Humanity Depicted In Shakespeare's Othello

Humanity has only survived this long to the successful relationships it has made over time but, those very relationships were only able to survive from the trust and truth instilled in them proving that the very means of survival depends on that. However, a lack or absence of either trust or truth will cause those very relationships to crumble in a matter of moments, bestowing upon them, ample emotional and physical pain which is unfathomable compared to any other pain that could be inflicted. In addition, trusting the wrong person blindly will result in immense misery. Throughout “Othello” by Shakespeare, the dire consequences of not having valuable relationships due to placing copious amounts of trust into the wrong person and an insufficient
With an absence of trust between Iago and Emilla, Iago easily believes that Othello was having an affair with Emilla as when he is by himself he states that, “I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad that txixt my sheets He’s done my office. I know not if’t be true but I, formere suspicion in that kind, will do for surety.” (1, iii, 374-378). This lack of trust is where all jealous stems from and in turn, will cause the ruination of themselves, their relationship and many others resulting in a catastrophe like in “Othello”, where relationships and people end up being slaughtered. However, bearing too much trust in the wrong person can also account for the collapse of and cause the downfall of many like with Othello and Iago as Othello trusts the wrongful Iago blindly which makes Othello loathe Desdemona saying, “Ay, let her rot and perish, and be damned tonight, for she shall not live!” (4, i, 178-179) By trusting the wrong person, relationships and lives are put at stake and in the case for Othello, neither of these