In the beginning of the play, Othello acted like a general was supposed to act but when he started to believe Iago, Othello became jealous and very paranoid. In Act III scene 3 Othello states that “No, Iago; I’ll see before doubt; when I doubt, prove; and on the proof, there is no more but this,-away at once with love or jealousy!” Here, he claims that he won’t lose to jealousy and that Desdemona had eyes and chose him not just because he is black but because he is a strong …show more content…
At the beginning of the play, Othello doesn’t get involved in the situation that are about him. Othello doesn’t appear until the second scene but his name doesn’t appear until Act 1, scene 3. Othello not speaking up for himself shows that he frightened and he worried about what other think of him. Othello comes back from Cyprus in Act II scene 1, he doesn’t get involved with the discussion between Cassio, Iago, and Desdemona. He doesn’t not include himself into the conversation and it shows that he doesn’t feel god around goods because he is so insecure about the differences between him and them. Another point of insecurities that Othello shows is that he is surprise that Desdemona actually married him. Othello says “Haply, for I am black” (Act III scene 3) says that he think Desdemona may cheated because he is the moor. Othello saying this comments shows that he is has low self-esteem about being black. He actually believes that because he is black Desdemona would possibly