Othello’s Insight
Write a one paragraph response to the following question:
Often at the end of a play, Shakespeare’s tragic heroes often have a moment of insight. What is Othello’s insight? Look closely at Othello’s last speech before answering this question.
At the end of the play, Othello’s insight on what has happened to his life can be seen as logical. At the same time though, it is an interesting perspective on what his thought was on his whole situation. He begins to talk about how, throughout his life, he has obliged a great service to the Venetian Army. Continuing on that, Othello also describes how, basically, jealousy had overthrown all of his other emotions. By doing this, he had brought tragedy upon himself. Through this process, Othello had overall lost his identity of an honored soldier to a sort of lowlife murderer.
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