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I thought that the end of the play was negative, and upsetting. The majority of the main characters die, which includes Othello, Desdemona, and Rodrigo. I thought it was not fitting for the play. I think that Iago should have died, and the others should have survived. That way, it proves the point that the bad guy never gets away with anything, let alone survives.
Desdemona's death was the most upsetting. She was telling the truth to Othello, yet his jealousy overpowered him, causing him to kill the one he loved. If he trusted Desdemona like any good husband should do, she would have lived and the two would have been able to patch up their marriage.
The plot to kill Cassio did not succeed. I think that Cassio should have secretly been behind Iago's plan and Cassio could have killed Iago instead of the two switched. If Cassio was behind all of this, he could have killed Iago, proven that he was lying, and have Othello and Desdemona both live.
Overall, the ending was upsetting, but it some what fit the play. Othello would rather live with his wife than not live at all, Rodrigo fell for Iago's plan, so he died anyways. Cassio was injured in the ending, and the other royalty planned to make Iago suffer painfully for the rest of his life. So overall, the ending was suitable for the play
The end of Othello was unexpected. I never thought that Desdemona, Othello or Rodrigo were going to die. If anyone, I thought that Iago or Cassio would have died. I think this was a fit ending because I wouldn't have expected it to happen and it gave excitement to the end. Also, it was very dramatic and I think that as a play it would be very entertaining. Even though these deaths were sad and probably shouldn't have happened, it created a new meaning to the play. It showed how even when nothing happened, it was turned into a huge deal that lead to death.
I found it interesting how throughout most of the book it was planned that Cassio was going to be killed and then he was one of the few main characters that survived. Desdemona's death was probably the worst because none of this was her fault. All she wanted to do was to be able to love Othello, but no one ever wanted this to happen. It was Othello's fault for letting himself get caught up in jealousy when he could have taken action from the beginning instead of listening to Iago. Iago was very cruel for doing this and I'm also surprised that he didn't end up dying.
Othello was one of my favorite books by Shakespeare because it was exciting and kept me reading. The ending was the best part because you never knew what was going to happen. I thought that it was funny how the theme's of this story such as jealousy and race made such a big impact on everything that happened.
The ending of the play was negative, but it did fit, since a) the hero died, b) the villain was caught, c) there was a lot of death that went on as the story progressed to the end, and d) the truth did come out. Concerning all but the first and second, i thought it was extremely unrealistic. The fact that nearly all of the characters that had been in more than one act were either maimed or slaughtered was just not something id expect from this kind of story. And the fact that Roderigo just happened to write everything down and just happened to have it all on him when he died...it was just way too much of a coincidence for it to be relatable to real life. The ending was fitting however. The events all fit together in the end, so it was not as if everything was disjointed and random. Overall, it was extremely good.
I thought that the end of the play was great and fitting. It was obvious that Desdamona was going to die because of the cover of the book, and judging from Iago's words to Othello near the end when they plan to kill Cassio and Roderigo, it was obvious that they would die. And from Iago's hatred towards Othello, I had suspected that he would die. The only one I was surprised at being killed was Iago. I had always thought thta he would escape punishment. In a weird sort of way I likd Iago because he was cunning and brilliant. I know he was evil and all that but he was able to manipulate people in an unexplainable way, which always interested me.
The ending was fitting to me because it was a traditional Shakespearean tradgedy. THe good guys die and the bad guy either gets his way or dies also. Although the ending was dark, it fit the play very well. Shakespeare was brilliant and Othello is just another proof of that.
The end was very shocking to me. I knew that Desdemona and Othello would die. They were two main characters, and the events in the play led up to their deaths. However, I didn't expect two more people to get killed and one more wounded. The end fit the tradgety mold, but what they expected for tradgety was very severe. They may have wanted to really get the audience to feel bad though.
The ending of the play showed the theme of power destoyes all. Iago was the one that was obsessed with getting power, and he killed four people doing that! He stabbs his own wife who tells everyone the truth. Even when Othello dies, he doesn't get what he wants. So power can also decieve you.
I found the ending of the play to be, for the most part, fitting. It became obvious throughout the play that the jealous rage would overcome Othello's confidence and lead to the death of Desdemona. I also predicted the death of Othello, based on the extreme lust he feels for Desdemona. Although an upsetting and dramatic ending, I believe it was an obvious ending.
The ending was also fitting since, as Sasha stated earlier, it fit the Tragedy of the Times. All of the guidelines were followed, and Shakespeare was able to be creative in the way they were portrayed. I believe the fact that he had a female be the revealer of Iago's devastating plan was a way to express his view's on the woman. A typical woman during Shakespeare's time period according to his play would have obeyed Iago and went home. But, Emilia used her strong voice to stand up to Iago and voice her opinion. The ending, for the most part, was predicatable with some twists. I believe it was very fitting and lived up to the rest of the play.
