Jealousy and Othello

“Othello” is the most famous literary work by Shakespeare that focuses on the dangers of jealousy. The tragedy "Othello is a story based upon the revenge of two characters, Shakespeare’s Othello is a play with unique characters. One such character is the one for which Shakespeare names his play. Using, Othello as the main character discussed he poses some strengths and weaknesses. Othello’s strength that was seen within this play was that Othello is a masterful general and very skilled and is very successful. He was successful because he gives off a sense of confidence and control that others find appealing. Othello was able to represent the very best about a soldier in terms of his focus and commitment. However, he lacks this when it comes to his love of Desdemona. His primary weakness is that his insecurity and jealous nature gets the best of him. This is the reason Othello is bash where he is. His weakness is his inability to understand that someone like Desdemona would love someone like him. Othello's weak understanding of his own character, as a soldier and man of color in a world, and his lack of faith in the relationship that he and Desdemona ends up leading to his downfall. “I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at” (Shakespeare, 2005).
There are quite a few themes that can relate to this play however, the main theme is :The incompatibility of military heroism and love; the danger of isolation(Sparknotes,2012). The character relates to this theme because he possesses his heroism by being in the military and his love for Desdemona. Other themes that can be taken from “Othello” are race, gender, sex, black and white, marriage, manipulation, welfare, hate and identity.
Othello’s character was like a real person because “In the Venice of that time [Othello] was in practically the same position as a colored man in America today. He was a general, and while he could be valuable as a fighter he was tolerated, just as a Negro who could save