Othello

Othello was an interesting play. I was only able to read the first three acts of the play, but the idea of the story was that the title character is a Moor, who finds himself places in an environment of caucasion Christians. While the term "Moor", accoriding to Wikipedia, is a Greek word meaning "black" or "very dark" but doesnt necessarly refer to the Muslim religion. This word was actually originally used to refer to an individual of African or Arab decent. The thought of Othello involved in a marriage with a white woman was an out cry in the play, and Roderigo even refers to Desdemona and Othello as "an old black lamb tupping your white ewe" which I thought was a very crass and rude statement. It should only seem to be a given, then that the marriage between Desdemona and Othello was destine to fail, according to The Folger Shakespeare Library because there was such a difference in race, gender, background and culture. I tend to agree with this statement because there do have to be some similarties in a cultural sense for people to be compatable with each other. Marina Smiley comments in her article, How To Fight Cultural Differences In Marriage And Stay Happy, that cross cultural marriages can be very difficlut and more often time than, not can lead to failure. I think that the impulsiveness of their marriage was romantic, but it doesnt seem like they thought much beyond that, and didn't consider the consequences or impact that this could have much later on. It also seems that they rushed into things a little fast because otherwise there would be more trust between Othello and Desdemona.