I believe the ending of the play was a typical Shakespeare ending. I say this because, as said in class, Shakespeare writes according to formula. So all of his tragedies end the same; the hero dies, the villain gets caught, etc. Either way, people always die. I also say it because, just like "Romeo and Juliet," it's like a love story gone wrong.
I do and do not believe Othello has a fit ending because, like Emily, I too agree that Iago should have died because he caused so much misery to everyone, and it was his work that made everyone die.
On the other hand, I do think it was a fit ending, because it shows how looks can be deceiving and you should always look for things yourself instead of listening to other people. You never know who can be tricking you. Instead of Othello listening to Iago, and being fooled, he could have just trusted his wife, over his friend. If Othello was so in love with Desdemona, how come he did not believe her over him?
I thought the end of the play felt somewhat awkward. The biggest contributor to that being the letters found in Roderigo's coat. Until then, no one knew Iago's true intentions and what he actually had done becuase he took a vow of silence. It just so happened that Roderigo had letters that explained what had happen in his coat. I understand that to fit Shakespeare's formula, everything has to be resolved in the end, but he could have found a better way to do that.
Other than that, I think the ending fit with a Shakespeare tragedy; The villian (Iago) is found out and sent to be tortured, the lovers are dead (Othello and Desdemona), and some unrelated people are hurt by this (Emilia is dead and Cassio is injured).
I thought the end of the play was not good. It was not bad though. I would have liked a better cliffhanger, or meaningful ending. I would have liked it more of it was like Othello's last dying line, or Emilia's.
For example, when Iago said i will never speak again, that would have been a great place to end the play because it is a cliffhanger, and you will never got to find out Iago's motivations (not that you do anyway). Next, the ending of the play didn't have a lot of closure too. Although i love a good cliffhanger, a play that ends with a lot of closure is excellent too.
I thought the end of the play was very predictable, it was obvious that it Shakespeare followed the guidelines of the tragedy of the time. Without the reading what happened I knew that Iago would et caught and that he would kill Roderigo. After Iago used him for hs own good then there would be no need for him and Iago would killl him to make sure he didn't tell people Iago's plans. Even though i expected the ending it was still very sad how Iago manipulated and lied to Othello so much that Othello went completely crazy and killed his own wife then killed himself. It was depressing to read what Iago said to Othello and the other men at the end of the story. He wouldn't tell them why he had done all those horrible things , I would find that insulting if he had done all those things to me. If my lief had been ruined because of a crazy man I would have liked to know what I did wrong. By Iago not saying anythng it shows that he had no reason to destroy their lives, he enjoyed to see their pain.
The ending of the play was very fit. I did not necessarily enjoy it, but it was very fit to the play. By just reading the end of the play and not knowing who the author was, anyone could no Shakespeare wrote it. As Izzy said, he really follows his elements to a tragedy. In class we learned the elements of tragedy and they are common sense, therefore it was very predictable. The ending did make sense though. There was a lack of communication between the characters causing a build-up of stress and eventually death.
I liked the ending somewhat, and it was interesting and sort of made sense, along with it following the tragedy requirements. However, I felt the capture of Iago to be random and unlikely. I see Iago as this indestructible character who displays what Shakespeare is saying about relationships, trust, and love and would get away with an evil smirk on his face.
The storyline would have been much more interesting if it had been as Emily had described with more treachery than possibly suspected. This story seems much more like a moral and ethical lesson than a good plot line, but in the sense that one learns from these mistakes and become wary is alright if the reader so desires it.
The ending of the play was mediocre and fairly predictable. Shakespeare continued the genre cliche of ending tragedies with nearly all of the main characters dieing. Although that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Othello is supposed to be a tragedy. It is not very tragic if the two main characters (Othello and Iago) both got their ways and only a few minor characters died. In order to create a tragic and memorable ending, Shakespeare was forced to kill many main characters.
Even though the guidelines were set in stone that multiple characters would have to die, Shakespeare did a marvelous job in changing up each persons death. Having the brave and honorable Othello take his own life as a cowardly way out of his problems was shocking. Having Emilia killed by her husband Iago, even after she helped him so much was a surprise, and it even added more depth to Iago and Emilia's personalities. The biggest twist however, was that Iago was kept alive. I was certain he would be the last character to die, and that that would end the play.
The end of Othello I found to be a fit ending. I think like Sydney said it was a classic Shakespeare ending in the way that it went according to the formula we learned about in class. Although one of the things I didn't like about the ending though was that Othello killed himself after he realized that Desdemona never cheated on him. I think that by killing himself he almost took the easy way out instead of dealing with the pain and damage he had caused himself. I think he should have had to deal with the mistakes he made.
Also I think that it was fit in the way that Iago was caught and the truth was brought to light by Emilia. Emilia is one character who really stands out in the end and she is the one who pieces everything together. If it weren't for her then Iago may never had been caught. The fact that she dies by relaying the truth makes the ending even stronger.
I also think that another thing Shakespeare did that was smart was having Iago only say one line after he was caught. It makes the rest of the people as well as the reader wonder why he would do such a thing in the first place.
