Felicia Ooi; Othello

Overall, Othello was a story that I felt played entirely on major human weaknesses, like jealousy, greed, and pride. The main character, Othello, was portrayed initially as a noble character, who despite being a Moor, was a man of relative power and position. However, he eventually fell for Iago's vindictive lies, deceptions and falsehoods, and because of his own pride, he ended up murdering Desdemona, and then committing suicide. Iago was indeed a character who is to be both despised, yet admired. In a perverse manner, Iago emerges victorious from the whole tragic fiasco, and he is the only one who accomplished his goal of making Othello suffer. He is to be admired in the fact that despite his conniving and vicious lies, he is never caught red-handed as being the one to blame for everything because he thinks carefully before taking action. Nevertheless, to me, when compared to Shakespearean Tragedy, Greek Tragedy is a lot more dramatic and "tragic" in the most literal sense of the word.