A Shakespeare tragedy. What's new?

Being a Shakespeare tragedy, the audience is safe to assume that someone is going to die. Like in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Mark Antony plots to kill Caesar which eventually leads to the death of Caesar. Since Othello is the protagonist, I think Shakespeare brilliantly foreshadows his death through some of his hidden clues. Not only does the play bring on a feeling of hinted sadness, the audience gets a feeling of suspense about what Iago is going to do next to plot against Othello. At the end of each act, Iago speaks alone which alludes to the fact that those are his true feelings (I.iii.364-384, II.iii.345-351). As a reader, I have come to anticipate Iago's words to see how they will advance the plot and judge if his plan indeed will work. I believe Othello, Desdemona, or Cassio will end up dead and Iago will eventually get what he's been working towards.

Realistic? Really?

Throughout Shakespeare's Othello (only Acts I-III so far), the author constantly conveys the play in a realistic manner. On the spectrum from literalistic imitation of reality to stylized or surrealistic representation, Othello falls very close to the realistic end. The events that take place, for example Cassio getting drunk and starting a fight with Montano (II.iii.135-145), are very possible to happen in the real world both in the time of Shakespeare and in our world today. Portraying the play like it was something that was (and still is to an extent) very possible to happen in real life enables the audience to relate to the events in the play. Desdemona's going behind her father's back and marrying Othello without his consent (I.i.165) has been a reoccurring event both in literature and in life. Anne Boleyn was secretly betrothed to Lord Henry Percy without her parents' knowledge before she was instructed to make her move on the king. Also, Iago's jealousy of Cassio and plotting to place himself in a higher position is a common theme that most of the audience can relate to by being a common human feeling. Since Shakespeare made Othello so relatable to life, his play is definitely on the realistic end of the spectrum.