Circumcised Dog Othello
Claiming “I took by th’throat the circumcised dog and smote him thus”(5,2.351-352), an innuendo referring to Othello as the muslim soldier and Desdemona the Venetian was established. Not a mean of showing his patriotism to Venice and service he had contributed, Othello articulated this since he was convinced that he, who had killed a Venetian, deserved the same end as the “turbaned Turk”(5,2.349), and hinted the tragedy at the end of the play when he stabbed himself. By referring to the Muslim soldier as a “circumcised dog” and making animal reference, Othello showed his disdain and animosity to the Muslim soldier and what he had turned out like; becoming what he hated the most, Othello’s dignity did not allow him to live anymore and led him to kill himself as a mean of justice. Moreover, Othello sorrowfully pleaded Lodovico to “speak of me(him) as I am; nothing extenuate” (5,2.338).