Iago's no lose situation The fight between Cassio and Roderigo is a no lose situation for Iago because if Roderigo dies, he won't demand the jewels back that were supposed to go to Desdemona and if Cassio dies then there will be nobody else other than Desdemona who can clear up this whole situation. So it's good for Iago if one of them or both of them die.
No help At first Gratiano and Lodovico do not come to help because they fear that it may be a trap, then Iago comes out of the darkness pretending to be concerned about Cassio
Iago's implications on Bianca Iago implies that Bianca is involved on the attack on Cassio because Bianca planned to have him over for dinner and they were also very close. Another reason could have been that Cassio and Bianca were in a bit of a quarrel (refer back to the cave scene).
Othello's ironic speech Othello's speech in Act 5 Scene 2 is horribly ironic because he mentions how unlike a candle that can be lit again, once he puts out Desdemona's like she can never be lit again. The irony of this is that after Othello kills her, he wishes he hadn't, since Desdemona actually didn't cheat on him.
Deaths Everyone's death in this story is pretty sad, so let me make you sadder by telling you how they die. Barbantio died out of grief that he lost his daughter to Othello. Roderigo gets stabbed by Iago and then dies. Desdemona gets suffocated by Othello by a pillow. Emelia gets stabbed by Iago and then dies. Othello then kills himself because he is grief stricken that he wrongfully killed Desdemona. Iago doesn't die in the book but he was stabbed by Othello so that it open to discussion.
How to not get away with murder; Othello style Othello, if he wanted to, could have easily gotten away with the murder of Desdemona. The reason for this is that when Emelia comes in, she sees Desdemona and asks who did this to her but Desdemona refused to say Othello'a name and instead said that she herself had; however Othello admitted that he was the one that killed her because she "deserved it"
Heaven and Hell references “Oh, the more angel she, And you the blacker devil!”
“Thou dost belie her, and thou art a devil.”
“Cassio did top her, ask thy husband else. Oh, I were damned beneath all depth in hell, But that I did proceed upon just grounds To this extremity. Thy husband knew it all.”
“'Twill out, ’twill out.—I peace? No, I will speak as liberal as the north. Let heaven and men and devils, let them all, All, all cry shame against me, yet I’ll speak.”
“Whip me, ye devils, From the possession of this heavenly sight!”
“I look down towards his feet, but that’s a fable. If that thou be’st a devil, I cannot kill thee.”
“I do believe it, and I ask your pardon. Will you, I pray, demand that demi-devil Why he hath thus ensnared my soul and body?”
Othello wounds Iago Othello wounds Iago but he doesnt kill him however he is happy about that because Othello will not have to see Iago in Hell while Othello is in Hell and Iago is on Earth.
Othello's tragic flaw Othello's tragic flaw that leads to his downfall is that jealousy. His jealousy of Cassio with Desdemona led him to killing Desdemona then finding out the truth and realizing his mistake. He let Iago manipulate him so jealousy became his enemy.
Moral of the Story Personally, when i think of the moral of the story for Othello, I remember the quote " believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear" by Edgar Allen Poe. Othello believed everything that Iago planted in his mind and he also believed what he saw, for example what happened in the dungeon scene. This ultimately led to chaos and the death of Othello.