William Shakespeare – Othello – Essay (Mya Thaw Thaw)

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Question: “There is no single factor which leads to Othello’s tragic downfall, but a complex combination of factors.”

Intro: The play Othello, by William Shakespeare, portrays the tragic down fall of Othello due to a complex combination of factors such as racial prejudice, incompatibility of military heroism and love and revenge, portrayed through many multi-dimensional constructed characters, are all combined to eventually lead to the tragic downfall of Othello. The idea of racial prejudice, a discussion exceedingly relevant in contemporary society, centred around other ideas such as revenge which is portrayed by the character Iago, also contributed by vengeance and incompatibility of military heroism and love, which are also significant concerns in modern days. These universal factors, which obtain the play’s textual integrity, are known to be the cause of Othello’s tragic downfall.