Shakespeares Othello - The Downfall of Othello and Cassio Essay

The D stimulatefall of Othello and Cassio            In Shakespe ares Othello, the characters of Othello and Cassio greatly contribute to their own depletefalls. Iago sets up a treacherous trap and they fall into it. Both are innocent characters, guilty only of being too dedicateing of Iago. Othello and Cassio protract sympathy from the readers. However, our sympathy for them wanes at times, because they are so gullible. Yet, it is always restored. Iago longs to breach Othello. He is Othellos footsoldier, an ancient, his right-hand man, and long-time friend. Iago was enraged when Othello did not promote him to lieutenant, choosing instead the handsome, young, affluent, Cassio. Iago mat that he was more entitled to the position than Cassio. Cassio was a brillant strategist, but had real little experience on the boutfield. Iago, on the other hand, had an abundance of battle experience and felt that he was passed over only for appearance s sake. This idea whitethorn very well be true. Othello needed someone who would make him cheek better in the eyes of important state officials and people of mettlesome standing in the community. The Moor was a black man, a point that is often referred to in the play and which also causes Othello much insecurity. He motto his race as a drawback and something that could prevent him from gaining further success. So Michael Cassio was the finished face to bring along to state functions the perfect white face. He was a very presentable, educated, good-looking man from a middle-class background. To lower back at the Moor, Iago decides to poison his mind against his wife and against Michael Cassio, by make up images of an illicit sexual affair between the two. In Sha... ... by no means the tragic hero, he is definitely not Othellos villain. Iago chooses Cassio as his prey because he is the one that benefitted from Othellos overlooking of Iago. Who better to bring down? Cassio gain ed the position that Iago wanted, felt entitled to. Cassio was also everything that Iago was not. Cassio came from a financially palmy background, Iago did not. Cassipo received a good education, Iago did not. Cassios promotion to the lieutenancy was the straw that broke the camels back. The flaws of Othello and Cassio, naiveness and gullibility, led to their downfalls. Both characters were innocent of villiany, but guilty of choosing to put their trust in the wrong person. Had they attempted to communicate with the people they should lease, Othello with Desdemona, and Cassio with Othello, Othello would not have been a Shakespearean tragedy.