Climax

In Act V of Othello the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare, we finally reach the climax of the play.  Until this point, nobody has died, and the work is a tragedy, so we knew that deaths were coming.  They definitely did.  Iago's plan is going smoothly until Roderigo fails to kill Cassio.  Iago tries to do the job, but is only able to wound his leg.  Iago himself later kills Roderigo and claims that Cassio did it.  For a while, I thought he would be able to get away with his plot.  However, Bianca came to tell Othello the news and saw Desdemona dead on their bed.  After speaking with Othello, she pieces together what her husband had done and yells for help.  She says "Oh, murderous coxcomb! What should such a fool/ Do with so good a wife! (IV.ii.232-233)"  Iago stabs her and almost gets away.  However he is arrested and Othello kills himself out of grief.  The play ends on this note.  Although there is not much falling action, the climax tells how Desdemona, Roderigo, Emilia, and Othello end up dead and reveals how Iago's plan quickly falls apart.  It all happens very quickly, in true Shakespearean fashion.  Like many of his other plays, the climax happens, a bunch of main characters die, and the play ends.