Reputation In Othello Essay

The Tragedy of Othello (1622) is a play written by William Shakespeare and it portrays the story of Othello, a general who is a Moor. William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. Like many of Shakespeare’s characters, he has a tragic flaw. Othello was confronted with many betrayals that lead him in killing his beautiful wife, Desdemona. Though Othello was a great warrior, however Othello was bound by fate to succumb to evil. The importance of reputation plays a big part in Shakespeare’s play. Iago uses his reputation as the honest man, to deceive Othello and everyone else. Cassio’s reputation as well plays a big part throughout the play. In this
Reputation meant a lot to Cassio, but once demoted he couldn't face Othello. Iago's thought of as an honest man. Iago is able to convince Othello and everyone else that he is an honest and trustworthy man and with this he manages to convince Othello to put much of his trust in him as a result he uses this to his advantage. Iago gets Cassio drunk and seizes the opportunity to make Cassio look bad in front of Othello. As a result Othello demotes Cassio and strips him of his ranking amongst his officers. Iago convinces Cassio to try and plead with Desdemona, to ask Othello to forgive him but it only makes things worse. Though risky Iago tells Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him. In that kind society just the thought of Iago saying something so rude Othello could have had him killed him for that, but Iago’s reputation as an honest trustworthy man prevents this. Nobody suspected that Iago was truly evil and sought to destroy Othello through Desdemona and Cassio. Iago manipulates Othello and the construct of his plan begins to take form. This deceitful tactics brings about the death of many people within the