William Shakespeare wrote many plays, comedies and tragedies, in his lifetime. Most of these plays were based on short stores or even historical personages or events. His tragedy, Othello, The Moor of Venice is no exception to this rule. Shakespeare took the idea of Othello from an Italian short story by Giambattista Cinthio. In this play, Shakespeare takes his tragic hero through a series of painful and serious situations that lead to major consequences for all of those involved.
Shakespeare's use of a tragic hero and a wicked antagonist adds to the effectiveness of the play. He characterizes in great depth by using soliloquies and conversation between the characters. Othello, a Moor, is the protagonist or main character. He is obviously an upstanding person of Venice. His virtues are admired by all, and he is respected and known for being a well-liked military leader. Othello follows all the guidelines for being a tragic hero. He is a noble, having royal blood and of being not an ordinary man but one of outstanding quality (Ch. 3, p. 1016). He has self-control. To show his courageousness, Shakespeare uses a Senator's remark: "Here comes Brabantino and the valiant Moor." (1.3.47) Throughout the play, Othello is continually commented on by characters attesting to his courage and military leadership. He has spent his life on a battlefield. He states in Act I, Scene 3, "For since these arms of mine had seven years" pitch till now some nine moons wasted, they have used their dearest action in the tented field." (1.3.82-85) Othello is also a lover. He loves Desdemona with all of his heart and soul. In his defense against Desdemona's father, Othello exclaims, "How did I thrive in this fair lady's love." (1.3.125) He has faith in his young bride. Faith and trust help to lead to this tragic hero's downfall. He trusts too much. He never for one minute doubts Iago's friendship and honesty, but Othello needs to trust people.
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The popular story allows the ignorance of each character's real situation become the irony of what they say. ... His pride blinds him from connecting the story of when the king was murdered and when he killed a man. ... Shakespeare, on the other hand, uses jealousy as the tragic flaw of Othello. ... - Iago knows that jealousy is Othello's tragic flaw, the one thing that will bring him down. ... This tragic flaw of jealousy created Othello's downfall, similar to how pride was the tragic flaw that brought down Oedipus. ...
But in any moment of the story Desdemona truly commits a sinful act that could inculpate her. ... Sadly, his wickedness last long enough to wreck Othello's mind and cause a tragic end to the story. ... And last but not least, these images play a role in giving the overall theme of a tragic flaw to the story. Othello is characterized as the tragic hero whose imperfection brings him down. ... As she explains in the website, "Othello's tragic flaw was jealousy which flared at suspicion and rushed into action unchecked by calm common sense and he had internalized, that is taken in...
The Shakespearean plan, Othello, we meet what is said to be a tragic hero. This essay will show you through a series of events how Othello truly is the tragic hero. ... Othello, being the tragic hero of the story, is succumbed with passion, and can't see the truth, plots to kill Desdemona. ... In the end Othello is the true tragic hero. ... He is the tragic hero. ...
The following paragraphs will attempt to show just how Othello's tragic fate came to be and the motives behind his actions. ... His character traits are similar to that of the serpent in the story of Adam and Eve. ... This evil rooted act is what eventually leads to the tragic ending of this play. ... After saying these words, Othello takes his own life. ... Othello is man....
Othello's characteristics and surrounding circumstances are what make him a tragic hero in a play with tragic outcomes. Othello is a tragic hero in his play as he is a great man brought under by a superior intellect. ... Othello's fate also contributes to his status as a tragic hero. ... Emilia reveals the full story to him with Cassio's word behind her. ... It is Othello's presence and his and the other characters fate that makes Othello the ultimate tragedy with the ultimate tragic hero. ...
Othello Othello, by William Shakespeare, is a story of a heartbreaking and tragic hero, Othello. ... As the story carries on, Iago discovers the secret marriage of Othello and Des. ... Iago tells Othello the story, that he has generated and created and then Othello strips Cassio of his title and position as Lieutenant. ... After reading Shakespeare's, "Othello" I concluded that it could be the most tragic play Shakespeare ever wrote. It is so tragic that no one character survives by the end of the play. ...
