... that such a senior member of the society represented in the play is so accepting someone who strongly contradicts the social norm. This has the affect of both conflicting with the audience's socially constructed preconceptions of how a society should behave towards black people, but also allows the audience to empathise with Othello. However, as the play progresses and Iago's "monstrous birth- (I,iii) begins to sprout in Othello's "garden- (I,iii), he begins to ... (I,iii) Interestingly, when Othello is told that he is to go to Cyprus, and Desdemona is asked for her opinion on the matte...

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