Write a one paragraph response to the following question:
Often at the end of a play, Shakespeare’s tragic heroes often have a moment of insight. What is Othello’s insight? Look closely at Othello’s last speech before answering this question.
At the end of the play, Othello gives his last speech where he instructs Lodivico to record his life story honorably. He says to remember him as someone who was a great general that loved and was simply manipulated into something that wasn’t his true self. He states that he realizes that Desdemona was always faithful and that he was a fool for being manipulated by Iago. His insight was that he was altered from an honorable and proud general into a jealous murderer. He compared himself to a Turk that lacked judgment and morals. He finally understands that he has become a murderer and a racial outcast.
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