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Othello Character Analysis

Major Characters:
Othello: Protagonist and hero. He is a highly valuable and respected general of Venice, and an eloquent and powerful figure. He is nevertheless easy prey to insecurities because of his age, his life as a soldier, and the fact that he is a racial and cultural outsider. He sometimes makes a point of presenting himself as such, whether because he recognizes his exotic appeal or merely because he is self-conscious of his difference from other Venetians. In spite of his eloquence in the first act, he protests, "Rude am I in my speech, / And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace". In the end, it is the tension between his victimization at the hands of a foreign culture and his own willingness to torment himself that makes him a tragic figure.

Nevertheless, Othello is also tactful and wise in dealing with authority. When his father-in-law accuses him of bewitching Desdemona, Othello does not argue but instead politely and......

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