... the play is named is presented as an honest, kind and respected black man, in service to the Venetian state, who recently married Desdemona, the Venetian senator Brabantio's daughter. Interestingly, Othello does not make an appearance until Act I scene ii, where Shakespeare uses his first appearance to contradict the audience's expectations that were developed in scene one. Rather than a "black ... I scene ii, "my parts, my title and my perfect soul/ shall manifest me rightly-. Iago, who frequently refers to Othello in blatantly racist terms, at one point explains that "these moors are c...

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