Othello as Tragic Hero
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:50:18
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 5 pages (1425 words)
Category: / Literature / Creative Writing
Length: 5 pages (1425 words)
If one reads Shakespeare's "Othello", they can come to the conclusion that it might be one of the his most tragic plays ever written by Shakespeare. "Romeo and Juliet", is probably the most famous of his tragic plays, but "Othello", has characteristics that, I think make it even more tragic then his other plays, and therefore for that reason, you can say that Othello is the most tragic hero.
Othello is a noble man, one …
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…train of
thought and jealousy. Othello does not reason with anyone except Iago. This is
why Iago is the villain of all villains. This is why Othello's jealousy can be
said to be his greatest downfall.
Over the entire play, not only does Iago
become the antogonist that he is, but also Othello's tragic flaw of jealousy
leads to his, Iago's and innocent Desdemona. One can see why Othello, might be
Shakespeare's most tragic plays.
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