Willie Ho

When first reading Othello, all I knew was that he was not light skinned. This affected my depiction of the play. The play may be in fact speaking of something more than a story between the love of Othello and Desdemona so far. It could be a reflection of the slavery and the relations between slaves and their masters during Shakespeare's time. When Othello and Desdemona claim to love each other they cannot have a regular marriage. They are summoned by the Duke due to Brabanzio because they suspect Othello of using some magic to woo Desdemona. That isn't the case but the Duke and Brabanzio believe so because they are unwilling to accept the fact that there can be a love between two races. Shakespeare is trying to send out a message to the society in which this play was released to.