Othello post 1

For Shakespearian tragedies, tragedies typically have easily visible defining features. For instance, protagonists will have fatal flaws, the high socially ranking protagonist will crumble due to outside pressure, and almost everyone dies. Othello exemplifies these characteristics well. The protagonist, Othello, has a main flaw of putting too much trust in friends and being too temperamental. Othello is also a military general whose mental state crumbles as a result of Iago’s deception. The point of nearly everyone dying is especially true. The chain of death begins with Rodrigo failing to kill Cassio and dying, then Othello killing Desdemona, then Iago killing Emilia, Othello killing himself, and culminating with Iago being arrested, likely leading to execution.