* Only Acts I-IV *Themes: Leadership; Social Norms; Race; Gender Relationships; Love; Jealousy; Trust; Reputation; ObedienceDescribe Othello’s role as a leader: In what ways is he an effective leader, and in what ways is he an ineffective leader?How do you perceive Othello’s awareness of race relations regarding the people with whom he performs “his service”?Othello has few problems expressing his love for his wife in front of the Duke, her father, and the Venetian council, yet when it comes to asserting his love for his wife to his wife, as the play progresses, it is apparent he has great difficulty doing so: In what way might this inability to express his love for Desdemona reveal a “tragic flaw”?What is your interpretation of Othello’s view of love, and does his view of love change over the course of the play?What seems to be remiss regarding Othello’s ability to trust other characters?How important is reputation in the mind of Othello and in the minds of the other people of the Venetian state?How might obedience play a role thematically in the identity of Othello?N.B: Please keep the english simple. It\’s doenst have to be extremely sophisticated.
