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How does Shakespeare present the chaos in Othello's mind in Act 3.3, when he first believes Desdemona is unfaithful and in Act 5.2 where he commits murder and suicide? Shakespeare's 'Othello' tells the tragic story of a man manipulated into believing his wife is being unfaithful, where throughout the play chaos is fed into Othello's mind like poison. This is done to such an extent that he ends up killing his wife and then committing suicide, hence making the play tragic. Throughout the play Shakespeare gradually builds on this chaos level through the character Iago, Othello's supposed 'friend', who uses many devious methods to make the lies seem true and eventually drive Othello crazy. I will explore these methods and techniques in different parts of the play and whether they are effective, as well as their impacts on Othello. In the opening of the play Othello proves to be a very...

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