Shakespeare is regarded as the pre-eminent author in the English language, for he penned thirty-eight plays and 154 sonnets. His plays are still the ones that are most preformed today, due to central themes that resonate with modern audiences. Othello was written during his tragic period and expands upon racism during the 17th century. The play features a lower class white antagonist convinces the Moorish General Othello of his wife ‘s infidelity. Iago takes advantage of Othello by infusing him to believe that Desdemona is cheating on him. Othello’s tragic flaw, that of not knowing who to trust was only possible because of the color of his skin.
The play begins off with a clear seeing of the hatred and jealousy towards Othello from Iago. One of the main problems between them is their different race, and rank in the Venetian army. Iago begins to start insulting Othello’s race in a cowardly sort behind his back to Brabantio, concerning Brabantio because “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe!” (I. I. 91-19 Throughout the rest of the play Iago refers to the Moor as Black Othello or a black ram. Although he almost never says this to Othello’s face, it is still clear that Iago may fear Othello as due to him being a higher rank in …show more content…
While talking to the Duke about Othello, Brabantio claimed “in spite of nature, / of years, of country, credit, everything, / to fall in love with what she feared to look on.” (I. III. 100-101) This stating that being black he must have had to put a curse on Desdemona to make her fall in love with the black Othello, because otherwise there could be not such way it could happen. As Othello believes that Desdemona’s soul has become dark, causing her to get with another guy, Emilia clearly stated, that Othello was blacker then the devil, in rage of what he did to the pure
The play begins off with a clear seeing of the hatred and jealousy towards Othello from Iago. One of the main problems between them is their different race, and rank in the Venetian army. Iago begins to start insulting Othello’s race in a cowardly sort behind his back to Brabantio, concerning Brabantio because “an old black ram is tupping your white ewe!” (I. I. 91-19 Throughout the rest of the play Iago refers to the Moor as Black Othello or a black ram. Although he almost never says this to Othello’s face, it is still clear that Iago may fear Othello as due to him being a higher rank in …show more content…
While talking to the Duke about Othello, Brabantio claimed “in spite of nature, / of years, of country, credit, everything, / to fall in love with what she feared to look on.” (I. III. 100-101) This stating that being black he must have had to put a curse on Desdemona to make her fall in love with the black Othello, because otherwise there could be not such way it could happen. As Othello believes that Desdemona’s soul has become dark, causing her to get with another guy, Emilia clearly stated, that Othello was blacker then the devil, in rage of what he did to the pure