What do Othello and Oedipus have in common?

Answer 1

his name is Greek in origin

Answer 2

Vulnerability to the workings of deceit, uncontrolled passions, pride, and overcompensation are among the characteristics that Othello the Moor and Theban King Oedipus have in common.

Both are susceptible to deception. Oedipus deceives himself. Othello is deceived by Iago.

Both have strong feelings and opinions, which they find difficult to control, redirect or soften. Othello can do nothing to stop himself once he's manipulated into believing that wife Desdemona is unfaithful. Neither can Oedipus stop himself once he decides that a stranger old enough to be his father insults him and that a woman old enough to be his mother attracts him.

Both are proud. They believe that they know how to identify problems and solutions. Othello thinks that he can take away his wife's life and not lose his own in the process. Oedipus thinks that he can escape a miserable fate all the while that his efforts draw him ever closer to that destiny's miserable fulfillment.

Both overcompensate. The overcompensation and the overachievement trace back to the outsider status of Oedipus and Othello. Othello is a black man in white Venice. Oedipus mistakenly believes himself to be a stranger in his native city of Thebes.

Answer 3

Both became "friends" after Herkales rescued Prometheus from his fate of having his liver pecked out daily while chained.