Othello’s tragic repercussions can be linked to that of Aristotle, who defines tragedy as a replication of action of great importance, magnitude, or completeness through emotions created due to panic and pity. The author argues that Desdemona was the most sinned character in this play. She even sacrifices her father’s racial sentiments over marrying a black man. For all the time Desdemona is married to Othello, she vows to have maintained their relationship at all cost. She remains loving to Othello yet she suffers in his hands after Iago plots her as unfaithful. Desdemona is Othello’s tragic paradigm in this play. Later, Othello commits suicide using a knife he has secretly carried at the time of his arrest. Both Othello and Iago are apprehended and charged with murder. On the other hand, Othello stabs Iago, though not to death, as revenge for the conspiracy. Immediately, Iago kills Emilla for betraying him. More tragedy in the play is witnessed after Emilla confesses what her husband has done. Emilla exposes her husband for plotting the handkerchief menace. In his justification, he mentioned the handkerchief as proof of infidelity. Fortunately, Emilla is the first witness to discover that Othello has killed his wife. On the same night, Othello struggles with Desdemona to death in their matrimonial bed. To avoid the plot leaking, Iago stabs Roderigo to death. In the process, Cassio realizes Roderigo is the attacker. Unfortunately, when Roderigo attacks Cassio on his way out of the Bianca lodgings, they fight until they get wounded. At the same time, Iago hires Roderigo to kill Cassio. Immediately, the main hero starts tormenting his wife by beating her up even sometimes before Venetian dignitaries. Remorsefully, Othello decides to kill his wife and orders Iago to kill Cassio over the matter. Othello turns tragic after Iago succeeds to cheat him that his wife is promiscuous. After listening carefully, Othello is convinced that Cassio is sleeping with his wife. Iago approaches Othello and asks him to listen to him as he interrogates Cassio over the handkerchief. After Emilla successfully steals it, Iago quickly places it in Cassio’s bedroom as evidence that he has an affair with Desdemona. Iago requests his wife Emilla to steal the dropped handkerchief for him.
One day, Desdemona happens to drop her handkerchief, the first gift Othello gave her, which Othello termed as very important to their relationship. Later on, he aims to create a scenario that will confirm to Othello that Casio and Desdemona are dating. Iago is sure that the actions Othello takes after realizing that Desmodena is cheating on him would be vital for his downfall.Īt the beginning of the plot, Iago warns Othello to be suspicious that Cassio is dating Desdemona. He secretly plans a plot that proves to Othello that Desdemona is promiscuous. Coupled with a suspicion that Othello might have slept with Emilla, his wife, Iago plans to disrupt Othello’s marriage and profession completely. Before long, Iago becomes jealous of Othello’s success in the profession and marriage. Desdemona’s father is also furious over Othello’s marriage since he was opposed to her daughter getting married to a black husband. One more reason Iago hates him is Othello’s marriage with Desdemona despite being of Moorish origin. In contrast, Iago hates Othello for appointing Cassino, a younger soldier, to a lieutenant position. Shakespeare’s intent may never be certain, and the play has been successfully performed for hundreds of years, sometimes with Othello cast as a black man and sometimes with Othello cast as Arab.Many people in Venice admired Othello for his exceptional military expertise. Nonetheless, there is still strong support from in-text descriptions that lead most people to believe Othello was a black Moor of African descent. This type of story would have been attractive inspiration to playwright William Shakespeare. Moreover, Shakespeare is known for pillaging his stories, and there was a Spanish King, Phillip II, who was of jealous nature and accused of strangling his wife in bed. Ackroyd argues that Shakespeare would have made Othello a Spanish Moor because he knew a lot about Spanish politics. Ben Arogundade shares author Peter Ackroyd’s theory of Othello as a Spanish Moor based on historical context. There are some who interpret “Moor” as a Spanish Moor. Also, according to SparkNotes, the word “Moor” today refers to Islamic Arabic people who moved from Northern Africa to Spain during the eighth century. However, it was not uncommon for people during Shakespeare’s time to refer to someone who was simply darker in complexion as black. “Moor” in original Greek simply means black. The reason experts struggle to assume Othello was black is because of the ambiguity of the word “Moor” during Shakespeare’s time.
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