In many instances in literature, the flaws of characters lead into conflicts that arise and that the characters must attempt to overcome over the duration of the storyline. In some cases, the character facing these problems, typically the protagonist, is unable to triumph over such issues. This can cause their major character flaws to overwhelm them, and they can encounter even more troubles or even their own downfall. A comparable situation as the aforementioned is found in the Shakespearean tragedy, Othello, where the character flaws of the protagonist, Othello, cause weakness in his character, which ultimately leads to his downfall and death. One of the flaws that lead Othello to his downfall is the fact that he has very poor judgement, which is indisputably seen through the consistent trust that he finds in Iago. His downfall also occurs due to his overwhelming struggle against jealousy, which materializes primarily from the relationship that his wife has with Cassio. Furthermore, Othello’s insecurities cause weakness in his character, allowing the antagonist of the story, Iago, to use them in order to lead Othello into his downfall. With these faults in his character, it is evident that Othello’s downfall comes about due to his major character flaws. Regardless of whether someone in real life or a character in literature has poor judgement, it is common that they can have issues with trusting the right people, and that they tend to not trust those who they should find trust in the most. This is found precisely in the character Othello and his flaw of having poor judgement. Throughout the play, he finds himself to trust Iago the most, who in reality, is secretly the main opposing force working against Othello. After Iago con... ... middle of paper ... ...o’s insecurity was one of the major character flaws that leads to him killing himself at the end of the play. Conclusively, it is evident that in this Shakespearean tragedy, Othello’s downfall comes to be due weakness in his character, which comes into existence due to his major character flaws. Through his poor judgement, Othello can not figure out who is trustworthy and who he should find as not being loyal. Furthermore, jealousy overpowers Othello and his mindset, which fills him with thoughts of anger and hate. Likewise, Othello’s insecurity is a major flaw that bewilders him and causes him to be very distraught. Thus, with these points, it is unmistakeable that Othello faces a set of character flaws, that when found alongside each other, are almost impossible to overcome, which in the end lead to the tragic downfall and death of Othello in the end of this play.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the character flaws of the protagonist, othello, cause weakness in his character, which ultimately leads to his downfall and death.
- Analyzes how othello's poor judgement causes him to lose trust in desdemona and cassio.
- Analyzes how othello experiences jealousy because it violates his trust in cassio due to the many characteristics which he believes desdemona desires.
- Analyzes how insecurities can cause trouble in people's lives. othello is insecure about his race and faces worrisome thoughts because he is an outsider among the other venetians.
- Analyzes how othello's insecurities make him believe that desdemona doesn't want to be with a moor, which causes her to have an affair with cassio.
- Concludes that othello's downfall is due to his major character flaws, such as his poor judgement, jealousy, and insecurity.
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- Shakespeare's Othelloanalytical essay“I asked her to wear something revealing, so she showed up in a prophet's toga.”(CITE) Jarod Kintz’s words are an example of miscommunication, or failure to comprehend meaning. In this case, it is implied that one person misunderstood the message of another, but incomprehension also applies to problems other than falsely interpreted requests. Incomprehension can occur when people misinterpret another’s words or intentions, or when a person misreads situations or events. The outcome described in Kintz’s quote is unexpected and unintended, but there are instances of incomprehension that have consequences of greater severity. Perhaps a classic tragedy with a high body count falls under these parameters.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how jarod kintz's words are an example of miscommunication, or failure to comprehend meaning.
- Analyzes how shakespeare's othello is a tragedy of incomprehension, not at the level of intrigue, but at deepest levels of human dealings, where the intentions of characters and how others interpret them are often misaligned.
- Analyzes how characters in the play fail to comprehend iago's true nature until it is too late. those interacting with him fall into the belief that he is loyal to his superiors.
- Analyzes how iago is reluctant to give a negative report of cassio, while in reality his true intentions are the opposite.
- Analyzes how iago breeds jealousy in othello's subconscious, suggests the idea of infidelity, and leaves enough mystery to create doubts and suspicions.
