Paradoxes.and.Ironies

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**Paradoxes and Ironies** Paradoxes play an important role in the play Othello, where many things are not what they seem to be or are two contradictory aspects that are simultaneously true. Due to this, //Othello// is full of ironies throughout the play, from within the plot and character to the theme and language. As one of the characteristics of tragedy, irony makes the outcomes seem unfair and unnecessary and makes it feel inevitable. Within Othello there are multiple events that can be seen as both honorable and dishonorable: There are multiple characters in //Othello// who can be considered to be paradoxes within themselves. Othello: Othello is both an aristocrat and a common soldier, a Christian and ex-Muoslem, a foriegner employed to kill other foreigners, a general and a 'bond slave'
 * Othello's elopement with Desdemona
 * Cassio drinking to the health of the newly weds
 * Desdemona trying to convince Othello to reinstate Cassio
 * Othello's murder of Desdemona
 * Roderigo giving information against his partner in crime
 * Othello's suicide