Racism, Human Nature, Love and Hatred “Mother Savage”

Mother deplorable by Guy de Maupassant and Shakespeares Othello are 2 literary pieces which have several faces in common. They may be from cardinal divers(prenominal) authors of two different times, nevertheless they both have authorized characteristics which are somewhat connatural. One of this is that both Mother Savage and The Tragedy of Othello The Moor of Venice has a concept of racism, wherein people from different countries and different cultures are involved. Another is that these two literary works both touch on the human nature, how man reacts to various factors in his surroundings, and until now the people around him. And lastly, Mother Savage and The Tragedy of Othello are both stories fil conduct with hunch over and curse, as shown by the briny characters of these literary works.The two stories both have a take on the aspect of racism. In Guy de Maupassants Mother Savage, racism is seen at the time of war, where the story revolved when a group of Prussian army settled in a locals house an aged widow who has a intelligence who went to war against these Prussians (Maupassant). Basically, the old cleaning woman, Mother Savage, has let in her house the Prussian army whom his password was fighting against. On the other story, Shakespeares Othello also showed racism as a main focus in the story (Shakespeare). Othello is a noble black General of Arabic descent, a Moor. He fell in love and married a young white daughter of a politician, Desdemonda. The story showed two people from a different race falling for each other, but because of certain reasons, their relationship ends up tragically.The next similarity between the two stories is aspect of Human Nature. This is where the main characters is bear on by his surroundings, and he responds to this by following his urges, his human nature. In the story Mother Savage, the old woman showed her human nature when she learned about the death of her son. At first, when she didnt know that her son was dead, she true willingly the Prussian force composed of four soldiers to stay in her house.But when she found out that her son died, she couldnt help but exact revenge on these unknowing enemies. She burned her house along while the soldiers were fast asleep, and because of that, she was killed by the other soldiers who responded upon knowing the incident. In The Tragedy of Othello, human nature was seen with the main character himself, the Moor, Othello (Al-Amin). When his mind was clouded by jealousy about his wife having an affair with another man, he resorted to murderous means and has committed his own life in the end.Lastly, both of the stories have tackled about love and hatred. This was manifested in both of the stories main characters. In Mother Savage, it was the mothers love that kept her hoping for his sons return, and keeping the Prussian soldiers in her house. She thought that these soldiers also have their mothers worrying for them. But hatred has filled her emot ions when she found out that her son died. And because of this hatred, she has resorted to murdering the enemy soldiers while they were sleeping. In The Tragedy of Othello, it was love that do two different people is together, in the case of Othello and Desdemonda, and it was hatred and jealousy that separated them, and has eventually led to their deaths.William Shakespeares The Tragedy of Othello and Mother Savage by Guy de Maupassant are stories which have similarities in their content. heretofore though they are many differently, these similarities show that they are both tragic in nature. The concepts they are similar in makes these stories interesting, even though they are shown at different angles. Moreover, these stories may have similar concepts, but still stand out individually, very different from each other.ReferencesAl-Amin, Zakia. Othello The Tragedy of Human Nature. 1999. July 29 2007. .Maupassant, Guy de. Mother Sauvage. 2001. ClassicReader.com. July 29 2007. .Shake speare, William. The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice. 1604. July 29 2007. .