'Othello' - opposing ideas and images

play take place in Venice
1. Moves to Cyprus
  1. 3 out of 5 acts take place at night
    1. night is full of danger
      1. darkness and light
        night covers the truth
        othello's earlier speeches given in light
        later they take place in darkness
        sense of openess
      2. Iago's activities associated with night
        Iago associated with Devil
        later Othello associated with the devil
        angel and devil
        angel/devil contrast shows Iago's success
        Othello begins to call Desdemona a devil
        Desdemona associated with anger
      3. deception
heaven and hell
1. through Iago's evil Othello descends into hell
  1. "chaos is come again"
2. Othello begins in love
  1. association with 'heaven'
black and white
1. black associated with the devil
  1. Shakespeare reverses the idea
2. Desdemona
  1. White
    1. associated with purity
      1. Iago wants to corrupt this
3. Othello
  1. Iago's reference to Othello's blackness
    1. racist
      1. sexual stereotypes

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