After years of proving his integrity by facing obstacles rationally and with composure, Othello yearns for revenge on Desdemona and Cassio. If he put an end to the quarrels between his men and refused to engage in combat with Brabantio, he aspires to kill his former lieutenant "forty thousand" times and let "tyrannical hatred" take over his reason (III .iv.442,448). . His reputation as a man "whom passion could not shake" and "whose solid virtue / The stroke of chance nor the arrow of chance / Could neither graze nor pierce" is destroyed by passion for the very woman he hoped for to be able to raise it (IV. i.261-263). The public views him as a villain and a devil after his horrible deeds are revealed, and Othello realizes the disappearance of his virtue. His resignation is revealed when he asks, “But why should honor survive honesty?” » (V.ii.251). Othello understands his crimes and realizes that he does not deserve to be considered honorable. Although throughout his life Othello attempts to overcome prejudice and prove that he is a rational human being like others in society, his passion for Desdemona drives him to act monstrously, confirming the prejudices that many already have against him. His jealous rage is caused by the extreme fear of losing his wife, as well as the fear of proving himself as inferior as others believe him to be. Although he tries to remain noble and