Othello
Susan Snyder wrote in "Othello's Alien Status":Shakespeare had deprived [Othello] of any common ground with Desdemona on which he can stand to fight back- not only to facilitate Iago's deception, but to heighten the tragic paradox of human love, individuals dependent on each other but unalterably separate and mysterious to one another in their separateness... Iago is an envious, insecure human being who functions as a perverted magician-manipulator, cunningly altering reality for Othello. But he is also the catalyst who activates destructive forces not of his own creation, forces present in the love itself. (164-265).Shakespeare creates two vastly different characters in Othello and Desdemona. They come from different backgrounds, cultures and are of different ethnicity. Although Othello is intelligent and respected as a General, he is also seen as alien to Venetian ways. Othello and Desdemona have no true common ground. Their relationship is based solely on their differences. Othello's exotic tales draws Desdemona into a love affair with him. It is through these exotic differences that a common love was found
Look here, Iago: / All my fond love thus I do blow to heaven. Iago uses these differences to further the separation between Othello and Desdemona. an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe" (1. Othello states: "Now I do see 'tis true. The views of others immediately begin to drive a wedge between Othello and Desdemona. By planting the seed of social distrust, Iago is able to take advantage of Othello's vulnerability.
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