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Characters: roderigo"s jealousy of othello (regarding possession of desdemona) leads to. Measure ), and the romance plays (e. g. , the winter"s tale ) Othello: written around 1604, based on hecatommithi (1565) by giraldo cinthio, draws upon philemon holland"s english translation of natural history (1601) by pliny. Nemesis: characters" own actions work against them, display of tragic flaw. Othello"s trusting nature, cassio"s honesty, and roderigo"s gullibility; he treats his wife like a shrew) Soldier (a bad one) comes across as a fool (e. g. , he assumes that he can buy desdemona; he believes that desdemona is cheating because. Royal character appoints othello to lead the venetian forces against the turks admires othello (e. g. , he tries to calm brabantio regarding his feelings towards othello and desdemona) Brabantio"s brother, desdemona"s uncle along with lodovico, he discovers cassio, who was wounded by roderigo. Brabantio"s kinsman serves as a witness to important events (e. g. , he finds cassio injured after roderigo"s attack)