- Analyzes how iago's incomprehension applies to him, despite the success of his plans, but his motivation for doing so remains a scattered entanglement.
- Analyzes how iago accepts a rumor as valid reason to hate othello, but he doesn't fully understand his motivation to betray his superiors.
- Analyzes how incomprehension pushes the play further down the path of tragedy when othello doesn't understand desdemona's innocent intentions.
- Analyzes how shakespeare has given us fair warning of the tragedy that could spring from incomprehension.
1248 wordsRead More - othelloanalytical essayIn the Shakespear’s play “Othello” it is clear to see that the relationship between him and Desdemona is a complicated one wrought with passion and confusion which leads to emotional trauma and physical abuse. At point and times in the story of “Othello” love was transmuted different. Othello was not as gentle and kind as Desdemona when it came to his lover he a times exhibited symptoms of insanity. He also at times exhibited lack of confidence that is found in the perceived unity of marriage. This was apparent that the two lover on loves battlefield were on two opposing sides, Desdemona was honest and faithful to Othello until their tragic end.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the relationship between othello and desdemona is complicated, wrought with passion and confusion, which leads to emotional trauma and physical abuse.
- Analyzes how othello is obsessively in love with desdemona that the preconcieved idea of her cheating on him will throw him into uncontrollable fits of rage that could be seen as slight symptoms of excessive jealousy responses in the brain.
- Analyzes how othello's love isn't as powerful as desdemona, due to the fact that he is easily fooled by iagos factitious statements.
- Analyzes how iago played a very influential role in building the thought of infidelity that was the source for othello’s worries in his relationship to desdemona.
- Analyzes how desdemona was a noble wife and true to othello to the very end however she truly did fill the role of the victim in the play.
- Analyzes how othello's lack of trust will bot allow for an honest relationship to ever take root in their relationship. he cannot express his feelings with his wife so his problems remain inside causing mental stress.
- Analyzes how emilia becomes passive and obedient as the story reaches a tragic end. there are many psychological disorders apparent in this play especially in the relationship between desdemona and oth
- Analyzes how desdemona shows clear signs of "battered women syndrome" due to the long time physical abuse and emotional stress presented in their relationship. she does not admit of the assault to anyone due a false sense of loyalty to othello.
- Analyzes how desdemona fell for othello because of all the pain he expreienced. her empathy towards him and his past caused her to show unconditional love toward him.
- Analyzes how othello was able to swoon desdemona by his believable stories and adventures through his travels as a soldier.
- Analyzes how desdemona is more in love with othello than he is with her. she shows her love in the scene that involved him attempting to kill her
738 wordsRead More - Shakespeare's Othelloanalytical essayIn everyones life there is always the one person who you think you can trust, and later come to find that they have been playing you all along. This is the exact case for Othello. Iago, whom Othello thought was a person he could trust, betrayed him in many horrific ways.As you read the famous Shakespearian play, Othello, the Moor of VeniceI, you come to realise pretty quickly that Iago is the evil charecter in this play. The readers do not actually get to see a good side of Iago, if there is any, because he is constantly using and playing people. Readers will also come to learn that no matter how evil Iago may be perceived as that he is very much a coward, using other people to do most of his dirty work for him.
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- Analyzes how othello's character, iago, betrayed him in many horrific ways in the famous shakespearian play.
- Analyzes how the story of othello begins in venice when roderigo and iago discuss desdemona's marriage to a moor, enraged by this news, decides that he has more than one reason to hate him.
- Narrates how iago tries to hide his hatred towards othello, but before brabantio finds him, he accuses him of kidnapping his daughter and using witchcraft to seduce her.
- Narrates how iago, rodrigo, desdemona, and emilia arrive on a ship together, as their boat docks, they spot the ship that othello is on.
- Analyzes how iago's first soliloquy states that the first step to defeating othello is to eliminate cassio.
- Analyzes how iago tells the audience that he will frame cassio and desdemona as being in love, which will make othello extremely jealous.
- Analyzes how desdemona begs othello to forgive cassio and make him his lieutenant once again, a sure sign that they are having an affair.
