Let Us Blame Ourselves for the Actions We Take

   Lies no matter the size, whether made innocently or to reach a certain objective can be hurtful to the one being lied to. They arise a feeling that only the victim seems to be aware of, or at least at first. Other times, the deceiver so fine in his work, becomes aware of what he is creating within the victim; he insists on unceasing the lie, to bring the one fooled to a point where he wil not be able to control the power of his emotions, and most importantly control himself. But the feeling does not stop from there, it keeps growing uncomfortably, increasing until the one deceived takes the decision to get rid of that sentiment. The actions taken due to those lies are different for everyone, for we all have dissimilar ways to cope with different situations. However knowing such does not always stop us from being mindful of others, their feelings and what those lies we have so profoundly made up can provoke.

    One of William Shakespeare's famous play Othello, is a great work that reveals the characteristics of a determined deceiver, and his resoluteness to get to his objectif, and stop at nothing until such mission is accomplished. Shakespeare 's work also exposes the effects of the antagonist's lies causing the death of many including the passing of the protagonist. In the play, Iago (the antagonist) planned to have his revenge on Othello for not giving him the title he believed he deserved and handing it to Cassio instead, one Iago described as an  underserving man. He also heard rumors that his wife Emilia had an affair with Othello. The antagonist easily got rid of Cassio, by making sure he gets drunk and into a fight with Roderigo (Iago's accomplice) and lose his rank. Iago believed he could easily influence Othello by behaving as his closest and honest friend; he used that "friendship" to lie about Desdemona (Othello's wife) having an affair with Cassio and the proofs he presented to Othello about his claim. At the end of the play, Iago fails to kill Cassio but kills his wife and Roderigo, Othello kills his wife then shortly later himself. 

    Then comes the question "who should be blamed for all those murders? The deceiver or the fooled?) To be honest, I wish I could blame the dead ones, for not being clever enough, for allowing themselves to be manipulated by Iago and not being intelligent enough to at least wonder what was beyond the things they could see. Too bad I cannot, right? So I  choose Othello, he should be blamed alright, I stand by that and refuse to change my mind! But I will explain myself, of course :) I have lived long enough (well...not really) but I am old enough to understand that often life throws us some kind of present, (good or bad, it depends on the way we feel about whatever given) let's saya bouquet of roses, and that bouquet somehow lead us to reminisce about the past or have great hopes for the future and it brings different emotions. Those emotions should not stop us from remembering the thorns of the roses. Then let's say we hurt ourselves for we forgot about the thorns, should we blame life? "I mean seriously, who gives out roses with thorns?" Or should we blame ourselves for not being careful enough, for trusting too much, being naive or negligent? (Well, that is something to think about right?) If Othello did not lack self control and was reasonable regardless of Iago's manipulation, the play would have definitely had a different ending! 

   So here are some tips :) watch out for the thorns!! They are everywhere we go, let's be careful with the things we do and say, let's be mindful of the ones around us and their feelings and lastly let us assume the consequences of the actions and mistakes we make.