The Murder

Othello by William Shakespeare

In the final act, now comes the awkward scene when Othello lovingly murders his wife. He cries and speaks of how it is something he wishes he did not have to do, but out of honor, he must. This is total bologna  In all practicality, if he was such a honorable man and still very much loved his wife, he would most likely spare her. He would still dismiss her, but at least let her live. Indeed, Iago did a fine job building Othello up to a head, but would not one dismiss and loose track of his evidence in the midst of one's dire and honest truth. His wife is sitting there weeping telling him over and over again that she does not know what she has done. If she truly were cheating and Othello repeatedly interrogated her as he had done, she probably would have come clean after the second time he asked. However, she is pure and ignorant of any of this and states to him that she has been loyal, "Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?" (Shakespeare V.ii.70). In a moment such as this, when the wife, who to this point he still loves, weeps and cries out that she has done nothing, one would think that Othello would maybe begin to second guess all those little signs and innuendos that which he tried to associate with as "ocular proof". Many have been there where there mounds of insignificant evidence is all blown away with a simple, confident response.