It can be shown that Othello allows himself to be manipulated because Iago's suggestion of the infidelity of Desdemona provides just the excuse Othello needs to justify the destruction of the wife he believes cannot truly love him. I acknowledge that both Iago and Othello were responsible for the death of Desdemona, and that each person was dependent on the other for the execution to take place. Iago wanted this outcome because he was evil, jealous, and a destructive sociopath, albeit first ignited by the unclear prospect of Othello having an affair with Iago’s wife, Othello promoting Cassio, and possibly Iago’s jealousy of Othello’s relationship with Desdemona. Othello was a murderer as a result of Iago's mechanisms, by methods that included asking seemingly pointless questions to Othello (particularly in the first act) to get him to think about Cassio's relationship with his wife planting the handkerchief to corroborate and playing on his insecurities so that he would come closer to exposing the violent Othello under the surface. If Othello was more aware of himself, the subsequent consequences would never have taken place. Granted Iago was responsible for corrupting Othello's mind in the first place, Othello I believe shouldn’t have been so foolish as to let it happen to himself, and for this reason I believe they were both liable for the death of Desdemona. At this point in the play, Othello has entrenched himself in the idea of Desdemona’s betrayal, and his jealous emotions boil over into fractious violence to assert his revenge and restore his honour. From this action, we can draw a number of conclusions. Near the end of the play, Othello hits a breaking point, and one defining action of his was to kill his wife Desdemona. Another similar quality of Othello’s is his egotism, evident in his in last words when he reminded everyone in the room “I have done the state some service, and they know't.” This quality may have lead him to not question himself or pick up on Iago’s ulterior motives as much as if he was not as conceited. Othello’s jealousy for Cassio being with Desdemona has him react the same way, and he is caught up in one uncontrollable flood of emotion. His decisiveness makes him react in emotional extremes to situations, as seen with his undying love for Desdemona, or his reaction when Desdemona's faithfulness. Othello was considered to be a strong leader in this past - very self-assured in his ability to handle military matters, and subsequently very impulsive to make decisions. It may be his arrogance to question himself that ignites this needless jealousy. Act 3, Scene 4, Line 52 describes how much the handkerchief meant to him because he said that “Did an Egyptian to my mother give… If she lost it or made gift of it, my father's eye should hold her loathed and his spirits should hunt after new fancies: she, dying, gave it me and bid me, when my fate would have me wive, to give it her.” This was significant because influenced the emotions and the actions that derived from them.Īs Othello develops we begin to see that he is increasingly defined on jealousy, and his fatal flaw becomes more obvious to the audience as jealousy. The move made aggravates Othello enough to lose a considerable amount of trust in his wife because she had lost it, and he also became angry at Cassio for re-gifting the stolen handkerchief it to his prostitute Bianca.
another example of his insecurity can be exemplified by the way he is unsure why Desdemona would choose him for her husband, and can only fathom one explanation, "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd." Lastly, he planted Othello’s much treasured handkerchief that was given to him by his mother in Cassio's bedroom, as a two pronged attack on both Othello and Cassio.
Very aware that he was an outsider both physically in complexion and not physically by his comparatively different upbringing, it caused Othello to rethink how he presented himself to others. Secondly he, ignited Othello's lack of confidence in self, when he implied a “Moor” like him to be married to a white Venetian like Desdemona isn’t socially acceptable in society.
#WITHOUT A PROMPTER OTHELLO SERIES#
He first asked a series of seemingly meaningless questions to Othello regarding Cassio’s relationship with his wife which forced him to evaluate his wife's love for him.
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