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At the end of class, you showed us the cover of Othello. First of all, I see envy in Iago's eyes as he watches Othello/Desdemona get freaky (Silkk, "Freak Me Baby"). Now I'm thinking that the hyper-educated/maybe-hyper-western white man is projecting his inadequacies, or his own ability to express his sexuality due to his social role, onto Othello. Because Iago is an Anglo-educated man, he sees sexuality as a base form of expression in a social context, but personally truly envies Othello's ability to woo Desdemona, as sexuality is inherent in every human being. For a man, sexual competency usurps all other types of power. Clinton was the leader of the leader of the free world, yet couldn't cage his urges to express that power. So Iago hates Othello because he is everything that he wishes he could be, noble and strong (both sexually and combatively), so he makes it his personal mission to destroy any man that is freer than he is. Maybe the fact that Othello is a condemned Moor is only a side-note in this play. Maybe it's more about the faults of white manhood than it is a sympathy for Othello's plight. Maybe it's self condemning, Shakespeare's attempt to expose his own insecurities, his own faults. Maybe there is a lot of Shakespeare in Iago. I sure as hell know that there is a lot of Patrick Bateman in me, no matter how hard I fight it. I'm beginning to feel that all of Shakespeare's works venture into the psyche of the male, and everything else is supplemental.