Without a shadow of doubt, I agree with the critic's views of Othello never realising the part he played in the disastrous outcome of the play. Ill fate, his mistrust for Desdemona, and Iago's sick, pointless arts definitely did play their parts in the tragedy, but, up until his last words in his final soliloquy, Othello never realised his guilty role.
Othello's biggest flaw was that he let his emotions run the show. He never once reflected and realised this. Instead of being cool, calm and collective in uncomfortable situations or in doubt, which is the way he would've acted in times of…