Desdemona is the purity, the light and the truth throughout the play. Her tragedy is completely unwarranted and completely brought about by the evil that lies within the demon mind of Iago. Iago plays Desdemona ,our tragic character, lie an instrument of destruction and it brings about her untimely demise and his as well. In the end we see that Othello is redeemed through his love for her when he realizes his grave error and his belief in his wife is restored.Reputation plays a very important role. Iago uses his reputation as an honest man to deceive Othello and other characters in the play. To Cassio reputation meant everything. Othello’s reputation played an important role in the play. Iago’s reputation played a very key role in the play. Everyone thought of Iago as an honest man. " O, that’s an honest fellow " , "You advise me well ... good night honest Iago ", "...that’s an honest fellow ", " I know thou’rt full of love and honesty ." Iago has everyone fooled into believing that he is a noble honest man. Without this reputation of being honest he could never get Othello to believe that Desdemona was cheating on him. Othello would have probably killed him if he didn’t have the reputation of being an honest man. Iago knew that an important man like Othello couldn’t ignore the possibility that his wife was cheating on him. Nobody suspects that Iago is a deceitful man and would plot and plan to destroy Othello, Cassio and Desdemona in such a cunning way. Iago used his reputation, and the insecurities of Othello being a Moor, to allow him to manipulate Othello. Othello had a reputation of being a military man, and a courageous leader. "Valiant Othello, We must straight employ you..." "Here comes Brabantio and the valiant Moor." Othello has been a soldier since he was seven years of age, and has experience on the battle field. Othello was chosen when they went to fight the Turkish fleet. Because...
