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The Historical Context of Shakespeare's Othello:
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The Historical Context of Shakespeare's Othello:
Aileen Ho, Matt Hosino,
Leana Lindsay, Adam Tifrit
Works Cited
Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2015.
The History of William Shakespeare's Othello." The History of William Shakespeare's Othello. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2015."
"The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571: The Sixteenth Century to the Reign of Julius III." Google Books. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2015.
"Moor | People." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2015
The Invasion of the Turks
Shakespeare’s Influences
- Un Capitano Moro (“A Moorish Captain”): the Gli Hecatommithi collection (1565) Cinthio.
- Moral: European women should not marry non European men.
- Shakespeare took liberties with plot, characters, character development, and main themes.
- 7 iterations in the 1600s alone and was first published in quarto format in 1621.
Moors
- Origin
- mixed heritage
- Arabs
- Berbers
- 18th century Moors invaded Spain
- How English viewed Moors in Shakespeare's time
- Suprising about Othello
Europeans
Venice, Cyprus, and the Ottoman Empire:
-Act I is set in Venice, Italy - part of an empire that controlled the islands Crete and Cyprus
-1500s Venice - Powerful navy
-Acts II - IV are set in Cyprus
-Christian Europeans fought against Muslim Turks in Crusades
-African practices of voodoo and witchcraft considered wicked
-Overall distrust of darker-skinned outsiders in England