Othello-Racial otherness

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  • Created on: 01-01-17 15:56
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    • Othello- Racial Otherness by Richard Marriott
      • Racial slurs
        • "the thick lips" Act 1 scene 1 line 67
        • "the devil" Act 1 scene 1 line 93
        • "an old black ram" Act 1 scene 1 line 88
          • Othello being an Ottoman is a sign of his cruelty
          • Black symbolises promiscuity
            • Ram- overrun by offspring as they impregnate all the sheep
            • Ironic as Desdemona's 'infidelity' is the said cause of their mariital breakdown
          • Ram- overrun by offspring as they impregnate all the sheep
        • "a Barbary horse" Act 1 scene 1 line 112
        • "the sooty bosom" Act 1 scene 2 line 70
        • "Your son-in-law is far more fair than black"
          • Compliment
          • Racial undertone
            • Fair is redeemable
            • Black is undesirable
            • Implies that white men are more well-spoken
      • Shakespeare
        • Master vs Servant
          • Iago
          • Othello
        • aware of commercial success of his contempories
          • Ben Jonson
          • Thomas Decker
        • undermines prejudices and preconceptions
        • Merchant of Venice
          • human condtiion
          • Jewish butcher
          • outsider
      • Othello
        • great man are  a result of
          • Birth
          • Merit
        • Venice
          • embodies best and worst of our society
          • opposing views shows conflict in the human condition
    • Emma McQuiston
      • married into aristocracy
      • Her father-in-law and many others express Brabantio's fears of contamination
      • First black/mixed race viscountess
    • Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed
      • son of an Egyptian billionaire
      • rumoured to be pregnant at the time of their death
        • Once born, their offspring would have Christian and Muslim parentage
          • just like Othello and Desdemona
  • Emma McQuiston
    • married into aristocracy
    • Her father-in-law and many others express Brabantio's fears of contamination
    • First black/mixed race viscountess

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