Othello

In the passage below, hoe does Othello represent himself?

When you shall these unlucky deeds relate,

Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate,

Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak

Of one that loved not wisely, but too well.

Of one not easily jealous, but being wrought,

Perplexed in the extreme. Of one whose hand,

Like the base Indian, threw a pearl away

Richer than all his tribe. Of one whose subdued eyes,

Albeit unused to the melting mood,

Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees

Their medicinal gum. Set you down this,

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Othello wants to be remembered as he really was. He sees himself as a man who loved too much, but was not wise about his love. He wants to be remembered as a man not prone to jealousy but easily stirred into a paranoid frenzy when manipulated. He wants to be remembered as a savage who threw his pearl way. This sounds about right!