Both A Doll’s House and Othello focus  on characters who use questionable judgment. Nora abandons her family  for what some readers would call selfish motivations, and Othello  commits murder after becoming jealous of Desdemona. However, based on  the way the two plays were written, readers are meant to sympathize with  both Nora and Othello, at least on some level. Write an essay in which  you either defend or condemn the actions of these two characters. Have  the authors made these characters likable enough to excuse their  actions?

Both A Doll’s House and Othello focus  on characters who use questionable judgment. Nora abandons her family  for what some readers would call selfish motivations, and Othello  commits murder after becoming jealous of Desdemona. However, based on  the way the two plays were written, readers are meant to sympathize with  both Nora and Othello, at least on some level. Write an essay in which  you either defend or condemn the actions of these two characters. Have  the authors made these characters likable enough to excuse their  actions?