Othello's Use Of Reputation

The character Othello from the Shakespeare play Othello starts off as a loving husband and a confident general, but by the end of the play he kills his wife and himself. One major subject in the play is the importance of reputation, which is very different for each of the major characters in the play. Othello uses reputation to get accepted by others because reputation to him is what what other people think about him based on his social status and the way he presents himself. Before getting to know Othello, people have horrible assumptions on the kind of person he is based on his skin color. As a result Othello had to work hard and act in a certain way to prove them wrong. As Othello begins to change due to the thought of his wife cheating