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Othello's Harmatia - Coggle Diagram
Othello's Harmatia
Race
"You'll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse, you'll have your nephews neigh to you, you'll have coursers for cousins and jennets for Germans".
Iago implies that Desdemona compare Othello with other Venetian white men, suggesting she regrets her marriage. Othello starts to believe that Desdemona cheated on him because he is black.
Othello suggests that "I'll whistle her off and let her down the wind"", referring to Desdemona, suggesting if Iago's claims of Desdemona were true, he would cast her out the household.
"Haply, for I am black... She's gone. I am abus'd; and my relief must be to loathe her".
He begins to hate Desdemona, believing she cheated due to Othello's race.
He begins to conform to the racist ideas he has uncovered, "black ram", this perhaps makes his downfall typically tragic, as its almost a fall from grace.
Change in Character
As Iago continues to supply Othello with 'proof' of Desdemona's supposed infidelity, Othello is further consumed with rage and jealousy. When Lodovico comes to deliver a letter to Othello, Desdemona makes a comment which Othello assumes is about her other lover, and so he slaps her. Lodovico is shocked by this behaviour claiming its so out of character.
"My Lord, this would not be believed in Venice, though I should swear I saw it.". Lodovico goes on to question Othello's reputation after such an act saying, "is this the noble Moor whom our full senates call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature whom passion could not shake? Whose solid virtue the shot of accident, nor dart of chance, could neither graze nor pierce?".
Othello calls Desdemona a "whore", and Emilia (Iago's wife), exclaims "Here's a change indeed". However it is not until Othello commits the ultimate crime in which his skin colour is held against him.
Society condemn his race because they struggle to find a meaning for this sudden and unprovoked action.
Murder
When Othello murders Desdemona, is forces those who formerly respected and admired him, and those who held him to be equal on all levels. They're forced to use his skin colour to explain his misdeeds.
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On the topic of Desdemona's supposed infidelity, Emilia states that Desdemona was true and was "too fond of her most filthy bargain".
His race is now recognised and being utilised by those who Othello alienated through his irrational actions.
Conclusion
Solomon T. Plaatje : "Shakespeare's dramas show that nobility and valour, like desperation and cowardice, are not the monopoly of any colour".
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