it up!!

"For awhile these reveries provided an outlet for hi imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the rock of the world was founded securely on a fairy's wing." pg 65

Whatt Fairys in Gatsby?? This flowery language is kind of my thing! Anyways, I really liked this paradox because it helped clarify to me the need for Gatsby to be this person that he obviously works so hard to keep up for Daisy. That person is a rich, sophisticated working man with a pretty fly pink suit. When Fitzgerald begins to really delve into the mind of Gatsby the reader learns of his belief that everything will work out in his favor because it must, because he worked so hard to obtain his goal. His goal being Daisy and the unreality that he sees in what is really happening or the reality is that he will steal Daisy away from Tom. He will steal her away because they have always loved each other. But I seem to have seen from the beggining that Daisy is incapable of deep love or if she is will never risk going for it because she loves her money and everything that she already knows. She will not step outside her little box.

paradoxing it up!!

Gatsby-- The Phantom

"...for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone- he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward- and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock." pg. 15

Gatsby's first appearance made me see why the book was going to be about him. He seemed to be an enigmatic man even from the first description of him. He is almost untouchable because of this enigma that he presents to people. Nick Carroway notices, yet again, the minor details in the way Gatsby holds himself that makes him look untouchable. He gives off the vibe of being utter alone. It is more easily seen because he is standing alone by the pond in the dead of night. Also Gatsby's descriptions allows the reader to begin thinking about the effect that Gatsby will have to the story. I think that he was looking out to Daisy's house having found out that he moved there just to be close to her.

Paradoxes presented by Jordan Baker!!

" 'Anyhow, he gives large parties,' said Jordan, changing the subject with an urban distaste for the concrete. 'And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy.'" pg 33

This paradox was quite funny to me. Jordan seems to be full of them. Her philosophy about things seem, at times, so backwards. But in reality I see what she is saying. She speaks that at Large parties one is able to hide themselves, almost, within the enormous crowd and carry on conversations without the risk of being heard. They won't likely be heard because of the noise from all the other party-goers chatting amongst themselves as well. Also in smaller parties one is surrounded by people that one cannot escape from if one wanted alone time. It is not as easy as in a larger party because of the same people who are all there and can easily hear everyone. Jordan seems to see this when she makes his statement to Nick.

Why is Gatsby so"great"

"He Smiled understandingly- much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced- or seemed to face- the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey." pg.32

During the course of the book I've been searching for the meaning behind "Great" which is before Gatsby's name. I never understood what could make a man so great or so enigmatic that one simply had to write a journal about their meetins like Carroway did. This description of him simply illustrated the quality in Gatsby that is so irresistible. It is the quality that is seen through nothing more insignificant than a smile. A smile that encompasses all the qualities one wishes to have and to convey. It is acceptance, understanding, and complete confidence in the person you are smiling at. Somehow Nick Carroway is able to see this in Gatsby. I think this instant is what captures Nick to Gatsby. He finds something foreign in Gatsby that has not presently been shown to him by others that have surrounded him in his society.

Internal Conflict a brewing

" As for Tom, the fact that he "had some woman in New York" was really less surprising than that he had been depressed by a book. Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart." pg. 14

Tom always puts off a vibe of absolute confidence in all that he says and does. His gruff manner is not always supposed to be taken threateningly but rather that is just how he is. He is a man who is full of testosterone and wants more from life. Nick even sees the conflict of unrest brewing in him. One could also tell from the the beginning when Nick gave the background of the Buchanans. He said that they travelled around the world only settling down briefly before picking up and leaving yet again. I think this quote exemplifies this unrest that fills him. It is why he seeks pleasure else where and unfaithful to Daisey, who obviously knows of the affair. It makes me less and less sympathetic because he is just another dumb rich man who has so much money he does not know what to do with it and is therefore restless with thoughts and ideas of what he should be doing.

Tom B what a G---direct characterization

"Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward. Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body-he seemed to fill those glistening botts until he strained the top lacing, and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat. It was a body capable of enormous leverage-a cruel body." pg 5

In this excerpt the reader is presented with a direct characterization of Tom Buchanan, described from the perspective of Nick Callaway. When I first read this I was struck by the way in which Tom was so directly described. I think it was to create a perfect picture of what Gatsby's "competitor" for Daisy's affections looks like. He is obviously a gruff and intimidating man so one would automatically assume no one would challenge him. I think the direct characterization provides not only the picture but the foreshadow of how this person will affect the outcome of the story. For when such a dynamic person in appearance is described it opens the doors to possibilities that this character may add to the plot. Also Tom's features not only describe him physically but when Nick talks about him "always leaning aggressively forward" that also seems to describe his personality of being confrontational. So not only can one gather the physical aspects of Tom but one can see the personality traits visible on his person.

