the trouble with gender in othello - Auburn University Electronic ...
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Ano<strong>the</strong>r benefit of this type of read<strong>in</strong>g of O<strong>the</strong>llo is that by look<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>the</strong><br />
reactions to Desdemona’s and O<strong>the</strong>llo’s disruptions of patriarchal society gives<br />
us an excit<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>to two more of <strong>the</strong> ongo<strong>in</strong>g debates <strong>in</strong> O<strong>the</strong>llo criticism:<br />
What are Iago’s “true” motivations and why is O<strong>the</strong>llo so easily conv<strong>in</strong>ced that<br />
his “fair warrior” is a “whore”? Both of <strong>the</strong>se questions can be answered by<br />
tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account <strong>the</strong> importance of <strong>gender</strong> performance to <strong>the</strong>se characters.<br />
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