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Someone manipulating your weaknesses to their advantage can often bring about your downfall, especially when you consider yourself an outsider. In William Shakespeare's play, Othello, the main character is a black moor. Although some question remains about the exact race of Othello, there is no doubt that he considered himself an outsider. Othello sometimes goes out of his way to present himself thus, but it is left to the reader to decide whether this is …

…weaknesses of Cassio, Bianca, Desdemona, Emilia, Brabantio and Roderigo building together Othello would have most likely chosen a wiser path. Othello is indeed a tragedy, with Othello's self-consciousness at its core as the tragic flaw. But it is the actions of the evil Iago that bring about Othello's downfall. In this circumstance I believe that it would be grossly unfair to blame Othello's downfall purely on how he believes that he is perceived by others.