... innocent character is killed in such a matter, it is proof that the revenge character was no where near being justified for his crime. After Iago's revenge was carried out; Othello became miserable, as Iago had wanted. This is the only tragedy in which it really seems that ... dead. However, Othello did finally at the end take charge of his life by controlling his own death. He also took responsibility for his weaknesses and realized it was partly his faults and foolishness that caused the death of Desdemona. Although this occurs and helps the audience sympathize with Othello ... could...

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... Shakespeare, undoubtedly the most famous literary figure of all time, wrote many plays in his lifetime including four major tragedies - Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello. This publication focuses on Othello only, and contains a selection of various critical interpretations ... justifying his intended crime. Othello then calls Desdemona degrading names such as "strumpet-, "whore-, "liar- and "false- moments before and after he murders her, while she pleas for her life. As her patriarch, he is given the authority and power to do with her as he pleases, to take away her ... the Veneti...

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• Grade Level: High School

... in many other types of literature written of a man and his downfall. Cain, in the bible, killed Abel due to jealousy. As did King Claudius in Hamlet, and the evil stepsisters in Cinderella. "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster." Just as Iago noted in Act three, scene ... asks for it over and over again. His jealousy is too much, and he is no longer Othello, but has become the "green-eyed monster." Othello's death cannot be all attributed to his jealousy, however. For Iago was truly the "green-eyed monster." Honest Iago, the man Othello trusted far beyond a normal...

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• Grade Level: High School