The infamous scene at the end of the play Othello leads to Othello killing himself because he has found out he wrongly killed his wife, Desdemona. Tragic, yet romantic. The song "I Will Follow You into the Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie perfectly describes the event. By looking at the lyrics, you can see that the speaker in the song truly loves the person he is speaking about. It says that when "your soul embarks" that he will follow the person into the dark. This can mean that he will die shortly after or will kill himself in order to be with his love again. Once Othello finds out he wrongly killed his wife, he has to be with her again. He kills himself because he loves Desdemona so much and wants to be with her now that she is dead. The song also describes a relationship in which they have traveled a lot and has seen everything "from Bangkok to Calvary". Othello and Desdemona fit this description because of the traveling Othello had to do as the leader of Venice. Killing himself at the end of the play in order to be with Desdemona truly shows Othello's love and dedication to her, and connects him with the speaker in this song. Listen to the song in the video below:
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