Othello #7

Shakespeare’s play Othello ends with many tragic deaths. In the last scene of the play, Othello, Emilia, and Desdemona all die in result of Iago's evil motives. Othello kills his wife Desdemona because he believes that she was having other romantic relations with Cassio, all which was false. Iago pretended to be Othello's friend, but he was feeding Othello lies about his wife, which lead to Othello killing her after debate. This particular soliloquy from Othello is particularly significant because it shows that Othello can be sympathetic. Earlier in the play, Othello was crazy, paranoid, and out of control due to Iago's mind tricks. Othello believes that killing Desdemona will be morally justified: "Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men" (VI.ii.6). Othello wants to kill his wife partly because he does not want other men to suffer for the reasons that Othello did, and because he is trying to end this reoccurring sin that could possibly happen in the future. In his soliloquy, Othello also discusses how he plans on killing her: “But once put out thy light,/ Thou cunning’st pattern of excelling nature,/ I know not where is that Promethean heat/ That can thy light relume” (VI.ii.10-13). Othello wants to kill his wife peacefully. This is also a redundant analogy because if he kills Desdemona, Othello I partly killing his inner goodness because Desdemona brought about the goodness in Othello, before Iago brainwashed him with lies.