Othello: Tragedy
Shakespearian tragedy involves the downfall of a great man, which would eventually lead to his destruction, moving the audience, and to make them pity him.
In the course of his own destruction Othello must come to understand his own nature in a way that he did not beforehand. Othello confronts extreme loss, despair and suffering. He comes to realize that he was mistaken about Desdemona, deceived by the person he wrongly trusted. Through Othello's suffering as a result of finding he has unjustly killed what he loved most, he recovers the dignity and the nobility that he los…
