https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci en-us 2021-06-23 11:29:05 UTC 2021-06-23 12:09:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621524681 Lauren- Desdemona married Othello, someone her father did not approve of, rather than any other men in Venice. It was an exogamous marriage, and an interracial marriage- not as accepted In the Venetian society. Des + Othello's relationship broke social conventions for that reason. ]]> 2021-06-23 11:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621524681 15adamsl1 https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621524932 animalistic imagery from extract 'beast with two backs' portrays Othello and Desdemona's love as unpleasant and not as pure as a typical marriage. can be linked to other quotes throughout the play eg 'black ram is tupping your white ewe'. This idea is furthered by racist imagery used for Othello 'barbary horse'. Othello and Desdemona's relationship is exogamous and since this breaks typical Jacobean conventions they are punished by others in their society via their language. ]]> 2021-06-23 11:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621524932 15adamsl1 https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621531443 Emilia's relationship with Iago, although not very loving, follows the typical standrad that wives should remain submissive and loyal to the husbands as they are their superiors. However, as we reach the end of the play Emilia loses her submissive attitude 'I nothing but to please his fantasy' and instead rebels against Iago, ultimately revealing his scheme. 'I will not charm my tounge, I am bound to speak' is so significant because it is an obvious disruption of convention and consequently it leads to her downfall. This exhibits the idea that breaking societal standards is dangerous and can lead to tragedies such as 'Othello'. ]]> 2021-06-23 11:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621531443 https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621536909 HANNAH   Othello and Desdemona's relationship and exogamous marriage breaks the societal opinions of interracial marriage. People's judgements of their relationships and predictions of the future ('she has deceived her father and may thee') may directly influence Othello's paranoia later on in the play. Brabantio and Iago particularly frown upon the couple as Brabantio tries to convince others that it is from some 'black magic' that Othello has 'beseeched' his daughter. Brabantio's prejudice towards Othello and his race translate onto his opinions on the couples relationship and his distaste for their union. Iago further employs animalistic imagery when discussing their marriage when he says 'your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs' illustrating his negative opinion on the exogamous marriage. Shakespeare here makes similar reference to his description of Caliban in the Tempest perhaps making a general commentary on the way that people who break social convention in some way are judged so negatively and harshly. Despite this Othello is originally gains more strength and their belief in their relationship because it broke societal convention, for 'she had eyes and chose [him]'. He knows that Desdemona had several suitors which she had turned away and still chose him despite the fact that marrying him would have implications on her.]]> 2021-06-23 11:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621536909 15adamsl1 https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621545619 Karen Newman says the play exposes the ‘fear of racial and sexual difference’ of Renaissance culture, this perhaps is the overarching reason that the love between the exogamous couple (O+D) is viewed this way. Our first glimpses of the main relationship of the play comes not from the protagonists but rather the antagonists, despite the love of O + D being seemingly true 'let her speak of me before her father', due to our, and the Jacobean audience's, warped perception of this couple it seems they are inevitably doomed. ]]> 2021-06-23 12:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621545619 https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621548014 Tobiasz - Desdemona is described as "..the captain's captain" by Cassio in Act 2 Scene 1. This presents Desdemona as Othello's superior, which is later maintained a few lines later when Othello calls Desdemona "fair warrior". While Renaissance Era marriages recognised the male as the one in charge of the relationship, D. and O. do not falter to this stereotype; rather, they flip it on its head. By presenting Desdemona in a leading role, it shows Othello's admiration for her. Despite this however, this power dynamic between them does not last long, mainly due  to Iago - though if it were not for Iago's interference, would their current relationship's status stay constant, or would it naturally crumble due to societal pressure?]]> 2021-06-23 12:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621548014 15adamsl1 https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621551270 'Oh, heaven, how got she out?'  - this quote from the extract is illustrative of Desdemona's escape from social convention as she doesn't ask her fathers permission, a standard practice of that era. Even before the meddling of Iago in later scenes of the play, the audience are aware of society's general discontent with this breach of standard and this may be perceived as foreshadowing of the later turmoil. ]]> 2021-06-23 12:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smithsl9/1ixsc8samhea1aci/wish/1621551270