This is because Desdemona is risking losing her culture and reputation as a white Venetian of middle-to-upper class, and to marry a black Moorish general who is not a land-owner. ... Roderigo paid Iago to assist him to win Desdemona's heart "thou, Iago, who hast had my purse/As if the strings were thine- [1.1.2-3] in which case we as a contemporary audience must ask ourselves, can love be merely purchased with gold and silver? Does money guarantee the power to own anything of one's heart's desires? ... The Duke also has the privilege and the right to define and judge Othello...

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She knows the ways of Venice perhaps more than anyone else in the play who is Venetian. ... If he knows she is capable of manipulation, Othello will believe that he is the more deceived. ... Always make sure you choose the most suitable quotation - and include it in your sentence if it's short. ... What do you think? ... Rather than - say - an immature innocent girl, a victim - or even as she is sometimes played, a sparky girl who has chosen Othello to make a serious statement about her lifeview? ...

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Through this quote Iago tries to convince Othello that Desdemona has or could commit adultery seeing though she has already deceived her father in marrying Othello. ... "For whiles this honest fool Plies Desdemona to repair his fortunes, And she for him pleads strongly to the Moor, I"ll pour pestilence into his ear: That she repeals him for her body's lust; And by how much she strives to do him good, She shall undo her credit with the Moor. ... This may do something. ... Here Iago tells of how wife Emilia has picked up the lost handkerchief and given it to Iago who has continually asked h...

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Through this quote Iago tries to convince Othello that Desdemona has or could commit adultery seeing though she has already deceived her father in marrying Othello. ... "For whiles this honest fool Plies Desdemona to repair his fortunes, And she for him pleads strongly to the Moor, I"ll pour pestilence into his ear: That she repeals him for her body's lust; And by how much she strives to do him good, She shall undo her credit with the Moor. ... This may do something. ... Here Iago tells of how wife Emilia has picked up the lost handkerchief and given it to Iago who has continually asked h...

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He also demands to know where he can find Othello. ... Cassio, on official business from the Duke, does not know about the private life, the marriage, of Othello, his boss. ... Othello suggests that his wife should be called to address the Council. While he and the Senators are waiting for her to arrive, Othello describes how he wooed her. ... When she is asked who her sovereign lord is, she does not choose her father, to whom she has always been obedient and to whom she will always feel a sense of duty. ...

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