Iago & War

I thought the statement by Harold Bloom was interesting. To start-off games are meant to be recreational and often not taken seriously; however, at times can require strategy and even deceitfulness to win. The fact that Iago had to strategize and become deceitful in order to achieve his goal of vengeance on Othello is proof of Iago's game of war. He had to lie and come up with faulty stories to con everyone. Religion is something sacred and respected. It is taken seriously at all times. I believe Iago's religion of war was represented earlier in the play, when he would fight for a worthy cause, or at least for the sake of war. He wasn’t fighting for personal gain. Iago goes from fighting on the battlefield to warring everywhere and with everyone. I believe that in the beginning of the play Iago fought religious war, but in the end he played the game of war.

After reading Oedipus Rex...

After reading Oedipus Rex I walked away confused. In the class discussion the question was "Should I want to know my fate, or would it be wrong to choose not to?" I stood by what I believed was ethical and responsible; however, everyone had a different argument. In the end my decision was dependant on the given circumstances. Oedipus followed the prophecy, by killing his father and marrying and having children with the king's wife, who was also his mother. I stand by my opinion that he was wrong and it was responsible of him, especially due to the role that he played, to find out the truth. The story sparked deep thought, and the analysis went beyond the surface to various different things.

Important Words of Wisdom

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. " Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Important words of wisdom

"You are responsible for what you are doing and experiencing now, therefore you are responsible for the destiny you will experience in the future." You Have Chosen to Remeber, by James Cisneros