Othello. In the tragedy of Othello William Shakespeare writes a play full of trickery, deceit, and deception. All these actions are being used because of jealousy felt by many of the characters

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Othello

        In the tragedy of Othello William Shakespeare writes a play full of trickery, deceit, and deception.  All these actions are being used because of jealousy felt by many of the characters.  Othello, one of the main characters, becomes very jealous throughout the play, which causes plenty of problems.  Even though his own jealousy is blinding him Othello’s real problem is his ancient Iago.  Not only are Othello’s problems causing his downfall, but also Iago’s problems.  

        One of Othello’s big problems is the lies brought to him about his wife sleeping around.  This sexual jealousy towards Cassio and Desdemona slowly destroys his life.  True love is what brought Othello and Desdemona together, and throughout the story that same love turned into hatred.  Othello became jealous after Iago’s lies made him believe his wife was having an affair.  When Othello first realized Iago’s words he became outraged and fell into a trance after saying, “Lie with her? Lie on her? We say “lie on her” when they belie her.  Lie with her--Zounds, that’s fulsome…It is not words that shakes me thus!  Pish!  Noses, ears, and lips--Is’t possible? – Confess—handkerchief--O devil”(4.1.43- 45, 49-52).  Othello is bringing everything together at this point.  He firsts questions what he’s hearing and then realizes everything that Iago was trying to tell him.  All of Iago’s lies makes Othello think twice about his own wife.  The thought of Desdemona with another guy changes Othello’s feelings for her.  This ends up driving Othello mad and his jealousy drives him to violence.  He ends up strangling Desdemona and killing himself.  

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A second problem that Othello has is his appearance towards the public.  Throughout town Othello is portrayed as a good man and is well respected by everyone in town.  As the Venetian general and married to the love of his life Desdemona, whom is also well respected, Othello’s life was on the right track.  He was known by the people as a noble, honest, and brave man.  With having such a high status in town his personal life plays a big role.  If anything came out about adultery his rank in town would slowly go down and would hurt his ...

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