Part one of term paper
A central tenet of Othello is the concept of right judgement, and to always use it when making decisions. The renaissance definition of right judgement can be illustrated by the so called "hierarchy of right judgement." Governing all is reason, which includes understanding and will. Below reason are common sense, memory, and imagination. Fin ...

Part two of term paper
... when it does not. The first scene in which right judgement is used is when the Duke makes a decision as to what should be done about the expected Turkish invasion. He does not immediately act on the information he receives, instead, he thinks out the steps logically. When he states, "I do not so secure me in the error, but the main article I do approve in the fearful sense (I 3 12-14)," he is showing that he will not rely solely on the information he is receiving, but also use common sense, me ...