Courtney Lum

In the play Othello, I was surprised at how rash and irrational Othello was as a character. He was so trusting in Iago, yet wouldn’t even give Desdemona the time to explain herself, let alone listen to her. I feel as if Othello’s downfall was his trusting nature towards to Iago and quick to judge tendency towards his own wife. Perhaps the idea of sexism played a part of such actions, for during Shakespeare’s time there was a great deal of discrimination of women and perhaps that translated into his play Othello. And only in the end does Othello realize his misfortunes and decides to commit suicide making him the tragic hero of his own demise.