Themes such as jealousy, deception and passion interwoven through the text of 'Othello' make the story riveting. But before we can understand why events take place and characters motivations' it is important to analyse the geographical arena in which the story of Othello and the moral struggles of the characters are brought to life. By including real locations, which Elizabethans would have herd of, the play appears to be more realistic. 'Othello' is reasonably geographically …
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…as long as he sticks to his station as a general but then when tries to integrate with their culture (i.e. when he marries Desdemona) they do not agree with it and can't see past the fact he is a black Berber. In a similar vein to Othello's looking like the enemy, Iago is named after the patron saint of Spain. England and Spain had conflict enemy at the time of the plays writing.