OTHELLO-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

OTHELLO-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

1. JEALOUSY

   • Jealousy
   • The play is showed through the emotions of Othello, as a character through Jealousy that is intense.
   • Othello uses his jealousy to get what he wants and not share Desdemona with others.
   • There were two types of Jealousy: Othello- who relied on emotion and insecurities from being jealous of Desdemona and , and Iago-who relied on strategy that in the end backfired from being jealous of Othello's status.

2. RACE

   • The play shows a lot of racism
   • With Othello being a Moor (Black), he finds he has to work his way up so society would accept him

3. DECEPTION

4. LOVE

5. POWER

6. Othello is characterized as a Black man during the Elizabethan society in Venice, Italy. This was a time where races living together was not accepted or ostracized.

7. BETRAYAL