As I was reading, I had some thoughts about the characters in Othello. I wrote them down, so here it goes:
Othello: He's an idiot for believing that his wife cheated on him. He doesn't have any proof! If he really loved her, he would ask her for the truth before accusing her of doing something wrong. Why doesn't he listen to her when she tells him that she hasn't done anything? What a stupid man!
Iago: He doesn't even know if anyone has slept with his wife. Why doesn't he find out if anything actually happened? It's really dumb that he wants to break apart a marriage when there's no proof for his reasoning.
Desdemona: What a naive little girl! She should stand up to Othello instead of letting him make her feel horrible. If she knew that he was going to kill her, why didn't she try to run away?
As for the ending, I think that Iago should have been tortured to death for what he did. What a jerk! I am really glad that his wife stood up to him. I'm a little upset that she died. The innocent died and the villain lived. What kind of an ending is that? I guess that's Shakespeare for you!
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You're right when you say that Othello is an idiot for killing his wife with no proof. Murder is a huge step to resort to when you believe that your spouse has cheated on you. There were most definitely other ways of dealing with his fear -- like confronting her and speaking with her about how she feels about their marriage, etc. Also, Iago knows all along that there is nothing going on between Cassio and Desdemona ... that's the real evil of it. Iago is so jealous that Othello chose Cassio for the promotion over him, that he is willing to manipulate and destroy the lives of everyone around him in order to seek revenge. And if you notice, he never actually DOES anything ... he just speaks his lies and then sits back to watch them destruct. And for Desdemona -- she is so caught off guard in the bedroom the night that Othello comes to kill her. She has been sleeping and has no idea what he is talking about when he confronts her and tells her to confess her sins. But why she doesn't run ... I have no idea. It seems so bizarre to me. As for the ending -- i feel that Iago gets to suffer enough. If you listen to Othello's last lines, he tells Iago that death is the easy way out. Othello only wounds him so that he has to live with the pain -- both physical and mental pain -- stemming from all that he has done
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