The Miscalculation Of Jealousy In Shakespeare's Othello

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In the end, these miscalculations and misconceptions lead to many fatalities. After sending Desdemona to bed, Othello strangles her in a fit of jealousy and kills his true love;

moreover, when Emilia questions him, he yells “She’s like a liar gone to burning hell!/’Twas I that killed her”(V.II.159-160).Due to Desdemona’s devotion to Othello and inability to notice the abusive gestures and fits of jealousy, she was not able to escape his wrath in time. Furthermore, Iago’s inferior viewpoint of Emilia prevented him from fully completing his plan. After realizing that Emilia was not silencing her thoughts, Iago yells, “ Villainous whore” (V.II.273) murdering his wife in rage, in an attempt to silence her. If he had factored her into his method