I thought that the end of the play, aside from the death of Emilia and the imprisonment of Iago, was fairly obvious. Roderigo had to be killed, or he would have given away all of Iago's secrets. The death of Desdemona was critical to the storyline, and the other characters had talked about it constantly. Othello's death was also obvious, because Iago would have to be rid of him if he was going to be in charge. The circumstances of Othello's death were surprising though. Cassio's survival was somewhat easy to discern, as in all stories, the villian never wins.
I actually hated the ending of the play. I guess it fit, but it seemed unreal that throughout the entire play there was drama and planning, but the end was just about killing every character off.
I wish the ending had shown Iago being found out of everything he did, because I would be curious to see all the characters reaction. Also to see how Desdemona would react to knowing Othello's foolishness in believing Iago.
Throughout the play the twists and cleaver idea's created by the horrible Iago were very well thought out, but his ending really wasn't. I don't think he actually thought about what he would do until it was too late and the only option was killing off as many people as he could. The fact that Iago got off clean without any real trouble is what bothered me most.
Overall I liked the play, but the ending somewhat ruined it for me.
I thought the end of the play was a little too dramatic and unbelievable at some parts, but Shakespeare probably couldn't have made it any other way. The whole reason it was a tragedy was because of the dramatic ending. I felt like one person dying after another who was dying after another was too much, but that's just because i'm not used to this kind of play. Also, the way that everything fell into place at the end with Rodrigo having all the letters in his pockets that gave Iago away was very unrealistic. But then again i understand that the "world" Shakespeare writes in isn't supposed to be realistic at all. Over all i thought it was a good story with a decent ending.
I thought that the end of Othello was very dramatic. As in any Shakespearean tragedy, many people died including the main character and the ending was not happy at all. The deaths all happened very suddenly and subsequently. First Desdemona dies, then Roderigo, then Emilia, and finally Othello, and all of this happened in the fifth scene. I expected Desdemona to die, and i knew that either Roderigo and Cassio were going to die as well, but i was surprised by Emilia and Othello's deaths. The ending fit the rest of the play, but was very dark and put a spin on the play. There are many ways the problem in "Othello" could have been resolved, but Shakespeare chose death as the unfortunate resolution. Also, I thought it was a little bit far-fetched that the characters in the play found out all about Iago's plan by reading letters found in Roderigo's jacket and his diary entries. Iago wouldn't tell anyone why he ployed to ruin everyone's lives, so I guess the characters had to find out some way.
I thought that the ending of Othello was, well, somewhat ridiculous. It's just one death after another! I thought it made some sense, and I understand that Shakespeare was writing according to a formula, but it was just too dramatic for my taste. The ending was very depressing, also. I think that the most upsetting deaths for me were Emilia and Desdemona. Desdemona had been telling the truth the entire time, yet it didn't help her! She didn't deserve to die and it was really frustrating for me to read. As the reader, I knew that she was telling the truth and that there was absolutely no reason for her to die. The same was with Emilia. For me, she was definitely the most unexpected death. I understand why Iago killed her, but it really upseet me. She was a very strong character and was just trying to make sure the truth was told. The one character I wouldn't mind dying ended up living. Not happily, of course, but he wasn't killed. Also, I thought that it wasn't very logical to have Iago write letters about his plans. I thought that it was just written in so that Iago could be caught and that there wasn't much thought put into it. The ending to Othello wasn't a very happy one.
The ending fit the formula for a tragedy. The truth came out, people died, and the villain was made known. The ending was a bit abrupt because everyone died at once. There was not a lot of time in between deaths. This was on purpose. Othello's jealousy is what made him kill Desdemona, which was no surprise. His guilt then made him kill himself. This was selfish because he would have rather die then face the consequences for what he had done. This is a Shakespeare classic, dying for the one you love. The ending was quite predictable as well as tragic. Desdemona's death was unnecessary because she was telling the truth. Iago should have died in the end. But instead he never spoke another word. Desdemona's father was not brought back into the play which was a lose end that was never tied up. Cassio lived and was the good guy all the way through.
The ending of Othello was negative from a modern standpoint. In modern movies and plays there are generally happy endings in which, only the villain dies. In Othello, half of the main characters perish in some way. This does not fit the more modern idea of a good play or movie.
From a shakespearian standpoint, the ending was perfect and fitting. According to the "formula" of a tragedy of the time, the truth must be found out, there are generally a large number of deaths, and the villain must die or be captured. Othello has all of these. The ending of Othello fit for the time period in which it was written, but it is a bit too depressing for most modern tastes.
I thought the end of the play was negative, but it also fit. The ending was all tied together and unraveled neatly after Desdemona's death. Another reason I thought that the ending was good was that it let many different themes come from it. People could come up with several different themes from this ending in Othello that all make sense and fit. This ending was very negative, but also made sense since the play was a tragedy. It also wasn't a huge surprise due to the cover of the book.
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