o but Iago’s reputation as an honest fellow. “I know, Iago, Thy honesty and love…” (II, iii). Another loss of Othello’s was his good name, his reputation. The full effect of this loss is not fully seen in the story; it is more something that is understood. Everyone looked up to Othello has a person and as a role model, but after they hear what happened, his reputation will be stained. He won’t be considered as great of a leader, which he actually was. The cause for his loss in reputation was Othello’s plot of assassination of Cassio, one of his own officers. “Within these three days let me hear thee say that Cassio’s not alive.” (III, iii).Perhaps Othello’s biggest loss was that of his own life. Is there anything more valuable to one’s self than their own life? Not only did he lose is his life in physical sense, but he lost every aspect to his life. He lost his wife, his friends, and his reputation among others. The loss of his life affected others to, just like someone else’s death would affect a relative. What might make his death have even more effect is that he committed suicide. In most causes of suicide, the survivors feel even more grief cause they wonder if they could have done anything to prevent the killing. Othello’s death, and the other deaths created by the doings of Iago, filled the survivors with much hanger and hatred towards Iago, as demonstrated by the words of Lodovico: “To you, Lord Governor,/ Remains the censure of this hellish villain (Iago)./ The time, the place, the torture-O enforce it!” (V, ii). Perhaps the biggest key to all of the other losses is the loss of Othello’s mind. More and more losses occur with the increasing depletion of Othello’s state of mind. When Othello first heard of the possibility of his wife’s unfaithfulness, he still had some sanity left in him; but it was ...
