'Identity' and 'Culture' as Postcolonial Issues in Shakespeare's Othello ?

The Identity and Culture are very important issues in Postcolonial studies. In Shakespeare?s play Othello it seems that Othello tries hard to be accepted in his host country as a native Venetian but he is always excluded. Being a black in a white society, he suffers from identity crisis. Moreover, he suffers from alienation too. His identity in Venice is completely vague. He thinks himself to be an insider to Venice but he is perceived by the Venetians as an outsider who is black in colour. Culture is another important postcolonial issue in Othello. In the play, a marked contrast has been shown between the Western Venice and the Eastern world, where Othello belongs to. It seems that Othello, being a cultural ?other?, neither can understand Venetian culture nor can adjust to it and so the tragedy happens.