Shakespeare's Othello as Aristotelian Tragedy: An Analysis
Aristotle, in Poetics, presents certain conditions for a Tragedy to be defined as such. Key conditions hinge primarily on certain elements of plot and secondary on certain components of character. Shakespeare's Othello seems to fulfill most of the conditions with the exception that the plot is more complex and circuitous than that demanded by Aristotle's condition of a unified, taut arraigned whole. Nonetheless, Othello's' drop hinges on a peripety moment. We identify with him for his cause-and -effect action was prompted by error, and this makes shim as human as any of us for we perceive the same results as potentially happening to us. Whilst a tragedy in the modern sense, Othello almost succeeds in being a tragedy in the Aristotelian sense, too.