The Moor, being the governor of Cyprus, encountered an enormous amount of stress on a day-to-day basis. Being in a position of leadership would bring a great deal of stress on anyone, and there was even more on Othello due to his falling out with his Lieutenant, Cassio. According to the website www.aomc.org "If a stressful situation goes on for too long... you may feel...irritable, depressed..." Obviously, Othello was a very stressed out person.

Othello, a black man, was reminded daily of the struggles that a minority must face in a white man's world. Although Othello was a respected war veteran h

Love made a serious contribution to Othello's downfall. The Moor loved Desdemona with all of his heart; he would have given his life for her and not given it a second thought. The only part of love that Othello was missing was trust. He was so sure that his beautiful, faithful wife was untrue to him that he would not even listen to the one person in the world that meant the most to him, Desdemona. In the final act, right before Othello murders his beloved he says, "...I will kill thee, And love thee after." So, even though he kills her still loves her; he just thinks that he is doing the right thing.

The reason he thinks he is doing the right thing is because he trusts Iago to much, at one point he says, "my ancient; A man he is of honest and trust...." This demonstrates Othello's misplaced trust in Iago. One of Othello's few character flaws is that he is not a good judge of other's character. He perceives Iago as a good and honest man, while he sees the lovely Desdemona as a lying whore. Both of these however, couldn't be further from

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