After years of proving his integrity by facing obstacles rationally and with composure, Othello craves revenge against Desdemona and Cassio. While he has ended quarrels among his men and refused to engage in combat with Brabantio, he wishes to kill his former lieutenant “forty thousand” times and has allowed “tyrannical hatred” to overcome his reason (III.iv.442,448 ). His reputation as a man “whose passion he could not shake” and “whose solid virtue/ The blow of chance nor the dart of chance/ He could neither graze nor pierce” is destroyed by his passion for the same woman he hoped would elevate him (IV. i.261-263). The audience sees him as a villain and a devil after his horrible deeds are revealed and Othello realizes the end of his virtue. His resignation is revealed when he asks, "But why should honor survive honesty?" (V.ii.251). Othello realizes his crimes and realizes that he does not deserve to be remembered as honorable. Although Othello tries throughout his life to overcome prejudices and prove himself to be a rational human being like others in society, his passion for Desdemona pushes 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 to be as inferior as others believe him to be. Although he tries to remain noble and