Examples Of Conundrum In Othello

Othello was set in a time where the black skin colour was related to slavery and Barbary, due to this stereotype the black persons (darker than the Venetians men) were stigmatized. Due to this belief the tragic hero of the play; Othello faced an abundance of conundrum such as jealousy. Throughout the play, Shakespeare demonstrates how the race was one of the principal causes of Othello debacle and how the events were going to be different if it was about a white Venetian nobleman by using strong words and literary devices.

First of all, Othello acquired enemies just for being black. In the simple version of the play at act 1. Page 1 the story begins with Iago and Roderigo slandering about Othello. The interesting point about

Sometimes in the original version of the play Othello made a point of describing himself as an outsider. For example, in the prototype play he once said “Rude am I in speech\ and little blessed with the soft phrases in peace” (Act 3. scene 3). That can be explained by the fact that his physical stature and his skin color were totally different from The others citizens. This conundrum is Visible when Iago compares Othello as a horse, another key to remember is that: he once described Othello as ‘’the tick lips’’(Act 1. scene 1 ) Consequently, Othello Though that he was not good enough for his wife's Desdemona by the reason of that Brabantio the father of Desdemona disagreed with the marriage of her daughter. Effectively he said that in the act 1 that he cannot believe that Desdemona would be attracted by the moor unless she is blind. This racist comment was an act that broke down Othello confidence. Nevertheless this lack of self confidence was fatal for the hero because he made terrible

The mischance Othello was facing was the announcement of his wife faithlessness,Iago and Othello worked on that because they hate Othello by reason of his blackness, the announcement caused Othello downfall because he murdered his wife after this declaration. All of that coupled with Brabantio accusation, in the original Brabantio twice incriminated Othello of using sorcery to seduce his daughter (I.1 172-173 and I.i.i 73-80). Also the Venetians society was commonly a white civilization, to confirm it when William Shakespeare used this metaphor: “an old white ram is tupping your white ewe...” tupping mean having a sexual intercourse with a woman. By using this metaphor Iago is comparing Othello to a black animal and Desdemona to a white ewe (Act 1. Scene 1), this represented racial tension. But the question is: the same events were going to be the same if Othello was white? The answer is yes and no. The impetus of the events was possibly going to happen in the same way, if Othello was white because one of the relevant theme in the story is jealousy racism is just a topic. Iago is the principal person who caused Othello downfall, he was probably going to act in the same way, if Othello was white, also Iago was Catholic and Othello Muslim that is another issue. The blackness of Othello just exacerbate the situation,