15.10.12 Journal

Today we started listening to the audio version of Othello.

• A question I have is: why was Othello the only black man? or was he the only black man in the play?
• Many people are very prejudiced against the character of Othello and give him  a bad name to the audience even before he even appears in the play. 

Important lines in Act 1: Scene 1 and 2:

• line 65 in at 1 scene 1 "I am not what I am" by Iago
• Lines 88-89 animal imagery-binary opposition
• lines 113-133 Act 1 Scene 1 "Gross clasps of a lascivious Moor"
•  Act 1 Scene 2 line 83, "To fear not to delight"