Othello compare himself to a base Indian, someone that threw a pearl away not knowing if its true value. As a comparison to it, he’d know that he threw Desdemona away not knowing how much she means to him. He threw away the most valuable of pearl which is his wife as Desdemona is the pearl of his life. He calls her "pearl." As a pearl, Desdemona is beautiful and contrast to highly prizes as a gem. He talk about the Turk which remind the reader of the tales of adventure and war that made Desdemona ran away and marry him. As a military general, it made him famous in Venice. By murdering himself as he is depicts of how he kill a Turk, he defines himself as an outsider. It also allow him to give one last act of service; he kill the only rival he
