Othello Essay Is Jealousy Solely To Blame For The Tragic Events.

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Othello Essay Is Jealousy Solely To Blame For The Tragic Events.

I have been asked to write an essay on Othello. The essay question, which I will be writing about, is. Is jealousy solely to blame for the tragic events in Othello?  As we have been studying Othello since the beginning of the term with have gathered an understanding of Elizabethan English. We have done many of Shakespeare’s plays in our school life in Kingsmead so our understanding is greater and more knowledgeable.

The play was written by William Shakespeare a great playwright who wrote many famous plays in the 1600s. Othello is based on an earlier play called Gli Hecatommithi. The playwright of this play is called Giraldi Cinthio. Shakespeare used many other elements making Shakespeare’s Othello an unforgettable and memorable experience. Critics say that Shakespeare’s version is more famous and memorable because of its highly rated realistic characters. And also the fact that it deals with, modern issues such as lack of trust, incomprehension and deceit through out the play.

The play is a tragedy because all the sympathetic characters die Othello kills himself because of killing his fair chaste wife Desdemona. Desdemona is killed by Othello because of Othello’s lack of comprehension to Desdemona wrongly committing adultery. Emilia is killed because of speaking the truth about the racist antagonist her husband Iago is. This is ironic as many consider Iago is a good honest man. But are obviously very gullible, as this isn’t the true side of Iago.

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My line of argument to whether is jealously solely to blame is no. I believe there were many other key factors to the tragic killings of decent, kind and wise characters. I wi8ll set out to prove that incomprehension and Iago’s pathological ways led to the downfall of Othello and the tragedies surrounding him.

Jealousy played a big part into the tragedies of Othello but there were many other elements and factors which made me choose my line of argument. That jealousy isn’t solely to blame. One key point was fate as most of Iago’s diabolical plans were ...

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