Similarities Between Othello And Much Ado About Nothing

Othello is Much Ado About Nothing Many comparisons can be drawn between the plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing, such as story line, characters, motives, and much more, which is not very uncommon as both plays are written by the same author, William Shakespeare. The major themes in both plays are manipulation. Great men in both plays are manipulated by the villains into their evil deeds and they are both turned against their love of their lives, who has done nothing wrong to them. The major difference is that Othello is an tragedy while Much Ado About Nothing as a comedy, which might as well have ended as a tragedy just like Othello if they hadn’t found out earlier that Don John was behind everything. The villains, Iago and Don John are the evil masterminds behind everything in both plays. Both of their actions are based on jealousy as both are jealous on Othello and Claudios and both wants revenge them. Iago didn’t get the position in the army that he wanted and Don John is jealous of Claudios who bonds better with his half brother
Desdemona, compared to Hero suffers a for more worse faith, as she ends up being killed by Othello, while Hero’s death is only faked. Both of them though still love Othello and Claudios, even though they knew they are about to die or they’d been ashamed in front of everybody and called a whore. Even though they are being treated horribly at the end, they still love them deeply.
The heroes of the play, Othello and Claudios, are both important men in the military, they are both in love, and they both have insecurities. It’s from their insecurities that they are manipulated by the villains. After seeing what they believe is their partners cheat on them, they both decides to take action to restore their honors, although what they do is