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Who Is To Blame For Desdemona's Death

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Tragedy plays a huge role in the majority of Shakespeare’s plays. In the case of Othello, many characters die in the last act. All of them have been the victim of someone else's lies. Without Iago, the characters would still be alive and Desdemona and Othello would be happily married. Each character is accused of something which they know nothing about and even in the end, justice cannot be given for those who have died. Those who died did not deserve death or the accusations that were about them before they died.
Desdemona is killed by her husband Othello. Desdemona is kind hearted and unaware of the lies that are being told about her or those close to her. Even though Othello killed Desdemona, Iago is still to blame. At the beginning of the play Iago and Rodrigo …show more content…

Cassio had liked Desdemona in the past and he Iago knew that he could use this against both Desdemona and Cassio. By getting Cassio in trouble and watching him lose his position in the military, Iago knew this would bring Cassio and Desdemona closer. Desdemona did not know this plan. She knew that her Cassio had lost his position and that she wanted to help him convince Othello to give him his title back. This meeting between the two characters was also used against them. This meeting between friends then turned into accusations that Cassio was with Desdemona. Iago later goes and plants this lie in Othello's ear. Desdemona is still unaware of what is going on. Desdemona will later know that Othello will eventually kill her and she accepts this. Only moments before Othello kills Desdemona does she know what she is being accused of. “And yet I fear you; for you are fatal then When your eyes roll so: why I should fear I know not, since guiltiness I know not; but yet I feel I fear.” (Othello Act V Scene II Page 82). She knows that Othello is accusing her of something but, she has no idea what it

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