aIrasema GraciaBritish LiteratureDr. MillanAnalysis Paper #2Pride and Inferiority; the most powerful murderer. Feeling betrayed by the person you love can be one of the most hurtful and painful feelings a person can experience in life, but feeling betrayed accompanied by publicity can cause even more pain. wrong with the situation. This feeling of "everyone knew it but me" can be extremely excruciating and cause extreme damage, as shown in William Shakespeare's story Othello. In the story of Othello, we have the protagonists Desdemona and Othello who are married to each other, and the antagonist, Iago, who ruined their marriage by lying to Othello by telling him that Desdemona had been to him unfaithful. This story ends in tragedy as one would expect from the author Shakespeare, but the key that led to the tragedy was the theme of pride. Othello was a very powerful and dominant male character, who believed his men above anyone else, including his wife. Othello could not have continued with the embarrassment of knowing that people thought his wife had lied to him. Othello's embarrassment and pride were the motive that led him to kill his innocent wife, Desdemona. In the drama of Othello, Shakespeare shows the interpretation of how this story involves critical theories. After Desdemona is allowed to accompany Othello to Cyprus, Othello lets the Duke know that he is "assigning his wife" and implies that Desdemona, like his wife, is his possession. This shows and proves what the expectations of women of that time were. Women should be obedient and silent towards their men. Scene 2 of Act II sees Othello devoting his love to Desdemona, Othello's tone of voice is briefly defined as slightly demanding, speaking from above...... middle of paper ......3 -96. The argument between Desdemona and Othello his tone becomes violent. Othello continues his irrational obsession with the handkerchief where Desdemona unintentionally infuriates Othello's anger and jealousy. Shakespeare's use of the repetition of "the handkerchief" creates great effect in the final scene because of the evidentiary power that the handkerchief represents. Othello found it so hard to believe and forgive his wife Desdemona, after knowing that she had also lied to his own father about his wife. Marriage, neither Barbatio nor Othello accepted the fact that they had been betrayed. As Martha Widmayer mentions, “Infidelity is not a “small vice” for Othello and Brabantio, rather each of them willingly pays the “great price” of the loss of their world, Desdemona. than tolerating betrayal. » Works CitedWidmayer, M. (1996), 77(2), 113.