othello

[joycekok]

hey i have a question on OTHELLO

othello is ultimately responsible for the play's tragic outcomes?

[Shannanigan]

Hello Joyce, welcome to the forums :)

Perhaps you want to share some of your ideas. Even if you don't know whether he is responsible, you can start trying to figure it out by looking at the outcomes like the deaths of Desdemona...(edit: "and Cassio" removed, I'm so silly sometimes). What caused their tragic ends, was it Iago's cruel behind-the-scenes work, or Othello's failure to approach Desdemona herself about what he thought was happening?

When I was studying Othello, I found this summary helpful:

http://pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmOthello02.asp

[msdirector]

you can start trying to figure it out by looking at the outcomes like the deaths of Desdemona and Cassio. What caused their tragic ends,

With respect, Shannanigan, Cassio doesn't die in Othello. He lives to confront Iago, and becomes at the end, the Governor of Cyprus.

[Shannanigan]

With respect, Shannanigan, Cassio doesn't die in Othello. He lives to confront Iago, and becomes at the end, the Governor of Cyprus.

Ooops, my bad, silly me :P Gah...what was I thinking then? There was another "negative" outcome on my mind I'm sure...

Or maybe I just had a brain fart. ~*holds out wrist for a slap*~ :sick:

[msdirector]

Ooops, my bad, silly me :P Gah...what was I thinking then? There was another "negative" outcome on my mind I'm sure...


Well... Cassio is certainly wounded at the hand of Iago. Iago kills then Emelia when she "betrays" him. Then Iago himself is wounded but not killed. He is rather left in Cassio's hands to torture, imprison and perhaps execute for his crimes (his exact fate is not made clear at the end). And, of course, Othello kills himself. Surely that's enough violence... :-)

And no slap necessary. There are alot of plays and alot of deaths. Nobody can remember them all. Thus my home Shakespeare library for reference!

[happyjackf]

yes, this is a tragedy, knowing that, look for a tragic flaw that causes the terrible events. for othello the tragic flaw is jealousy, also over trusting, and tied into that last one is acting to rashly