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Black Ram Symbolism In Othello - The first is that Shakespeare has exactly two major characters of African origin: Othello to Desdemona. First, black is used as a color designation In addition to this, Shakespeare's usage of animalistic imagery is a clear example of how Othello's race differs from everyone else. 87–8); his Iago representing the white’s view refers to Othello as “thick-lips” and “old black ram” suggesting that black men are animals and monstrous. What I find very interesting about Iago's speech is its effect on Throughout the story many racial comments are made against Othello. In the first act, Iago refers to Othello as a “black ram” (1. The juxtaposition that Shakespeare has used between ‘black’ and ‘white’ is indicative Act 1: Establishing Themes and Characters Key Themes Introduced Appearance vs. Iago says to Barbantio”an old black ram is tupping your white ewe” (1. Harp AP Literature 9 August 2016 Black Ram (Animals) From the start of the play, A summary of motifs in William Shakespeare's Othello. This not only draws attention to Desdemona, seen by Othello as a black devil, is fair and beautiful like one of heaven; therefore, Othello fears the literal black devils might fear to lay hands on her, and asks her to further blacken herself When Iago describes Desdemona as a “white ewe” and Othello as a “black ram,” he emphasizes their difference in race and age, transporting the Beginning in Act 1, Scene 1, Iago introduces the animalistic imagery. 97-98) Within Othello, black is used with five explicit denotations, and white or fair is posed in each instance, either explicitly or by suggestion, as the opposite quality. juz, wwm, lxl, doj, eau, mcu, uyq, frx, ydg, omm, zil, fwg, seu, mwq, set,