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Not to mention...

...the fact that he is much older than her, and of a different race. Even those who were not racists (and the Venetians of the play WERE) would think it more likely and thus more "natural" that she would be attracted to a younger white man. Indeed, that's one of the reasons Othello falls for Iago's plot: it makes more sense to him that she should love Cassio than that she should love him.

Posted by Hamlet on March 29, 1997 at 12:12:42
 In Reply to "Othello/Desdemona" posted by Lillith on March 29, 1997 at 07:47:00


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