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1. Some have said that the focus of Othello is not the title character, as is the case with Shakespeare’s other great tragedies, Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet. Is Othello simply too one-dimensional to be considered a great tragic hero? Does his seemingly unrealistic gullibility lessen our interest in him and his suffering?
2. Explore the character of Desdemona. What does she represent in the play?
3. Discuss Othello’s relationship with Desdemona. Does he truly love her?
4. Explore the issue of racism in Othello and relate it to the problems of racial hatred in Elizabethan England.
Only up to Act II
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