Othello Context
An overview of the context of Othello
- Created by: gudrunsbreme
- Created on: 17-11-13 12:36
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- Context
- Venice 16th Century
- 1571- Lost and never recovered
- Fall of the rule over the mediteranian
- Important strategic place, edges of Europe; loss of Power
- Last outpost of christianity
- Jacobean Society
- Women
- Prostitutes
- Wife and Mother
- Fallen women -> pregnant before marriage
- Property of father, then husband
- dowry to family of man - mitgift
- powerless, bunden to family
- Men
- Dictated everything
- Political Force
- Military strenght . Othello
- Emerging Merchant Power
- Love - irrational force to have, not acceptable
- Marriage within class - under no circumstanceto a moor
- The Moors
- Queen Elizabeth “full diplomatic recognition” for conquering spain 1601
- sexually overactive, prone to jealousy, generally wicked
- whiiteness-> purity, blackness-> moral corruption
- The Moors
- Military
- within military trust is crucial, otherwise Othello wouldn't have trusted Iago
- Women
- The Moors
- Queen Elizabeth “full diplomatic recognition” for conquering spain 1601
- sexually overactive, prone to jealousy, generally wicked
- whiiteness-> purity, blackness-> moral corruption
- Venice 16th Century
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