Othello Tragedy Analysis

What does the word “Tragedy” mean according to the dictionary.com site? An Event in life that evokes feelings of sorrow or grief (dictionary.com) If we take a look over Othello, does this play fit into this definition? Yes, we can say the events that occur during the play does evoke feelings of sorrow and grief for several persons, not just Othello. If we go over the play of Othello how many times do we see something tragic happen. We start the play with hearing about how a distraught pursuer of Desdemona is so upset that she has gone off and married another. This person is Roderigo and he has been trying to win over Desdemona and is very upset and is trying to come up with a way to seek revenge on both Desdemona and Othello We are also introduced …show more content…
Othello was not born a noble man. He has risen in ranks and is now revered as a General and is highly respected. Now, according to Aristotle to be considered a tragedy the person or persons must be of high stature born that way not married into it or as stated worked his way up the ranks. So, Othello is of high station by his accomplishments and not by birthright. Now let’s take a look at another point of Aristotle’s definition. He states that one must learn from his actions. As we look back at Othello, he did learn the truth but did not learn from it. What did he do? He was so full of guilt and madness that he took his own life. This is not learning a lesson and using it to be a better person or to live a better life. So, in my conclusion even though Othello ends in tragedy and by my own definition and the dictionary we can call it a tragedy. However, it we are just going by this definition “A tragic hero is the protagonist of a story who has a fall from grace. A tragic hero is a character who has everything going for him or her, however, they have flaw that sparks their downfall. Due to hubris or pride the heroic character, realizes his or her unfortunate mistake to