Drama-Death

During the course of the story I thought maybe the title is just really a metaphor for the death of Willy's psyche. It think it was literal as well as metaphorically. Willy did die in the mind. He became so incapable of normalcy because of his lack of knowledge of what was present and what was not. His flashbacks ruled his mind and showed the readers what he used to be. He was the big man on campus but only for a short time in business as well as with his sons who adored him. Everyone knows that something is going to happen to Willy because of the title but what makes the play dramatic is the way in which we see Willy deteriorate. We watch as little snippets of information of his past resurface explaining why Biff hates him so much. These little informational flashbacks provide clarity on what makes Willy, Willy. We then understand why he is going insane. He hates that is amounted to nothing...in his opinion. In his wife, Linda's opinion, Willy is a god. But the real dramatic flair of the story are the ways in which secrets are revealed about things that was almost talked about in code in the dialogue between the characters when in the present.

Realism

During the course of the play the reader is presented with scenarios of reality and flashbacks. I feel that this is a very realistic play in how there are occurrences where people can fall to madness. But what made it seem almost too unrealistic were the names of the children, Biff and Happy, along with Willy's flashbacks. They seemed so rehearsed in the way that Biff would say "gee, dad we surely did miss you." It almost seemed overdone on purpose. It was like Willy's memory was overdoing the scenes from the past to make them sappy and cheesy. Also the way in which Willy's flashback began to mix with his dialogue with his flashback. I think Willy's delusions of good times from the past along with bad are stemming from occurrences that remind him that are in the present. It makes a very confusing read but when broken down it brings two realities one from the past and one from the present together. Any person would go insane from all the different thoughts that are seemingly uncontrolled and spontaneous on what one will remember!

DO I sense some favortism

So while reading the story I was angered at how the parents really ignored Happy. He was described as as exuding "raw sexuality" and seemed to have a good relationship with his brother, Biff, so i assumed both parents would love them equally. Well I was extremely wrong because the entire story seems to revolve around Willy and Biff's relationship. Yes Willy is the central character and we the readers watch while he falls into delusions but he always talks about Biff. I mean even Linda ignores Happy when he says "I think I'm getting married mom." All LInda does in reply is ok well get some rest!!! I feel like there is a significance in the way Happy is treated but I do not see it. I know he is very selfish and even disowns his own father in public but he almost has a reason to. When Willy was off admiring Biff all happy wants is to be acknowledged on if his father sees he is losing weight. There is the image of perfection that seems to be the main point in the story. The family must appear perfect to the outside world. they must be on top in all that they do. And in the end Happy the child who was clearly not the favorite is the one that wants to be on top in the business world for his father. The very reason his father went insane and Biff is the only one who seems to understand and see that.

My take on the glass menagerie

I really thought that this play was very modern. Even though it was in the 1930's it still possessed timeless problems that every family in every generation can go through or has gone through. The only difference is in the way the drama unfolds. A picture of the deadbeat father would not light up in a moment of dramatic irony when the son would say something that alluded to the father. Things such as that do not happen. But regardless, the play was really about a dysfunctional family trying to keep everything together. The only one who seemed the most able to, in the end, fled from his family. Tom could not take being in the enclosed space. I think the portrait of the father lighting up when Tom talked was a foreshadowing of how Tom would run out on his family jus like his dear old dad. The only thing I was confused about was the symbolism in Laura blowing out the candle at the end.

Glass Menagerie---Glass a metaphor

Through out the play I was trying to piece together the significance of the glass menagerie which is the title of the play. It is also repeated several times throughout the play by characters and also in the stage directions where music called the "Glass Menagerie" is sometimes played. I could not figure it out until in the stage directions there is a description of Laura as being fragile and possessing a different kind of beauty. It really made me see how Laura who takes care of these glass animals is also a fragile girl. Since she is so shy because of being crippled she becomes a very different girl that goes unnoticed and has a gentle temperment. She is always worrying about her glass menagerie breaking when in reality she herself is worrying about herself breaking. Amanda the mother is also on the precipice of the breaking point when she has erractic behaviour about her past and present circumstances. It becomes apparent that this family is on thin ice with their relationship with each other and also in how they deal with the problems they are faced with.

