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English- Othello
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- 1A quote that refers to Othello's skin, linking it with the sin he had committed through black and white imagery. (Emilia)’Then she was even more an angel, and you're an even blacker devil!’
- 2A quote that mocks and dehumanised Othello, echoing how society portrayed black people. (Iago) he manipulates other characters like Brabantio through these comments.‘Even now, now, very now, an old black ram
Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise
Awake the snorting citizen with the bell,
Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you.
Arise, I say! (Shakespeare, 2014, 1 act 1 scene 1). - 3An implied quote that dehumanising Othello by stating his house in not a farm. It alludes to the break in natural order.‘This is Venice. My house is not a grange.’ 1.1.119
- 4A modern take on Othello that critiques society view on outsiders.A play called ‘’Photonegative’’ (1997) took an interesting turn on the casting by having Othello played by a white actor and other characters by black actors. By reversing the the minority and majority it enhanced the visual representation of being an outsider.
- 5What made Shakespeare seem racist?Othello and his mannerism and origins are an example of offensive stereotyping. Black people were written as impulsive, jealous, sensual, physically aggressive, mentally unstable and highly gullible. The same goes with The merchant of Venice.
- 6What evidence is there that Shakespeare was not racist.If Shakespeare was racist the antagonist would not be Iago, it would be Othello. The play would have Othello destroy his own relationship due to his temperament; impulsive, jealous, sensual, aggressive, unstable and gullible. The play can easily be misinterpreted.
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