What is common about all the great tragic heros of Shakespeare?
2006-07-30 07:22:13 · 10 answers · asked by Madhu B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hi!
I think pride was his downfall. Pride blinded him. He was too worried by what other people thought of him or what other people were saying about him to actually see the truth... which was, in Othello's case, that his wife really did love him and was not betraying him. But no matter what Desdamona said to convince him otherwise, Othello just knew he was right. I mean, how could he be wrong? He is a man, and men are never wrong. Men don't lie, women do. It was this pride that had Othello believing everything Iago said, and this pride that stopped him from just sitting down and talking to his wife about the things Iago said.
I think pride is a problem with a lot of Shakespear's characters... in his tragedies and even in his comedies. Look at "Taming of the Shrew"... a comedy about a prideful women.
Just my opinion...
T.
2006-07-30 07:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by Theophania 4 · 8⤊ 3⤋
Othello The Character
2016-12-12 09:37:14 · answer #2 · answered by yancy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two flaws, actually. One was jealousy -- the fear that his wife would betray him (an occupational hazard of being a middle-aged man married to a beautiful younger woman, IMO). The other was, as a previous poster said, misplaced trust. If he hadn't listened to Iago, he wouldn't have screwed up so badly. Of course, the first flaw softened him up for the second.
2006-07-30 07:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by D'archangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Othello was too easily persuaded by someone he thought he trusted
Most if not all the tragic heros made assumptions without enough real evidence and acted on the assumption(s) too soon.
2006-07-30 07:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ricky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theophane said it best. She fully deserves the 10 points.
2006-07-30 07:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by imagineworldwide 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
looking at the world through the eyes of Iago.
2006-07-30 07:45:03 · answer #6 · answered by nono 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was too trusting of Iago and not trusting enough of his wife, Desdemona.
2006-07-30 12:57:31 · answer #7 · answered by bookworm9211 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jealousy, they all have a fatal flaw.
2006-07-30 15:59:59 · answer #8 · answered by boxturtle_21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
misplaced trust.
2006-07-30 07:25:15 · answer #9 · answered by hotsista0201 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nobody can understand their language?
2006-07-30 07:25:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