The Failure Of Communication In Shakespeare's Othello

In our everyday life it’s hard not to go a whole day without talking to someone. Especially with all the social media we have. The play Othello shows how badly any relationship can fall apart without communication. The whole disaster of this play started with Iago not communicating with his wife or boss. Iago suspects Emilia and Othello have slept together “I do suspect the lusty moor hath leaped in my seat”(II.i.317-318), but Iago never asks either one of them if it’s true or not. WIth that assumption he decides he wants to ruin Othello and everyone around him. He thought he could destroy his marriage by telling Brabantio about it. When Brabantio finds out he is disappointed but he doesn’t do anything, just simply warns Othello of the same “She has deceived her father, and may thee”(I.iii.333). Desdemona ruined her relationship with her father by keeping her marriage a secret, but they got to stay married. …show more content…
He decides to just come out and tell Othello that Desdemona might be cheating on him and he doesn’t even know it, “O, beware, my lord of jealousy! That cuckold lives in bliss”(III.iii.195-197). Othello believes these things Iago is telling him and never asks Desdemona about it, he just automatically believes it’s true. Instead of asking her if its true he acts very suspicious and keeps trying to get her to confess, “Why, so I can. But I will not now this is a trick to put me from my suit”(III.iiii.100-101). Desdemona never asks Othello about why he’s so suspicious she just goes along with it and accepts that she must of done something wrong. Which eventually destroys her relationship with