As humans we are made to make mistakes. We miscommunicate, we misinterpret, we miss the mark. Othello, by William Shakespeare, is perhaps one of the most beautifulーand most humanーpieces of tragic art ever created. It illustrates the purest forms of evil and how innocence can be manipulated into corruption. While humans are programmed to corrupt and often cause ruin to their own lives, we like to point fingers and assign someone the blame in difficult situations, and a tragedy as devastating as the one designed in Othello is no exception to its audience. Photo provided by Giphy.com
Who's at Fault?Pie chart created with meta-chart.com Iago- 80%
Othello- 14%
Desdemona- 4%
The Turks- 2%
Humans are unstable and unreliable beings. Every character in Othello is to blame, not just Iago. While his intentions were purely wicked, he did have a lot of luck. He created a master plan, and was lucky enough that everyone around him was foolish enough to believe it. It begs the question: Who is to blame? The puppets? Or the puppeteer?
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