'Othello's virtue and valour ultimately make him admirable.' To what extent to do you agree with this view? (AQA A level English Literature question)

As a Venetian soldier, Othello holds a great deal of valour within his society, despite being an outcast due to his race. However, his virtue and valour are greatly undermined when he is prayed on by Iago, who manipulates the once respected soldier in his ‘web’ of lies, causing in Othello an untameable jealousy, becoming his tragic flaw and thus leading to his tragic end. As an audience we are initially introduced to Othello as a great soldier and leader of the Venetian army. He appears calm and collected in the face of chaos, and approaches disputes respectfully and considerately, as seen in Act 1 when Othello is faced with Desdemona’s father, Brabantio, who believes he has ‘enchanted her in chains of magic’. Instead of becoming enraged, as many in Venetian society would have expected him to, Othello displays his valour by responding calmly, addressing Brabantio as ‘most worthy signor’ and ‘noble self’, despite the cruel allegations made against him. However, although Othello initially retains his virtue and valour in the play, once ensnared in Iago’s lies, he begins to lose the calmness of logic he once possessed. Othello then conforms to Venetian societal expectations of him to be barbaric and blood-thirsty, cursing ‘O blood, blood, blood,’ and ‘fair devil’, upon internalising the lies fed to him by Iago. Although his initial valour and virtue to an extent make him admirable, this is wholly overcome by his fall from grace at the hands of his evil manipulator Iago, producing in the audience a sense of pity for this once great soldier. Pity is also enhanced by Othello’s tragic end, his realisation of truth coming too late, further enhancing the tragedy of his death. After savagely smothering Desdemona in their bed, Othello attempts to redeem the character previously established on realisation of the mistakes he has made. He states; ‘I have done the state some service’, acknowledging he ‘loved not wisely’, mirroring his initial dignity and clarity of mind, before sacrificially ending his life. Although it is ultimately his willingness to trust Iago and his inability to trust his own wife that lead to his tragic fall, Othello is able to retain some decorum in his suicide, which acts as a cleansing action for the audience, allowing them to see, once again, the admirability of his character.