- Analyzes how emilia sneaks into the room and steals a handkerchief from desdemona and othello. iago is ecstatic about it, and he knows how to use it against him.
- Analyzes how iago takes the handkerchief and places it in the room of cassio as evidence to his supposed affair with desdemona.
- Analyzes how othello becomes enraged with desdemona, and jealous of cassio, that he convulses upon the floor. when iago tells him to be hidden to retrieve the story of des
- Analyzes how othello yells at desdemona stating that she is a whore. later, iago tells rodrigo that the next step in the plan is to kill cassio.
- Analyzes how othello kills desdemona, and then realises that she was telling the truth all along. iago ends up murdering emilia and tries to flee, but is stopped by lodovico and montano.
- Opines that iago is a conniving coward who wants to have all of the power that he can get his hands on, no matter what the cost.
1330 wordsRead More - The Jealousy Begins/Othelloanalytical essayThere were four main flaws that lead to the tragedy of Othello and the others in this play; racism, love, betrayal, but it was jealousy that played a major part. It can destroy many relationships and take over the mind tremendously. Jealousy can also be overwhelming; by making one obsessed with ideas. They all fall victim to jealousy; it makes them act outside of their norm.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how jealousy played a major role in othello's tragedy. jealousy can destroy many relationships and take over the mind tremendously.
- Analyzes how iago, emilia, bianca, roderigo and othello are all encased with jealousy in their own way. they all find different ways to sustain them.
- Analyzes how emilia's jealousy is resentful, because of her low social status, unhappy with her job, desdemona being married to othello, or her innocence.
- Analyzes how roderigo's jealousy comes from the obsession he has with desdemona. he lets iago trick him into his plot of revenge.
- Analyzes how bianca's jealousy came from the handkerchief that was found in cassio’s chamber. she begins to believe it is of another woman.
- Analyzes how othello's jealousy towards desdemona turns him insane and enraged. iago continues to avenge damaging ideas to his head and soon gets what he wants.
- Explains how jealousy can take hold of people, and how it can lead to betrayal and violation. being betrayed or violated is uncaring and hurtful.
- Analyzes how othello was written many years ago and we can still relate to its tone and setting within the play, especially when a person can feel when jealousy is present.
954 wordsRead More - Human Frailty in Othelloanalytical essayTragedy is an intrinsically human concept; tragic heroes are damned by what they themselves do. Othello is not so much felled by the actions of Iago, but by a quality all people possess-- human frailty. Accordingly, Othello is not a victim of consequences, but an active participant in his downfall. He is not merely a vehicle for the machinations of Iago; he had free agency. Othello's deficiencies are: an insecure grasp of Venetian social values; lack of critical intelligence, self-knowledge, and faith in his wife; and finally, insecurity-- these are the qualities that lead to his own downfall.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how human frailty in othello tragedy is an intrinsically human concept; tragic heroes are damned by what they themselves do.
- Analyzes how othello is the cultural other in venetian society, and argues that he is not fully aware of the social and cultural mores that govern venice.
- Analyzes how othello's insecure grasp of social and human values results in placing his faith in iago, over his supposed beloved.
- Opines that othello's blind faith in people, first in desdemona, then replaced by iago, indicates his goodness in life.
- Analyzes how othello's claim that he loved not wisely, but too well, is unacceptable to excuse his behavior, nor should his epilepsy be used as justification.
- Analyzes how the handkerchief othello gave to desdemona is left forgotten because he was so irate, and iago would use it to damn her to death by her husband's hand.
- Analyzes how othello's violent slap to desdemona shocks all witnesses, especially in the hopkins version, where he is almost an animal, growling and making grandiose gestures
- Analyzes how desdemona and othello together serve as a startling contrast to iago- almost the complete antithesis.
- Analyzes how othello's wickedness, naivete, and helplessness in the face of an evil like iago is horrifying.
- Cites barthelemy, anthony g. "introduction" critical essays on shakespeare's othello.
- Cites j. adelman and eldred jones' critical essays on shakespeare's othello.
