Othello Character Flaws

In “Othello”, the main character, Othello, shows many flaws. But throughout the story, Othello isn’t the only character that shows character flaws. Most of the characters have some sort of flaws. The major flaws that are shown throughout the story are: Cassio’s fight, Desdemona’s loyalty, and Emilia’s loyalty are all character flaws that lead to the play’s tragic outcome. All of these flaws are connected also.

In “Othello”, some of Cassio flaws lead to this play’s outcome. In act 2 scene 3, Iago persuades Cassio to have some wine to drink. Iago does this so Cassio could get drunk and start doing things he won’t do when he isn’t drunk. At first, Cassio is set up to fight Rodreigo. Then once Montano comes to intervene the fight Cassio turns to fight Montano. This ruckus awakes Othello and Othello requires Iago to tell the story. Iago says it's basically all Cassio’s fault, so Othello takes Cassio’s position as lieutenant. Later on, Cassio pleads to Desdemona to tell Othello to give him his job back. The pleads Desdemona gives to Othello makes Othello think Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair. This “affair” leads to the death of Desdemona.

For example, shortly after Cassio is relieved of his duties as lieutenant, he goes to Desdemona to get his job back. Desdemona certainly says she will get Othello to give Cassio his job back. To give Cassio his job back, Desdemona constantly bothers Othello and begs him to give Cassio the job back. This makes Othello start to wonder if Cassio and Desdemona are having some sort of secret relationship that he doesn’t know about. Desdemona pleads to Othello that there is no affair, but she also keeps begging him to give Cassio his job back, as result of this “affair” and loyalty. Othello kills