Othello IV & V

Othello by William Shakespeare turned out a lot different than I expected it to. Usually Shakesperean novels are hard to comprehend, but Othello was easier than most to understand. For example, "Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father's dead" (Shakespeare, V.ii.203-204). Also, it was very surprising how no one died until the final act of the play. Usually, in tragedies many people die throughout the course of the play. In "Othello", they basically just waited until the final scene of the play to kill off everyone. Othello was also very shocking in the fact that Iago got away with everything until the end of the novel. I expected someone to figure out his plot of revenge at least halfway through the story. It was not until the very end, when Emilia begins to put all of the pieces together that her husband was a villain. Overall, I really liked "Othello". It was a very suspenseful and engaging read.