Indeed, while some critics may see Othello's downfall as a product of his own jealousy, it seems more likely that this is a product of the society in which he lives.
This answer suggests that while on the surface Othello may be giving into his fatal flaw, jealousy, Shakespeare implicitly suggests that this is conditioned in him due to constant reminders of his race and the associated expectations.
In doing so, Shakespeare questions contemporary attitudes towards race. What is the cause of Othello's downfall? Othello's downfall is caused by the ruinous effects of jealousy, and this is shown in Othello's refusal to trust Emilia, Cassio, and Desdemona.
As Othello is unwittingly drawn into Iago's scheme, he loses his ability to trust others, even when he has little reason not to. How does jealousy lead to Othello's downfall? However, no character falls victim to jealousy more than Othello.
Jealousy eventually helps lead Othello to his tragic downfall by causing Othello to abandon all rationality, and become extremely gullible.
Iago is very jealous and upset at the beginning of the play. He is jealous of both Cassio and Othello. Is Iago to blame for the tragedy in Othello? I chose this picture because it reminds me of Iago. Othello is to blame for a majority of the events that occurred in his tragedy. This shows that Iago has fooled Roderigo into thinking that he is helping. How is Iago responsible for Desdemona death? The basic hatred due to jealousy for Othello makes Iago to fulfill his treacherous ego and fulfill his sadistic happiness by punishing him by making responsible for Desdemona's death.
Is Othello fully responsible for his deeds? Othello let himself be tricked by the lies of Iago, and so it was he who was responsible for his own downfall. After finding that his wife was faithful, he changes from the man we once knew. Ironically, despite feeling uneasy about the death of the " Want to read the rest?
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JavaScript seem to be disabled in your browser. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website. Join over 1. Home International Baccalaureate Drama. Page 1. Save View my saved documents Submit similar document. Share this Facebook. The technique of foreshadowing is used severally by the author in order to make the readers able to predict the bad luck ad the misfortunes that would be befalling the characters in the play.
Iago is the sole character in the play who initiates most of the conflict between the characters which eventually lead to their downfall. To the characters, he is a gentleman and he is well respected although the readers are aware that he is not a good man.
This, therefore, makes the characters fall easily to his traps as they believe that his advisers are the best. This facade makes it easy for Iago to manipulate the characters whereby unfortunately Othello fall a victim. For the beginning, Iago hates Othello because of his promotion as the lieutenant in Othello. Instead of Othello accepting the promotion, he chose Cassio for the position which makes Iago more hurt thus planning a way to make them hate each other. In order to see him aim being accomplished, Iago planned several tactics one of them is trying to convince Othello that his wife was cheating on him with Cassio.
He was shocked when Cassio maintained that the two were just friend and that he did not believe what he said about her. However, Iago did not easily give up. He tried harder and used different tactics in order to ensure that Othello believed that the two had a relationship.
After his skillful tactic, he managed to convince Othello that Cassio and Desdemona had a relationship. This made Othello angry and jealous thus seeking revenge whereby he panned kill the both of them.
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