Othello: The Tale of a Noble Being William Shakespeare's creation, Othello, sees the death of a noble general, following the incessant brainwashing by the his ancestors. In this essay we present the noble Othello and what his tragic mistake lies in. Lily B. Campbell in Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes describes the undisputed nobility of the Moor: From the first we hear insistently repeated the fact that he is a Moor, that he has thick lips, that Desdemona has chosen to go into her sooty bosom. Yet we are told that he is of noble birth, that war and adventure have been his nurses, that he may be considered a barbarian and yet that the Venetian state has found him so valuable in action that he cannot be expelled, whatever be the offense. can be found in him. His boasts earned him his wife; his actions earned him the trust of the state. His noble nature is not questioned even by Iago. (152)Helen Gardner in “Othello: A Tragedy of Beauty and Fortune” talks about the exceptional personal qualities of the hero:Othello is like a hero of the ancient world in that he is not a man like us, but a man recognized as extraordinary. He seems born to perform great deeds and live in legend. He has the obvious heroic qualities of courage and strength, and no actor can play the role if he isn't physically impressive. He has the heroic capacity of passion. But what distinguishes him most is his solitude. He is a foreigner, a man of an alien race, without natural constraints or natural duties. His value does not lie in what the world thinks of him, even if the world thinks highly of him, and does not derive in any way from his position. It's inherent. He is, in a certain sense, a "self made man", the product of a certain kind of life he has chosen to lead. . . . (140)Despite the wonderful personal attributes he possesses, Othello still falls prey to the sinister Iago. His gullibility and naivety make this possible. Francis Ferguson in “Two Worldviews Echo Each Other” describes how Othello carries out Iago's plan of destruction: Othello moves to kill Desdemona (Act V, scene 2) with that “cold and compulsive current” that he felt at the end of Act III, scene 3.