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A five page paper illustrating the manner in which Shakespeare used the characterization of his protagonist to inevitably unfold the plot. The paper asserts that much as we would like to believe that Othello’s life would have been just fine without Iago, in truth it was Othello’s terrible personal insecurity, together with a nature more at home in the heat of battle than in the warmth of family, that led him inevitably to his downfall. Bibliography lists six sources.
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in which the entire plot is driven by the personality flaws of its protagonist. As much as we would like to pin all the blame on the villainous Iago, it
is Othellos own personal issues -- his insecurity over his wife Desdemonas fidelity, and his inability to distinguish reality from illusion when he is out of the heat of battle
-- that allows Iago to manipulate him into killing her. The Othello we meet in Act I is clearly Othello as he was meant to be: noble, diplomatic, and eloquent.
His very eloquence (considered in Shakespeares time, as in ours, the hallmark of a great leader) is shown in the scene in the senate house where Othello defends his marriage
to Desdemona against Brabantios accusations. Interestingly, Brabantio accuses Othello, not of miscegenation, or of rape, but of bewitching his daughter. If he has indeed bewitched her, all agree, it is
with the magic of his words; the Duke admits "I think this tale would win my daughter, too" (I, ii, 171). Othello, in his official capacity as General, has a
great deal of experience in delegating authority and is comfortable with doing so. But we must observe other things about him as well -- aspects of his personality which may
well lead him into trouble. He is not a particularly observant man, nor an introspective one. He can be very imaginative and highly emotional, but while he is being imaginative
and emotional he can not think clearly. Most damagingly of all, he is a very poor judge of people -- he is much too trusting. This, of course, is what
enables him to accept the word of the villainous Iago against that of his beloved and virtuous wife. He knows a great deal about the battlefield, little about political intrigue,
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