“Othello” is the most romantic figure among Shakespeare's heroes due to the strange life of war and adventure he has lived from childhood (Rosenburg, 189). “Othello” is a story of jealousy’s potential to manipulate thoughts and eventually lead to ultimate demise. The key to extremely detrimental jealousy lies within one’s ability to recognize it or deny it. It seems that the important theme of “Othello” is that if jealousy is not recognized and immediately dealt with, it receives a head start to commence the process of rotting away all normal human reason. The only way to appropriately illustrate this point is through an analysis of two characters: Othello and Iago.
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Othello’s speech in Act III beginning with line 178 is the first and most important indicator of the trouble ominously looming on Othello’s horizon(McGill). Beginning with out right denial, Othello’s speech ends up working its way through all possible outcomes until he is left with only confusion and doubt regarding Desdimona’s fidelity. He goes from saying “Not from my weak merits will I draw the smallest fear or doubt
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