Pride and conceit are two qualities that most everyone will agree are horrible to have. However when we are first introduced to Othello, one of the very first lines that escape from his mouth, reek of those qualities. “…My parts, my title, and my perfect soul/Shall manifest me rightly…” (Act 1, Sc 2. line 37) Othello’s pride is not only in regards to his achievements and himself but they are also about his wife Desdemona. Othello seems to think of Desdemona as a possession rather then a person. “I had rather be a toad/ And live upon the vapour of a dungeon/ Than keep a corner in the thing I love/ For others

Othello a hero? Most definitely not, Othello had far too many flaws to be considered a hero. He was proud; simple minded, committed unjustified acts of murder and did not take responsibility for his own actions. To even say that he was even a good person could also be testing the limits.

A hero is supposed to be a person who has great strength…this does not only mean strength of the body, but of the mind as well; Othello was extremely simple-minded. When Iago began his plot he did not even have to try very hard to convince Othello that his wife and friend Cassio were having an affair. Othello took Iago’s word, so much so that he didn’t even bother to ask Cassio or Desdemona, he didn’t even ask the opinion of other people close to them. “But this denoted a foregone conclusion/Tis a shrew doubt, though it be a dream.” (Act 3 Sc. 3 line 486). That is not a matter of trusting, but of being naïve and dim. Not only did he not ask other people; he failed to take a breath and ask himself logically if it was possible for Desdemona to actually have an affair. It didn’t occur to him, that it would be practically impossible since people always surround

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