EL Othello Race
- Created by: amicooper
- Created on: 12-04-17 14:07
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- Race
- Othello is labelled by pronouns or epithets, creating a negative sense of his race and identity
- Epithet: an adjective/ phrase expressing a quality regarded as characteristic of the person mentioned e.g. DIRTY old men
- Interracial relationship
- Iago tells Brabantio 'an old black ram is tupping your white ewe', that they are making 'the beast with two backs'
- Dehumanising language describing Othello's race using bestial imagery
- Interracial relationship were socially unacceptable
- Iago tells Brabantio 'an old black ram is tupping your white ewe', that they are making 'the beast with two backs'
- Iago believes Othello will soon tire of Desdemona as 'these Moors ae changeable in their ways'
- Status
- Despite his ethnic minority, Othello fetches his 'life and being from men of royal siege'
- He is also an essential military figure
- Despite his ethnic minority, Othello fetches his 'life and being from men of royal siege'
- Language
- Othello is labelled by pronouns or epithets, creating a negative sense of his race and identity
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