The Psychological Disease In Shakespeare's Othello

These famous lines are written by Shakespeare for his play “Othello”. It was one of the most successful plays of Shakespeare which directly targeted human behaviors and human psychology. The play is capable in presenting variety of behavioral and psychological modifications and modulations within one character of “Othello”, by which the character became more complex and intense and became the matter of discussion not only for the critics of literature but also for the disciples of science and psychology. John Todd’s discovery is the best example of it, where he identified a mental disorder through the character of Othello and associates the disease with the name of character. The disease is called as “Othello syndrome”. The basic concept
Further chapter 2 discloses Othello’s state of mind, mental tranquility and personality traits before Iago’s insinuation, in short, Othello’s character analysis with regards to Act 1 and Act 2 of the play “Othello”
Later, chapter 3 will be based on an analysis of gradual behavioral changes in Othello, with regards to Act 3, Act 4 and Act 5. Moreover, this chapter will disclose the impact of Iago’s insinuations in manipulating Othello’s mental state, which will be observed by analyzing Othello’s rage, and his work sheet for revenge on infidelity of Desdemona.
Lastly, chapter 4 deals with the comparative study of Othello with the patients of Othello syndrome. This chapter will reveal the similarities and differences in between the patients of Othello syndrome and Othello and by such comparative study we would detect and have the definite answer of the intriguing question that “Is Othello the victim of Othello syndrome or