Othello: Tragedy

The fact that Othello is a tragedy comes into play during the fifth and final act of the play. Iago convinces Roderigo to stab Cassio and kill him in order to get to Desdemona, but Iago is actually the one who wounds Cassio from behind. Iago then kills Roderigo after Cassio wounds him. Othello, out of jealousy and anger, kills Desdemona by suffocating her as she lays in their bed. When Iago's plan finally starts to go off track, he panics as his wife basically rats him out to everyone. He ends up stabbing his own wife Emilia because she reveals his intentions to Othello, Cassio, Lodovico, and Montano. She dies with honor, because she stood by her faithful friend ("Moor, she was chaste, she loved thee, cruel Moor. VI.ii.263). Othello decides in the end to stab himself because he cannot take the pain and guilt of everything that has occurred. He dies next to his good and faithful wife Desdemona. This play proves to be another classic tragedy with multiple expected deaths, but they just happen in a short time period as things are all wrapping up. I expected Desdemona and Othello to die, but I did not predict Emilia dying in the end. So even though I knew that some deaths were going to come up, I didn't know who or how.