1530 wordsRead More - Iago's Manipulation In Othelloanalytical essay...erent character, more Iago like than Iago himself. He has no regret for what he has just done, and no respect to his innocent wife Desdemona, whose obedience and naivety led to her untimely downfall as well. Othello is a victim in the sense that he was puppeted by Iago, but also a villain in the sense that he is controlled the strings all along. He goes along with Iago’s judgement instead of his own, refuses to shed light on the situation by simply asking the two involved if they were actually involved, and even as his wife pleaded that he recognise she was innocent of any infidelity, he was already in too deep in his own jealousy to stop himself from himself. It is important that we remember both sides of Othello, and that we learn to distinguish this transformation of him as a character, for the thing that makes one a victim can also be one’s own tragic flaw.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how othello, the moor of venice, turned against the only people in his life whose loyalty lied unquestionably with him.
- Analyzes how iago's deception is clear to the audience from the very beginning.
- Analyzes how othello could have altered the course of events by simply asking his wife and/or cassio if what iago was implying was in fact true.
- Analyzes how othello is molded into a different character, more iago-like than he himself. he has no regret for his actions and no respect to his wife desdemona, whose obedience led to her untimely downfall.
675 wordsRead More - The Importance Of Reputation In William Shakespeare's Othelloanalytical essayOthello’s personality was shaped largely by war and his pride as a capable soldier. He was intelligent and strong enough to live through countless battles and lead troops into war with successful results. Even Iago, who hates Othello for passing him over for the lieutenant position, can not deny Othello’s noble yet naïve nature, which he explains to Roderigo, “The Moor is of a free and open nature” (Act 1 Scene 3 390). However, as Iago continually hints to Othello that his wife Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio, more of his negative personality traits begin to show up. Doubt, mistrust, jealousy and rage all grew with Iago’s hints and led him to believe that his wife had damaged his reputation by being unfaithful to him. In the beginning of Othello, Othello betted on his life that Desdemona loved him and would never betray him and by the end of Shakespeare’s story, he suffocates and kills his wife out of honor in order to preserve his reputation and sense of self. He killed her not only out of a sense of duty, but also because of how hurt and betrayed he felt about her perceived infidelity. Therefore, Othello represents the good and the bad side of human nature by being intelligent, loving, open, and honorable and the bad by doubting his wife, exhibiting jealousy, anger and
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how othello's personality was shaped largely by war and his pride as a capable soldier. as iago continually hints that his wife desdemona is cheating on him with cassio, more of his negative personality traits begin to show up.
- Analyzes how othello was compelled to explain his actions to preserve his reputation and because of his honest and moral nature. when emilia revealed that desdemona had been blameless, he felt unforgivable and stabbed himself to rectify his own wrongdoing.
- Analyzes how othello revealed his true character as a noble killer by stabbing himself to death for killing his blameless wife. his reputation was irreparably damaged when desdemona was found to be faithful.
- Analyzes how a person's reputation can be destroyed by one poor decision or speech while character is stable and unlikely to waver. the repetition of the word'reputation' shows its importance and meaningfulness in venetian society.
975 wordsRead More - Free College Essays - The Noble Othello in Shakespeare's Othelloanalytical essay1. Othello, we have seen, was trustful, and thorough in his trust. He put entire confidence in the honesty of Iago, who had not only been his companion in arms, but, as he believed, had just proved his faithfulness in the matter of the marriage. This confidence was misplaced, and we happen to know it; but it was no sign of stupidity in Othello. For his opinion of Iago was the opinion of practically everyone who knew him: and that opinion was that Iago was before all things "honest", his very faults being those of excess in honesty. This being so, even if Othello had not been trustful and simple, it would have been quite unnatural in him to be unmoved by the warnings of so honest a friend, warnings offered with extreme reluctance and manifestly from a friend's sense of duty. [Endnote 3] Any husband would have been troubled by them.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how othello stirs a passion of mingled love and pity which readers feel for no other hero in shakespeare, and not even mr swinburne can do more than justice.
