A tragic figure, according to the classic definition, is a person of noble birth whose character is flawed by a weakness that causes his downfall. Othello, while not a prince or a king, is descended from royalty, and proves himself worthy as a powerful soldier and a gentle, poetic man. While some...

Othello: A fighter, not a lover Shakespeare's Othello is a tragedy in which the black war hero, Othello, murders his wife, Desdemona, because he comes to believe Desdemona is being unfaithful to their marriage. Throughout the play it is Iago, the absolute villain, who festers jealousy in Ot...

In the drama "Othello", there is no character in all of Shakespeare's plays so full of deceitful power and poison as Iago. He is envious of Michael Cassio and suspects that Othello has wronged his honor; but his malignancy is all out of proportion even to his alleged motives, through whic...