... ram is tupping your white ewe" (1.1.88-90). Later on in the play, there are many other references to Othello's color and race. Desdemona's father, Brabantio, is appalled to learn that his daughter is having a relationship with a "sooty bosom" (2.3.27). Emilia refers to Othello as a black devil (5.2.132). This scene does not suggest that Emilia is racist in any way. She most likely ... being judged by the color of his skin. If the entire play is examined, the "evil" of Othello is entirely painted by Iago. Iago creates Othello as "black" and therefore himself as "white." One of the reason...

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... presentation of being a corrupt person. He is one of Shakespeare's most romantic heroes. This is partly due to the strange life of war and adventure he has lived since childhood. Othello is solemn, self-controlled, and steeled by the experience of countless perils, hardships, and vicissitudes. He has complete confidence in himself; so much that he is unrivaled. He proves this ... that most whites possess higher moral values than their black counterparts. Shakespeare makes an exception to this perception and characterizes Iago as an evil person. Iago is very angry with Othello for not ma...

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In the tradition of Shakespeare's vague directive stance, he seems to have left yet another element of a play to the fancy of interpretation. In his tragedy Othello, a distinctive feature of one of the lead characters is not clearly dictated. In the movie, Lawernce Fishborne played Othello and I was left considering an important characteristic of Othello: How dark is Othello's skin? Visually, at least in modern America, a culture that Shakespeare could not have predicted or written for, this choice could be powerful choice. It is made clear that his skin is dark, but by what comparison? It is ...

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