Abstract
Objectives The purpose of this study is to analyze the modern adaptations of classics, Shakespeare, in order to
 use as liberal art education content to improve reader/learners' critical literacy.
 Methods Together with Shakespeare’s Othello, Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief by Paula Vogel and Desdemona
 by Toni Morrison, two modern adaptations of Othello, are analyzed, focusing on gender and racial issue
 with which Shakespeare’s Othello dismissed to deal in the patriarchal discourse.
 Results Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief represents social conflicts on genders, and Desdemona shows
 cultural and racial conflicts not only between black/slave and white/master but also between black/husband and
 white/wife through reconstructing original plot through female character’s point of view. This study confirms that
 the understanding modern perspective revealed in rewriting classics has various educational significance.
 Conclusions This study is an educational content that can improve the critical literacy of readers/learners who are
 familiar with video media, and can provide a foundation for logically approaching and critically understanding the
 connection between the classics and modern times.
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