Theme Of Pride In Othello

One of the many kinds of valuable lessons that can be taught is through experience. Out of the many lessons out there, this lesson is very important and prominent in literature: what we value and treasure can only be determined only by what we sacrifice. There are many pieces of work that emphasize this lesson and theme. For example, in William Shakespeare’s work of art, Othello was one of the many books that showed this theme. In the tragedy, Othello’s actions result in the death of his dear wife, Desdemona, in which he utterly regents and comes into realization of the value of his wife and the price he had to pay after he kills Desdemona. In the book, Othello’s pride and self-esteem leads to his downfall. At the beginning of the book, Othello …show more content…
For example, in the story, Iago tricks Cassio into a fight, which forces Othello to do something. Othello favors Cassio and respects him as his lieutenant, but when he finds out Cassio was in a fight, he was forced to renounce his position. As a result, his disappointment and anger about Cassio led him to not trust Cassio and cloud his judgment to be blindsided by Iago’s trickeries and get manipulated by Iago. It is known that Othello was a respectful general and well knowledgeable, but he is not able to see Iago’s tricks, which made him lose his wife. After Othello kills Desdemona, he realizes how blinded he was to be tricked by Iago. Only after when Desdemona is dead, he realizes how Desdemona meant so much to her and understand that he was wrong to doubt Desdemona’s loyalty to …show more content…
During the party, Desdemona drops her handkerchief, which prompted Iago to steal it and use it against Othello by framing Cassio. The handkerchief is a symbol of Othello and Desdemona’s love. It was a present from Othello to Desdemona, and when he found out that Cassio had it, he just thought that she was having an affair without thinking it through. Instead of asking Desdemona and clearing his doubts, he jumped to conclusions leading to him killing her wife. This shows that just how much Iago had deceived him that he lost his sense of judgment even though he leads armies to victories with his intellect. As a result, after he killed Desdemona, he regrets everything he had done, and regrets doubting her love towards