Journal #10 Othello's Insight

At the end of the play, Othello’s insight describes his realization to the wrongs that he had done to others, and the doings of Iago. His first speech condemns himself and the horrific actions he had enacted upon the ones he loved, especially his wife, Desdemona and comes to the realization that he wrongfully killed an honest loved one. He finally begins to genuinely blame himself for the events that had occurred because of him, and is remorseful at what he did to his wife. His passions overwhelmed himself, and caused him to kill the one he loved. He is disgusted with himself, and shows remorse at realizing the truth of Desdemona’s innocence. His conscience and mind is in torment because of her death and the fact that he killed her. Othello’s attitude and state of thinking change drastically in many ways, differing from how he acted throughout the play. A very powerful, but smart man realizes that he does not know what to do with his power in this situation. Othello is not known for giving up, but to him, this is how a noble and true man should act when mistakenly murdering your wife. Even with this, it is still obvious that he still misunderstands the whole situation, as he continues to place responsibility on fate. Even though so many hardships befall on him due to his decisions, he never had one moment of recognition of his failures at reasoning. Othello truly believes that a Turk has taken over the good Venetian within him. He still does not see that his faults are exploited by Iago and used against him. In his last soliloquy, Othello addresses the reasons behind his downfall, and decides how he wants others to see him, in terms of the story and how he takes responsibility for it, focusing on fact rather than emotion. All in All, Othello's insight in the end shows his remose for the wrongful killing of his wife, the regret of his actions, and him wanted to be seen as the man he was previously known as.