Shakespeare’s Othello: the Open Nature of the Hero and its Devastative Upshot
Taha Khalaf Salim
College of Education for Women, University of Tikrit
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.1.4.4
Keywords: - Othello -jealousy -isolation - tragedy - experience
Abstract
Emanated from many characters, jealousy
is the essence of Shakespeare’s Othello for causing the
personal conflict within the play. It is used to be the
motive for destructive actions that lead to the sorrowful
ends of many characters including the tragic hero,
Othello, who proves that jealousy is one of the most
subversive emotions. The aim of this research is to
concentrate on Othello’s open nature as a tragic flaw that
creates his vulnerability to be jealous of the alleged
disloyalty of Desdemona, his faithful wife, and then to kill
her.
