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How is Othello and Desdemona’s relationship doomed from the opening of the play?
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How is Othello and Desdemona's relationship doomed from the opening of the play? Othello and Desdemona's relationship was doomed from the start. There were several reasons to why this relationship between a Venetian Woman and a Black Man wouldn't work and the audience could see this from the beginning. The first step to this doomed relationship was Brabantio; Desdemona's father. In Act I Scene 1 Brabantio disapproves of Desdemona and Othello's relationship due to one main reason - Othello's race. "An old black ram is tupping your white ewe". By Iago saying this to Brabantio, he is stirring things up and is trying to cause a rift between Desdemona and Othello. By Shakespeare using the colours "black" and "white", he has two meanings for it. Firstly, he is showing the audience the colours of both races and secondly he is making it out to be that Othello...
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