Description

look at Othello’s final speech before he kills himself, which begins *Soft you, a word or two before you go…” (5.2.334). He asks the onlookers (and us) to speak of him as he is. Then he
describes himself in many ways, beginning with one that loved not wisely, but too well.” Work out what he’s saying about himself in this speech, and explain whether you agree with each of his
self-definitions, using “proof” from what you’ve seen happen in this play. Do you begin to see the *old* Othello in this speech? Do you forgive him for what he’s done?