Walcott's "Goats and Monkeys", a reflection of Shakespeare's "Othello" Derek Walcott's "Goats and Monkeys" from "The Castaway and other Poems (1965)", is a dark poem that justifies a black man in a world where everyone picks on him. This poem depicts many notions of racism, sex, savagery and jealousy. However, these notions could not have been better represented if Walcott had not built his foundation on Shakespeare's "Othello." Therefore, this article attempts to provide evidence that will prove that “Goats and Monkeys” is a strong reflection of Shakespeare's “Othello” and also shows sympathetic feelings towards Walcott's Othello. Walcott has designed his plot wonderfully so that this poem injects a strong impression. to its readers. Shakespeare's 'Othello' gave him the solid foundation on which his poem was able to reach great heights in terms of diction and imagination, which otherwise might not have been as good as it is today. The innocence of Desdemona, the sexual jealousy of Othello and the bloodthirsty race. Lago's revenge on Othello was the perfect symbol for Walcott to show his readers what exactly he had in mind. So, with the help of “animal imagery”, he achieves a perfect combo to deliver a powerful poem. Walcott comes from a mixed family, with two white grandfathers and two black grandmothers. Although “he grew up knowing English, his problem is one that confronts most postcolonial writing; he does not fit into the British tradition and he is troubled both by his comfort with the English language and by his distance from the English experience. (Nagarayan, 2003). Thus Walcott, to represent his own dilemma of being "black in skin and white in spirit", finds Othello as the perfect medium, since Othe...... middle of paper ......ssion of Cassio. Walcott felt that Othello's judgment was based on shaky foundations, which reinforces his contempt for the couple (Palavic, 2006). To summarize, Walcott's "Goats and Monkeys" is truly based on Shakespeare's "Othello" because the poem begins with an epigraph from the original. and ends with Othello's grievance for killing the one he loved most. "Goats and Monkeys" mirrors Shakespeare's "Othello" in that it is the dilemma of a black man in a white world, like Walcott's own dilemma: "black in skin and white in spirit." Therefore, I believe that Walcott could not have found any other person more suitable than Othello to represent him in his poem. Additionally, the title of the poem “Goats and Monkeys” is itself an extract from the play where Othello says to Lodovico “You’re welcome, sir, Cyprus. Goats and monkeys ».!”