Othello has been continuously adapted and reinterpreted in response to various contextual influences which dominate the different eras in which it has been read. The original dominant reading was based on the Judeo-Christian context of the Elizabethan times and reflected in Shakespeare use of the Aristotelian tragic conventions. The downfall of the protagonist was linked to his fatal flaw or hamartia and to forces that lay outside his control. The tragic hero presented in Oliver …showed first 75 words of 2055 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2055 total…husband, "Tis proper I obey him/ but not now/ Perchance Iago, I will ne'er go home." is evident of her act of bravery as she feels the strength to escape this male dominated society and reveal Iago's manipulations. These various interpretations of the original Shakespearean text, Othello such as the dominant reading, feminist reading and resistant post colonial reading shows us its continuous ability to be reinterpreted in order to be appreciated by different audiences