... to become a suitable wife to some Venetian gentleman, but all her gentleness and love have reached out for Othello. It does not matter to her that he is an older man of a foreign race. 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. But she chooses Othello, her husband. Hearing her words, her father admits ... after the night of the quarrel. According to custom, Cassio has arranged a number of musicians to play sweet music outside the bedroom window of Othello and Desd...

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... and socially inferior to those of light-skinned Christians. By looking at Othello's colour and race in relation to his social struggle, the post-colonialist aspect of the play can also be analyzed. It seems Othello's dark skin alienates him no matter the effort he places in attempting to ... wants - Desdemona is merely an object to him, despite the love he has for her and vice versa. Even on her dying breath Desdemona defends Othello. When Emilia demands "O, who hath done this deed?- Desdemona responds "Nobody - I myself- [5.2.124-125] consequently condemning herself to an eternity in .....

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