Othello

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English

 

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Steven M

 

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January 13, 2013

 

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They refer to him as "thicklips" and "the devil." Iago later describes Othello as "an old black ram ... tupping your white ewe." In Davies' adaptation, there is no doubt that the society surrounding John Othello is racist. Early on, police commissioner Carver makes crude comments about his black officers and, confiding in Jago about promoting black officers, says, "Wouldn't it be nice just to relax and tell the truth for once? They're [blacks] just not up to snuff, not yet...
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And in a later aside, he declares, "I hate the Moor, and it is thought abroad that 'twixt my sheets he's done my office. I know not if't be true but I, for mere suspicion in that kind, will do as if for surety." In the modern version, he says, "You know I'm eaten up with sodding envy. You do know that, don't you?" Is Iago a racist? A disgruntled employee? A cuckold? Does he lust after Desdemona, or even Othello himself? Or is he simply a psychopath? Shakespeare doesn't say...
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