Duality In Othello

Within all Shakespeare's tragic figures, the love of Othello and the noble lady Desdemona was not optimistic, but after Desdemona broke up with his family, she overcame everyone’s stop and lived together with Othello. Iago got the hots for Othello married Desdemona, and he did not get the promotion for vice general. Therefore, he faked the improper relationship of Cassio and Desdemona, stir up Othello's suspicion and came up with the so-called evidence to convince Othello to believe it trustfully. The anger of jealous drives Othello to strangle his wife Desdemona to death. While after knowing the truth, Othello killed himself out of remorse. Othello's character has an obvious duality. First, he is the perfect hero in front of the world defending
But in a complex political world, he failed to distinguish things effectively due to his crankiness and pretension, which are a fatal shortcoming of Othello. There is no denying that one of the reasons behind this is the pressure from society from which Othello had to suffer. The social environment in some extent is unfair to Othello, which made him jealous about almost everything. He was angry about inequality caused by the society. Although Othello won the war, his social status has not been properly recognized. On the other hand, Othello is a minority in the
But it turned out that Cassio was promoted as a lieutenant which is a blow to him. That’s where Iago’s hatred grew in the first place and how the following story started. Driven by the anger of jealous and hatred, Iago designed a scheme that aimed at Othello. The first was to report the secret combination of Othello and Desdemona, but failed. Then he faked the improper relationship between Desdemona and Cassio. In order to make Othello believed, he also came up with a so-called love token handkerchief. Finally, the anger was aroused. In the end, Iago’s final strike led to Othello’s mistake. Iago’s murder of Emilia could also stem from the general hatred of women that he displays. Some readers have suggested that Iago’s true, underlying motive for persecuting Othello is his homosexual love for the general. He certainly seems to take great pleasure in preventing Othello from enjoying marital happiness, and he expresses his love for Othello frequently and effusively. Though the most inveterate liar, Iago inspires all of the play’s characters the trait that is most lethal to Othello: