In the play Othello Shakespeare presents Othello and Desdemona who can be admired as long as they are honorable and noble, but when faced with the lowest human qualities they collapse. Othello and Desdemona are both very loyal and noble people, but their vulnerability makes it easy for predators to become their prey. Othello is a combination of greatness and weakness, in his own words “an honorable assassin. He is a general of the Venetian defense forces and, although foreign from Africa, has won this place par excellence in the field of war. He has courage, intelligence, leadership ability and respect for his troops. Under pressure, he makes an inspiring speech. Othello is in many cases very vulnerable, as he is naive when it comes to Venetian women, he does not question the information he has been given, he is socially insecure, he is an outsider and he is black, but his greatest vulnerability is jealousy and his inability to think Othello lets his jealousy consume him in many situations, to the point that he is unable to think in the situation where Cassius got drunk and argued...