Othello

So this week I finished Othello. I had never read it before, I really enjoyed it. My favorite thing about shakespeare is his ability to have complex character development and struggle, while also having entertaining comical scenes. He hides a lot of jokes in his script. The character Iago seems ridiculous because he ruins peoples lives completely simply because he didn't get a job promotion. He used his friends and caused the death of Roderigo and Desdamona. I feel the worst for the women of this play because they have no authority. No matter how many times Desdamona tells Othello she hasn't cheated on him, he never believes her and will only believe what Iago tells him. Even at the end when Iago's wife Emilia is trying to say what has really happened, she has to struggle to get people to take her seriously.