Englishness

This idea that Othello will infect Desdemona with his darkness reminds me of the same struggle that Henry Wilcox faces in "Howard's End," but in regards to class. The ultimate question posed in Forster's novel is: Who will inherit England? The fear for the beurgoisie is that the class structure will diminish, that the the legs of the golden chair upon which they stand will be broken out from under them, leading to an amalgamation of all classes. The power, then, will no longer be in the hands of the privileged few. This is the same fear that Iago and Desdemona's father have of Othello, that his infection of their species will cut the legs of power out from beneath them. Iago sees in his future a seat of power that he sees as his implicit privilege as a white male. Change does not come easy or without a fight. Furthermore,

I'm having trouble analyzing Othello too deeply, as I'm not sure where to go from here. This is probably all rehash and boring, but it is what it is.