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Conceptual Exploration of Othello - Coggle Diagram
Conceptual Exploration of Othello
Identity
Othello's alien identity (black outsider) makes him more vulnerable
Othello is a black man and Desdemona is a white upper-class woman from Venice
Creativity
Imaginative standpoint ahead for Shakespeare's time
Communication
Critique of racial and sexual injustice
Iago only manages to convince Othello based on their shared misogynistic beliefs
Representation
Iago represents the status quo
Sexual jealousy
The handkerchief is passed between three couples showing a parallel between them (Bianca vs the role of the married woman)
Perspective
Two perspectives: Othello and Desdemona believe its in their right to get married but from society's perspective and that of Iago it's inappropriate
Culture
Shared misogynistic attitudes with Iago
Desdemona's father sees their interracial marriage as a violation of his honour
Othello he instinctively blames his own blackness for his wife’s supposed unfaithfulness
Transformation
Interracial marriage
Widespread dissaproval including parental wrath
Cinthio’s brief tale of a doomed mixed-race marriage transformed into a heart-breaking tragedy
Themes
Danger of isolation
Jelousy
Racial prejudice
Deception
Justice