Desdemona’s death scene is one of the most impactful moments of the play because of the complexity of emotion presented. On the surface, Othello appears to be a man on a mission, the very image of a vengeful god on the search for justice. However, the literary devices used and the style of his soliloquy to the sleeping Desdemona say otherwise. Othello is a broken man; he feels used and angry, but most of all betrayed and alone. His wife, the only one he felt was truly on his side, has cheated with another man, and now he only has Iago. While the actions leading up to and following this scene would lead one to think of Othello as crazy and erratic, this sequence in particular paints a picture of a solemn, remorseful man not in his right mind who has been destroyed by the pain he has felt.…show more content… He is formal, but soft, using phrases such as “And love thee after” (line 20) and “I must weep” (line 21) to show that he really is sorry and remorseful that she must die. Repetition is also used to add to the beauty of the scene in “Put out the light, and put out the light.” (line 7) and the alliteration in “balmy breathe” (line 17). This flowery, loving, flowing language adds to the overall tone of despair and anguish in his monologue. In addition to syntax, he uses the metaphor of Desdemona as a rose in lines 13 to 16, say that she, like a rose, has been plucked, married, and because of that withers and dies, becomes unfaithful. These metaphor, combined with the allusion to Prometheus, the Greek titan who stole the fire from Olympus, paint Desdemona as a pure, untouched soul, corrupted by man, or in this case Othello, and must die to set that