- Analyzes how othello's utter powerlessness to repel it on the ground of knowledge of his wife and instinctive interpretation of character between persons of the same race should complete his misery.
- Opines that othello's confidence is shaken, he is confused and deeply troubled, but not yet jealous in the proper sense of that word.
- Analyzes how othello was trustful and thorough in his trust in iago, who had just proved his faithfulness in the marriage.
949 wordsRead More - Othello, The Moor of Veniceanalytical essayOthello, the Moor of Venice is one of the major tragedies written by William Shakespeare that follows the main character, Othello through his trials and tribulations. Othello, the Moor of Venice is similar to William Shakespeare’s other tragedies and follows a set of specific rules of drama. The requirements include, following the definition of a tragedy, definition of tragic hero, containing a reversal of fortune, and a descent from happiness. William Shakespeare fulfills Aristotle’s requirements in this famous play.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that othello, the moor of venice is one of the major tragedies written by william shakespeare and follows a set of specific rules of drama.
- Explains that aristotle outlined several requirements in which a play or piece of drama is to follow. the first rule that is met in shakespeare’s play is that othello is considered tragic hero.
- Analyzes how othello's tragic flaw is viewed as jealously, which ultimately leads to his downfall.
- Analyzes how aristotle's second requirement for a tragedy is that the tragic hero must have reversal of fortune. shakespeare often focuses his plays on human nature as well as fate.
- Explains aristotle's idea that the play must descend from happiness to sadness, fear, and anger.
- Analyzes how othello is happy with his new marriage and is treated well by the venetian society for his high ranking as an officer in the navy.
- Analyzes how othello, the moor of venice follows aristotle's requirement that every play must fit the definition of a tragedy.
- Explains that shakespeare's othello, the moor of venice, follows aristotelian requirements to be classified as a tragedy.
- Cites catherine bates, "weaving and writing in othello," in shakespeare survey, vol. 46, edited by stanley wells, cambridge university press, 1994.
1326 wordsRead More - A Comparison of Othello and the Movie Oanalytical essayA Comparison of Othello and the Movie O When Shakespeare composed the tragedy Othello televisions were not. Along with no televisions, life in the late 1500s had many different qualities than it does today. This time period had no war on drugs and no high school shootings. Peer pressure was not an issue.
In this essay, the author
- Compares shakespeare's tragedy othello and the movie. the late 1500s had no war on drugs and no high school shootings. movie creators tried to prevent modern day tragedies.
- Explains that "o" is an effective restoration of shakespeare's othello in this day and age as it addresses issues that are imperative and dangerous to its audience.
- Analyzes how jealousy is a dominating factor in both modern-day and shakespearean othello. hugo is jealous of his father's relationship with odin.
- Opines that a hawk is no good around other birds, but they hate him for what they can't be: proud, powerful, determined.
- Analyzes how hugo's jealousy in "o" is an aspect of high school that all teenagers can relate to.
- Opines that there's nothing wrong with being smart, jealous, emotional, or recognizing someone else as his go-to guy.
- Analyzes how hugo is jealous of odin's picture-perfect romance with desi. emily (emilia), roger (roderigo) and dean brable (brabantio) are also jealous.
- Analyzes how hugo increases odin's suspicions of desi cheating on him with mike by asking him if mike and desi used to date.
- Opines that violence in "o" is a main aim to retelling for an audience of high school students today. guns were an important addition to the movie.
- Analyzes how we've taken a shakespearean tragedy and set it credibly in american high school. othello is serious and believable.
- Analyzes how the director tim blake nelson felt it necessary to address drug use to make odin's naveté and mistrust more believable.
- Opines that othello's reimagining in an american high school setting is hard not to address drugs. they argue that having odin be on drugs at the end of the movie weakens the true power of jealousy itself as a motivator for murder.
- Analyzes how the use of drugs and alcohol in "o" provides for a more believable and understandable story line.
- Analyzes how the movie "o" is rated "r" for its language, but this too was a necessary addition to the script.
- Compares othello and "o" and opines that the audience can relate to a story written hundreds of years ago and benefit from it.
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