The Glass Menagerie--Reality and Nonrealistic

DUring the course of the glass menagerie the reader is included in the narrations led by Tom, a character in the play. He starts out by distinctly describing the way in which the play will be carried out and then proceeds to describe how his memory is not all realistic. That is what struck me. Since when is memory not realistic? Then it hit me, sometimes when one remembers an event their mind can formulate their own perception of what happened. One can make an event more happy or sad or any other emotion. Tom did not so much say this but alluded to it in his very long, wordy speech. SO memory is what makes the play have a dream like quality and make it non realistic. While some part of it have been remembered correctly so they are in fact real. I think the memory is what gives the play its dramatic effect which makes it able to be on the stage and engage the audience with the dramatic ironies added onto the play.

Act 3 how do I know thee?

Yes all of my titles rhyme...i thought it needed a little pep! in this act i feel like Iago really is setting the ball rolling. He gets Cassio out of his position so he will start talking to Desdemona for help. It is an ingenious plan. It also makes me despise Iago all the more. His reasons for hating the more are so stupid and shallow that I cannot help but to cringe everytime he comes up with yet another plan. FOr usually the villian make a mistake and do not win. they are very close but do not make such strategic moves. His moves are gaining momentum and making more waves in Othello's little world of honorable people. He will begin to despise Desdemona it is inevitable.O sad, sad days!

Act 2 O lord not you!

In act 2 it is obvious to see that this play is a tragedy. There is only one way that shakespeare likes to end his tagedies...with DEATH!! when i found out it was a tragedy i prepared myself for suicide and other forms of horrible deaths that would happen when there is a jealous lover in a story that shakespeare has written. It has taken the regular amount of time, i would say, for Iago to make Othello begin to doubt Desdemona. For he needs to provide proof and planting the seeds is what he first does before he has all the "facts" he needs to prove Desdemona's infidelity.

ACT 1 here I come!

I was actually extremely excited about reading a shakespeare play contrary to everyone else in the class! But I was then reminded by a friend that this was a tragedy so I already gathered what would happen in the end. But act 1 was full of happiness well, as long as you forget about Iago plotting evil plans and using everyone around him for his own gain. In the beginning the reader is put in the middle of an interaction between Iago and Roderigo and their shady dealings. They talk about how Roderigo respects his reward a.k.a-DESDEMONA in return of all his money he gave to Iago! Iago is such a foil with all the noble men presented in this work so far. Even from the begining you see how he uses everyone around to achieve something for himself.Othello is the perfect example of an honorable man and very smart too who is a foil to the evil but also cunning Iago who seeks certain things for himself and is a star manipulator.

Othello

So far i am very intrigued on how Shakespeare is going to continue the play. The plot was very much laid out to the audience in the beginingand so there is not much guessing on what will happen. The suspense lies in HOW it will happen. How will Iago perform such evil deeds to Othello unnoticed and unsuspected by all? It is baffling to me that no one notices how Iago is so deceptive. The fact that he is so rude to his wife and even a little to Desdamonda should probably inform people of his character. But he is an excellent actor and knows how to manipulate people to do his will. I feel as though I already know what will happen at the end considering this is a tragedy. I don't much like tragedies but so far true love seems to be staying strong. We will see for how long.

Othello realistic or no?

I think the themes used in Othello make it a very realistic play. The theme of jealousy and revenge are common human emotions that many of us experience. For example Iago in the end of Act 1 speaks of his plan to frame Cassio of having an affair with Othello's new wife Desdemona. Such an evil act is something that I consider very possible by people today. The thought of revenge crosses everyone's mind. Although Iago is very much evil in his doings it is not anything above what a person very much bent on revenge would do. He also mentions in Act 2 "a wife for a wife" he is furious of the rumors circulating about Othello and his wife and wishes to destroy Othello's trust in Desdemonda for revenge. Also there are no dramatic departures in this play. When someone needs to leave to appear as though they are going somewhere else it is perfectly normal when they depart.

OTHELLO-ques 3

The suspense created thus far is mostly due to Iago. SInce we the readers know of his maniacal plan we keep waiting for what he plots next. He may have an aside about what he plans to do but we keep waiting. We wait for when Iago will succeed in turning Othello against his beloved Desdemonda.It is sometimes confusing as to whether Iago has any allegiance to Roderigo.Then we see how he talks so callously of really everyone that surrounds him. The fact that he uses and abuses people makes him a perfect person to provoke disasters. We the readers wait for this because he keeps talking of his plans for Othello's downfall.