Othello’s Insight
Write a one paragraph response to the following question:
Often at the end of a play, Shakespeare’s tragic heroes often have a moment of insight. What is Othello’s insight? Look closely at Othello’s last speech before answering this question.
In Othello’s speech at the end of the play, he comes to the conclusion that it is the destiny of those who are great to fall from their high position. He talks about how what happened was as unavoidable as death. He sees what had happened to him as an act of God and that he was always destined to fall from his high position just like what had happened to many great leaders before him. He also realizes how wrong he was to do what he had done and how he wishes everyone to remember him as the man he was instead of what he had just done. He wishes that although he had fallen from his renowned position to the jealous man who murdered his wife that he is remembered as the great military leader and man they knew before the last few days.
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