Race: Iago uses animalistic imagery to depict Othello and Desdemona in order to alarm Brabantio
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Card 7
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Race: Brabantio is shocked with Desdemona’s choice of partner
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Card 8
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Race: The Duke of Venice is positive about Othello but regards his personality as at odds with his race
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Card 9
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Race: Othello concedes to the negative portrayal of his race
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Card 10
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Gender: When waking Brabantio Iago shows how women are regarded as possessions
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Card 11
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Gender: Desdemona can be interpreted to mean that Othello is her dream man from heaven or that she wished she had been born a man and lived Othello’s life
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Card 12
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Gender: Brabantio suggests that Desdemona may have a pattern of deceiving men
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Card 13
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Gender: Desdemona ultimately becomes a victim of Othello’s abuse and is reduced into submission and blames herself for the abuse she endures
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Card 14
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Gender: Emilia takes a far more contemporary view that women and men can be equals in a relationship
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Card 15
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Gender: Emilia, in an unexpected way, speaks out against what she has witnessed
