... . Shakespeare's Othello outlines the protagonist with barbarity as seen in his characterisation of "thick lips" and the recurring use of animal imagery such as "an old black ram". It highlights the Elizabethan tendency to align black with barbarity and white with pureness ... elucidated through comparing Shakespeare's and Nelson's representation of Desi and Desdemona. Under a different time period, Desi is granted much more power and rights than Desdemona as a woman. Her individualism and independence transcends over Desdemona's vague sense of identity, who only acts as a possession of ...

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