Act 5, Scene 1
While showing his depravity, Iago is manipulating honor and jealous inclinations of Rodrigo to attach him to Cassio. This way, he attempts to ruin Othello and make people kill one other. Iago acts as coward as he sends Roderigo in front of him and then attacks Cassio backwards. Nonetheless, Othello remains favorable to Iago who with no honor to lose reveals his treachery. Further, by means of sexist biases he manipulates innocent Bianca genuinely affected to Cassio.
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Act 5, Scene 2
Compared to the previous scenes, we now see Othello dignified. On the one hand, he acknowledges Desdemona’s beauty, whereas, on the other hand, his masculine nature calls him to kill the ‘loose’ woman. Othello refuses all her denies of rumored infidelity. This shows the loss of his objectivity and independent thinking under the pressure of Iago’s illusions.
Being so blindfolded, Othello refuses to let Desdemona prove she is innocent. Othello’s jealousy comes afore and the only proven fact that he accepts is Desdemona’s guilt.
His state is troublesome as he is no more capable of analyzing reality. In particular, Othello confuses the voices of Desdemona and Emilia. Eventually, the gruesome delusion ends up in Desdemona’s brutal death. Iago’s narrative unravels when Cassio kills Roderigo. When the two deaths happen at a time, the tragedy of the play reaches its acme.
