The play Othello, by William Shakespeare, has been the focus of much debate, as the characters and the representation of the play are viewed differently from each responder. Critics have taken many varying viewpoints from these debates and expanded on their portrayal of Othello's main themes, ideas, language and characters.
In the handout called "Othello", there are two different viewpoints on the character of Othello, you might say that they are conflicting views. One of them being the "Noble Moor" approach, and the other as the " Unheroic tragic hero." The leading idea is one in which Othello is painted as the heero who is the victim of Iago's villianous plots, the other showing Othello as "self-centred" and having problems with his personality which cause his downfall to be self-inflicted. The two conflicting ideas are bound by one perspective, the psychological perspective, which make them in some way similar.
In both varied views, it is stated that Othello is very susceptible to jealousy. One suggests that Othello's ignorance and trust trigger his "passionate anger or jealousy" and the other states that Othello's inbuilt personality defect is what causes the jealousy.
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