Shakespeare's Tragedies

Othello I - Miscegenation and Mixed Messages (1x7)

Air date: Jan 01, 2007

This lecture considers attitudes toward race in the world of the play and Shakespeare's own treatment of the black/white opposition. It analyzes in detail Othello's and Desdemona's defense of their love, Shakespeare's highly nuanced treatment of Desdemona's "errant" marriage, and Othello's uneasy negotiation of his double identity as warrior and lover.