Shakespeare’s use of ambiguity causes Othello’s climax to be ambiguous. The protagonist determines what the climax is, which is debatable because either Othello or Iago can be the protagonist. Although there is ambiguity regarding the climax, Shakespeare provides salient evidence for the climax. When Iago is the protagonist, he manipulates Othello until he finally causes Othello’s catastrophe. Othello and Iago are in open opposition when Iago asks him, regarding Cassio and Desdemona, “What if I had said I had seen him do you wrong” (IV.I.28)? When a person or character says, “What if I told you…,” the asker causes the answerer to think about it; the deceptive act leads to confusion. When Iago poses the question to Othello, he not only antagonizes
