One of the main concerns with plays is figuring out what a character truly is. Some characters are easier to analyze, but there are those that are complex at first glance but once one realizes the key powers that drive that character, one can understand the play even more. Such a character is Othello from Shakespeare's Othello, a play about a man in conflict with his self identity & social interpretation of who is.
The first step in analyzing the character of Othello is to look at his relationships & interaction with the other characters & their reaction in return. From the very beginning there is a strong sense of distance & Ostracism. Othello's Moorish descent leaves him in an odd situation with the other characters. He is almost a distant, figurative character at first, a kind of shadow in the play.
The Othello, the character of Othello has certain traits which makes him seem naïve & unsophisticated compared to many other people.
The nature of Othello's character is a dark man. A dark man not only because, he is black, but also because his whole person is very mysterious. He is mysterious in that he believes there is magic brewing everywhere. With this dark side, he is also very outgoing & not very bright. He isn't observant & the schemes of Iago work well on him.
The control over any situation is one of Othello's strong characteristics. Through the whole first act you can picture a man of so much power & natural leadership & when he changes you cannot believe it.
Another place where Shakespeare shows Othello taking control over a situation is when Cassio& Montano are fighting after Roderigo antagonized him.
Othello's origin also inhibited him from understanding European women. He did see for himself the deception of Desdemona towards her father & remembered the words he had said to him:
Look to her, Moor, if thou has eyes to see:
She has deceived her father & may thee.
Othello was jealous. He was told his wife was cheating on him & he thought he was killing for justice. Othello is one of a man whose character is brought to light of horrible situation by a deceitful devil named Iago.
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