Othello- Trust


Othello. Shakespeare’s guide to how misplaced trust and sneaky manipulators can ruin quite literally everything. 

Trust is the foundation of any strong relationship, but it’s really easy to break and hard to rebuild. Honesty and communication are the basis of trust yet it can go downhill with blindness. Whether it’s with friends, family, or partners, trust needs consistency and care because once that's lost, it's never the same. 

Iago is one of the most frustrating characters I've encountered. Conniving, manipulative, deceitful, toxic, and infuriating. Othello is the romantic and war hero who has wayyyy too much blind faith in Iago.  Cassio is Othello’s lieutenant, but Iago sees him as the perfect scapegoat. After showcasing Cassio’s drunken brawl and demotion, Iago convinces Othello that Cassio’s innocent attempts to mend his reputation through Desdemona are actually signs of an affair. It’s like Othello skipped fact-checking and went straight to full-on conspiracy theory mode. 



Really? Trusting IAGO over DESDEMONA is kind of insane. Othello never once paused to think rationally. Instead of asking Desdemona or Cassio for their side of the story, he blindly trusted Iago’s manipulations. A straightforward conversation would have unraveled all the lies, but no. Othello lets his insecurities cloud his judgment, leading to his own tragic downfall. 

Not surprised, Its shakespear. 

But for real, this happens a lot too in real relationships. Many people allow their friends and other people to dictate what happens in their own relationships and become blinded by the influence of their friends. This leads to many relationships failing because the two people are never confided in each other's feelings or thoughts but everyone else. They let clouded judgments of others control what and how they feel, which can cause issues, clearly.



Anyways, my key takeaways were:

  • Don’t let jealousy replace logic.
  • If someone insists, “Trust me, he’s cheating,” maybe ask for proof.
  • Poor Cassio just wanted his job back, not whatever that was
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