Joel Nwamba Othello: Outcome Of The Tragic Hero
Joel Nwamba Othello the outcome of the tragic hero Mrs. Dimitrio
ENG3U1-02
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
In William Shakespeare, Othello is well presented as an excellent leader, but a poor reasoner
yet his ideal of leadership shows he’s a powerful man in matters of wars and state where
relatively no one lies to Othello, it shows they all seem to respect him, friendship are never
examined in the play he thinks those who know him love him , the important evaluation of
Othello is that although he’s a leader and leads well or means well, Othello lacks good
Judgment and a common sense this is obvious in his final speech, he never fully realized or
takes responsibility …show more content…
Lastly, Iago easily plays Othello when he begins planting further
suspicions. In act 3, scene 3, Iago mentions to Othello of what Cassio has being saying lately
during their sleep: Iago : “I lay with Cassio lately, And being troubled with raging tooth I could not
sleep. There is a kind of men so loose of soul that in their sleeps will mutter their affairs. One
of this kind is Cassio. In sleep I heard him say, ‘Sweet Desdemona, let us be wary, let us hide
our loves.’ And the, sir, he would grip and wring my hand, Cry, ‘O sweet creature!’ and then kiss
me hard, As if he pluck’d up kisses by the roots That grew upon my lips; then laid his leg over
my thigh, and sigh’d, and kiss’d, and then Cried, ‘Cursed fate that gave thee to the Moor’.
(act33, scene 3, 414-427)
Othello: “O monstrous, monstrous!” (Act 3, scene 3,428) Othello’s curiosity reaches its peak,
When Iago tells him of what Cassio has been thinking in the chamber as they went to lay down
it further seeds more suspicions and doubts to Othello. Othello allowed himself to get the best
him, he was played by his own weakness which was his open and honest nature that …show more content…
Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell! Yield up,
O love, thy crown and hearted throne to tyrannous hate! Swell, bossom, with thy fraught, for
‘tis of aspics’ tongues.(3,3,443-451)Othello now calls upon the forces of evil on his knees with
Iago he now let’s go of the honest nature he is to become an evil and violent man .Othello then
is convinced that Cassio was now seeing Desdemona and that the handkerchief was now in
Cassio’s hand and now vowed to kill both Cassio and Desdemona: “ I greet thy love, Not with
vain thanks, but with acceptance bounteous; And will upon the instant put thee to’t. Within
these three days let me hear thee say That Cassio’s not alive” (3,3,471-473)
Iago: “ My friend is dead; ‘Tis done at your request. But let her live”.(3,3,475)
Othello: Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her, damn her! Come, go with me apart. I will withdraw
to furnishme with some swift means of death for the fair devil. Now art thou my lieutenant.
(3,3,476-479) Othello here now orders for Cassio to be killed by Iago with in three days and as
of Iago he asks Othello to spare Desdemona’s life but Othello refuses and plans on killing
ENG3U1-02
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
In William Shakespeare, Othello is well presented as an excellent leader, but a poor reasoner
yet his ideal of leadership shows he’s a powerful man in matters of wars and state where
relatively no one lies to Othello, it shows they all seem to respect him, friendship are never
examined in the play he thinks those who know him love him , the important evaluation of
Othello is that although he’s a leader and leads well or means well, Othello lacks good
Judgment and a common sense this is obvious in his final speech, he never fully realized or
takes responsibility …show more content…
Lastly, Iago easily plays Othello when he begins planting further
suspicions. In act 3, scene 3, Iago mentions to Othello of what Cassio has being saying lately
during their sleep: Iago : “I lay with Cassio lately, And being troubled with raging tooth I could not
sleep. There is a kind of men so loose of soul that in their sleeps will mutter their affairs. One
of this kind is Cassio. In sleep I heard him say, ‘Sweet Desdemona, let us be wary, let us hide
our loves.’ And the, sir, he would grip and wring my hand, Cry, ‘O sweet creature!’ and then kiss
me hard, As if he pluck’d up kisses by the roots That grew upon my lips; then laid his leg over
my thigh, and sigh’d, and kiss’d, and then Cried, ‘Cursed fate that gave thee to the Moor’.
(act33, scene 3, 414-427)
Othello: “O monstrous, monstrous!” (Act 3, scene 3,428) Othello’s curiosity reaches its peak,
When Iago tells him of what Cassio has been thinking in the chamber as they went to lay down
it further seeds more suspicions and doubts to Othello. Othello allowed himself to get the best
him, he was played by his own weakness which was his open and honest nature that …show more content…
Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell! Yield up,
O love, thy crown and hearted throne to tyrannous hate! Swell, bossom, with thy fraught, for
‘tis of aspics’ tongues.(3,3,443-451)Othello now calls upon the forces of evil on his knees with
Iago he now let’s go of the honest nature he is to become an evil and violent man .Othello then
is convinced that Cassio was now seeing Desdemona and that the handkerchief was now in
Cassio’s hand and now vowed to kill both Cassio and Desdemona: “ I greet thy love, Not with
vain thanks, but with acceptance bounteous; And will upon the instant put thee to’t. Within
these three days let me hear thee say That Cassio’s not alive” (3,3,471-473)
Iago: “ My friend is dead; ‘Tis done at your request. But let her live”.(3,3,475)
Othello: Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her, damn her! Come, go with me apart. I will withdraw
to furnishme with some swift means of death for the fair devil. Now art thou my lieutenant.
(3,3,476-479) Othello here now orders for Cassio to be killed by Iago with in three days and as
of Iago he asks Othello to spare Desdemona’s life but Othello refuses and plans on killing