The true tragic hero is a man defined by his fall from noble standings due to his hybris and harmatia. The Shakespearean plan, Othello, we meet what is said to be a tragic hero. This essay will show you through a series of events how Othello truly is the tragic hero.
The true tragic hero is one of nobility. " The idea of nobility is inseparable from the idea of tragedy ." Othello is the inseparable idea of nobility. He "is a conspicuous person, a person of high degree. " The conspicuous characteristics Othello start with how he looks. Othello is a dark man living in Venice, Italy. He is big in size and also a Moor (non-Christian). He may be from the outside, but he is confident, noble. He has won many wars, and "commands life a full soldier (II.i.pg.21)." Othello is very public with his nobility. When he is asked why he thinks Desdemona's love for him is real and not because of a curse he gives a monologue where he says she loves him because of his war stories, and she is there to soothe his pains. He shows great confidence, thus bringing us to the completion of the first step to becoming the tragic hero.
The tragedy is defined tragic if there is an act that is said to be a violation of a moral law. The hamartia of the hero must have a connection with the sin, and the hero must possess hybris, which then leads to the fall of the hero, and then the inevitable, death. This tragedy is a tragedy because the moral law that Othello thought wasn't really .
violated, there was a hidden moral law violated, that of lying. Lying and the false adultery are essentially connected with Othello's flaw. Othello's hamartia is being over come with great passion, and rage. When he becomes angry or upset he is filled with great passion, which clouds his mind. Othello even states in Act II, scene ii " passion, having my best judgement collied." His "soaring mind brings about a moral intelligible downfall." He takes Iago's word when he is told that Desdemona has indeed cheated on him, and also doesn't find the need to go back though and verify at least a little bit of the evidence Iago has bought to him.
