Ohhh that Othello!

For me, Othello has seemed to be most stable character throughout this entire play. He manages to handle any drama that comes his way with a calm, cool, and collected state of mind. Since he is a Moor, his appearance is very exotic, since he has dark skin and is the complete opposite of the fair Desdemona. He is passionately in love with Desdemona, but things get complicated all because of a certain dissident, Iago, at the end of the play.

Iago's scheme to mess up the relationship between Desdemona and Othello was unfortunately destroyed due to level of Iago's madness (which was fueled by more than a scintilla of frustration). Their intimate relationship was destroyed when Iago ordered his wife to make an exact replica of the handkerchief that Desdemona gave to Othello. Then, he dropped the handkerchief where Cassio was able to find it, which made it seem like Desdemona gave the handkerchief to Cassio. When Othello finds out that Desdemona "gave her handkerchief to Cassio" the reader is able to see that he has an explosive temper.

He begins screaming at Iago, creating an éclat of passionate betrayal and anger. This scheme that Iago conjured up was expedient since it was convenient for him, but really transformed the calm-tempered Othello. He was unable to recoup his sanity from this shocking news, and decided to plot a murder against both Cassio and Desdemona. Othello is a man of solid morals, but once he discovered the supposed disloyalty of his fair Desdemona, he became a malicious new person.