Othello Review

In the last post, I said that I'd update how the story goes every other day. Well, I lied. Laziness has taken over me, so as a result, I never updated. But I'll do one today. Othello's first act started out with Roderigo and Iago's conversation, about how Roderigo was deceived by Iago for Desdemona and Othello's relationship. Othello was introduced as a loving, confident, trusting, calm, and noble character. To me, he has a great self confidence in a world which he is not supposed to fit in, Venice. Being an African Moor, Othello is always the different one. He appears to be very humble and clever; he never gets rattled or angry for minor reasons. The love relationship between him and Desdemona seems to be so epic that, at one point, I think it surpasses Romeo and Juliet on certain degrees. They constantly praise each other, say "I love you", kiss a lot, and do other cheesy things that made me feel a little uncomfortable. Things are going so great until Iago comes into the "play". Iago is an extremely devious, manipulative, and deceptive person. He lives in a world of jealousy, but he is extremely clever. Because Othello appoints his lieutenancy to Cassio, Iago is so angry and envious that he slowly starts to scheme a plan that will break down all the characters in an extremely painful way. He secretly starts to tell lies to Othello about how Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. He even finds a "proof" to Othello, the handkerchief. Iago is so good at manipulating people's weakness, and he always gets what he wants at the end. He uses Roderigo's foolishness, Cassio's bad drinking habit, Desdemona's innocence, Emilia's faithfulness, and most importantly, he uses Othello's lack of proper knowledge in life. Because of him, Othello becomes devastated, conflicted, jealous, insecure, and all the sides we won't want to expect from a competent man. Othello is starting to hit and yell at Desdemona. Poor Desdemona, she doesn't even know why Othello is so mad; the only thing she knows is that she has to be faithful to him. The epic tragic is about to happen, because Act 5 is where Othello will strangle Desdemona to death. Thanks to Iago.