... with confidence, and those around him listen and obey. He accomplishes all this despite the fact that he is a Moor, which is looked down upon at this time in the predominately Christian Venice. Early on in the play, there are hardly any suggestion or hints towards a tragic flaw of his. He seems to be an all-around well-respected and honorable man. Othello ... V, Act II, lines 359-360, "I kissed thee ere I killed thee. No way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss." Othello's tragic flaw of trusting Iago has lead to the death of his marriage, his wife, and now himself. As nave as O...

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... himself whether he should kill himself, or if it is "nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," (Hamlet III.i.57). Similarly, In Romeo and Juliet, fate is blamed the cause of trouble. After the death of Tybalt, Romeo exclaims that he is "fortune's fool!" (Romeo and Juliet, III.i.136). It is clear that these characters are primarily governed ... and Juliet, the two lovers commit suicide, and Macbeth ends with a decapitation. Aside from a depressing ending, these plays all end in a violent or self-destructive way. The death portrayed in Shakespearian tragedies only brin...

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... Indian- who cast away a pearl worth more than all of his tribe. Finally, Othello recalls a time where he defended Venice by killing a Turkish enemy, and then stabs himself in a re-enactment of his earlier act; thereby casting himself as both insider and outsider, enemy and defender of the state. ... to the greedy pursuit of money. Together, his downfall and subsequent death, result from his stark refusal to accept what he cannot control - the passage of time. "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!- In comparison to Othello, the tragic hero is able to accept Iago's manipulation ...

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... 's plays were first published. Although Shakespeare was the playwright to many plays, this collection will concentrate on one of the plays that were written during Shakespeare's great tragic period, Othello. In 1565 Giovanni Cinzio wrote a tale that relates to the deception of a Moorish general ensign into considering that his wife has been dishonest. Shakespeare most likely used this as a backbone to ... all the characters are affected. By the end of the play many characters are either wounded or dead. The Duke of Venice was holding a celebration but because of Iago's manipulation finis...

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