Othello, By William Shakespeare - 1729 Words

All men are born to have flaws. Flaws, varying from tiny to significant, have the ability to shape people’s path in life. A little flaw can undo all the merits that people have gained in their life. A significant flaw can tear people apart and cause them to fall from the peak of the mountain to the rough, hard ground for the rest of their lives. In Othello, written by Williams Shakespeare, there are three characters-Iago, Othello and Desdemona, all of which suffer greatly due to their own flaws that covers their eyes and contribute to a mass of misunderstanding and evil plans. Iago fall victim to his jealousy which primarily targets Othello. Right after the fight between Rodgerigo and Cassio, he openly reveals his flaw which is jealousy†¦show more content†¦Lie on her? We say lie on her when they belie her. Lie with her? Zounds, that’s fulsome! Handkerchief-confession-handkerchief! Noses, ears, and lips! Is’t possible?- Confess? Handkerchief! O devil! He falls. (IV.i.35-43) By repeating the phrase â€Å"lie with her† for several times, readers can consciously realize that Othello is beginning to lose his mind. After Iago’s constant insinuations which are entirely directed by jealousy, Othello is now going insane into the wild and filthy imagination of Desdemona sleeping with Cassio -- their ‘noses’ and ‘lips’ may have touched in kissing, and their ‘ears’ have been close together for whispering. His physical falling on the ground signifies his mental breakdown which is a perfect product of Iago’s jealousy-oriented plan. Again, it is because of Iago’s jealousy-dominated mind that creates false evidence which validates Desdemona’s ‘infidelity’, leading to Othello’s insanity. In the end, Iago pays his own torture for his jealousy. After the truth of everything Iago viciously does having been revealed, Lodovico gives out command: â€Å"For this slave[Iago]/If there be any cunning cruelty/That can torment him much and hold him long,/It shall be his†(V.ii.328-30). Iago is sentenced to long-term torture, opposite to what he envisions himself in his plan. His entire plan is initiated and fuelled by his jealousy. No excuse he gives for his actions seems enough to explain the destruction he imposes on the