The villainous Iago orchestrates the destruction of the noble Moor Othello using nothing but insinuation and a misplaced handkerchief The play is a claustrophobic study of jealousy revealing how easily trust can be corroded by the whisper of doubt It tackles profound themes of race reputation and the vulnerability of the outsider in a polite society The tragedy lies not just in the death of the innocent but in the systematic dismantling of a grea...