Examples Of Evil In Othello

Othello; the tragic tale of a man falling to the biggest killer of them all, jealousy. But why does Othello get defeated by such an easy thing to avoid? Perhaps Iago is such a good villain. More likely, it’s because, for some people, especially back in William Shakespeare’s time, honour comes first. Honour that comes with men can be a normal thing for people if it doesn’t go too overboard; however, if it does, like in William Shakespeare’s Othello, it can lead to nasty, if not deadly results. In the first of five arcs of Othello, lots of examples of men’s honours being in full display exist. One is at the beginning of the play when Iago talks about how his honour got hurt when Cassio got the promotion, and Iago did not. During Iago’s soliloquy, he explains what he thinks Cassio is. He says “Forsooth, a great arithmetician, One Michael Cassio, a Florentine, (A fellow almost *insert d-word here* in a fair wife) That never set a squadron in the field, nor the division of a battle knows
Quite early in the first scene of Act IV, Othello overhears a conversation about Iago and Cassio, and how Desdemona is a great lover. After hearing this, Othello is thrown into a fit of anger. Othello says to Desdemona “This hand is moist, my lady”(4.1.30). When a person's hand is moist, it suggests infidelity in a marriage. Othello believes even more that Desdemona isn’t loyal, and believes that he is a cuckold. Speaking of Othello being a cuck, after hearing of Cassio and Desdemona “love”, he falls into a fit. One of the things Othello says during the fit is “ First to be hang, and then it confess- I tremble at it ”(4.1.33). Othello in his fit of madness says that Cassio will be killed, and then Cassio will confess about sleeping with Desdemona. Othello shudders in fear about this. Because Othello is a proud man, and has so much in life, him being called anything less is an