at "good" in the context in which Aristotle uses it means noble or fine, and thus the characters appropriate to tragedy are elevated characters, because "tragedy in Aristotle's theory represented men as finer than they are" (Lucas 125). Lucas notes that Aristotle also demanded that the characters of tragedy not be too good (Lucas 128). Othello is a character both elevated and yet not too good. In his introduction to an edition of the play, Kenneth Muir notes the nobility in Othello's character, evidence that this character is good, and cites a number of references in the text to prove his point: "The testimony of all the main characters in the play is decisive" (Muir 29). Muir notes that Brabantio loves Othello, Lodovico speaks of him as "the noble Moor," and Cassio (who has reason to hate him) delivers his epitaph in the words, "he was great of
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