The ideas of free will and determinism are both evident in Othello. Iago supports the idea of free will when he talks about our bodies being gardens and our wills gardeners. This means that our will tends and controls our bodies. Another example of free will expressed in the play is when Othello chose to kill Desdemona. Even though Iago tricked Othello, Othello believed that killing Desdemona was the right thing to do. He chose to kill her.
On the other end of the argument is the idea of determinism. Othello supports the idea of determinism. He believes that everything is based on destiny, and that he could not choose anything different for himself. The entire play as a whole could be seen as deterministic. For example, why did the beautiful Desdemona marry the supposed ugly, strange and barbaric Othello? It may seem as if something out of the characters control made be together. The ideas of free will and determinism are both evident in the play Othello.
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