My question stems from how cultures, or nations are represented on stage, and how these nations prefer to be represented.  For example, while reading, I was surprised to see that Salvini’s Othello was accepted by the Italian nation-state as a positive stereotype.  Though the character of Othello was a powerful warrior, he was also a “Moor,” and rather brutishly smothers his wife, Desdemona, to death.  Why would this be a suitable symbol for the Italian nation-state at the time?