Essay Example on The Tragic Hero's Downfall

Throughout life hero's will show up whenever people are in trouble It maybe be the day to day hero s that are seen giving back to the homeless or finding a runaway dog It can also be the hero s that save people's lives everyday but the rarest of all is the tragic hero A tragic hero is a person who has heroic traits but also has flaws that lead to their own downfall or self destruction In William Shakespeare's play Othello Othello is the tragic hero because of his greatness and flaws He is an honorable noble man due to his military ranking and his genuine heart Othello has great control over himself and shows courage Even though Othello is a good person he has flaws One flaw that Othello has is being blinded by people's trust and not seeing their true colors Othello can get jealous easily and is gullible By being blinded and getting jealous easily is how Iago manipulates Othello in believing his wife is cheating Throughout the play Othello has a lot of trust then later get suspicious about things and finally lets jealousy take over him In the beginning of the play Othello has a lot of trust in people especially his wife Desdemona According to the text I do beseech you Send for the lady to the Sagittary And let her speak of me before her father If you do find me foul in her report The trust the office I do hold of you Not only take away but let your sentence Even fall upon my life Act 1 Scene 3 lines 117 122 This shows that Othello has all his trust in his wife Desdemona that he would bet his own life on her and not have any doubts about it Othello also believes that his ensign Iago is trustworthy and so has faith in him In the text Othello says So please my grace my ancient 

 This clearly states Othello can contain his jealousy for any time longer and will do anything to kill Cassio Another time when Othello releasing his jealousy and anger Is when Othello said Was this fair paper this most goodly book Made to write whore upon What committed Committed O thou public commoner I should make very forges of my cheeks That would to cinders burn up modesty Did I but speak thy deeds What committed Impudent strumpet Act 4 Scene 2 75 85 This shows that Othello's jealousy has overcome come him and he will insult anyone For example by calling Desdemona a brazen whore At this point Othello has been overcome with jealousy and will do anything to hurt someone In conclusion as Othello progressed in the book it showed that people cannot be told one lie and be overcome with an extreme amount of jealousy They will also do anything to that person who is the root of their problem It tells us that you sometimes should not believe what people say to you and do not let them get into your mind by sayings things You should instead confront the person who is at the root of your problem and not make accusations if you do not know if it is true for certain