Othello Historical Context (Race) by Luca Demetriadi 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureOthelloA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Luca M. B. DemetriadiCreated on: 14-09-17 16:03 England in Shakespeare's time was predominantly White 1 of 10 George Abbott, in his 'A Brief Description of the Whole World' (1599) makes distinctions between "blackish Moors" and "black Negroes" 2 of 10 Imitiaz Habib writes that "what notions of race the Elizabethans had were hopelessly... confused 3 of 10 Habib believes that Shakespeare's black characters struggle between "cultural catalepsy and historical petrifaction" 4 of 10 Habib's quotation means that the characters struggle between colonial assimilation and anti-colonial resistance 5 of 10 Aaron Kitch writes that in Elizabethan London, most people of other races were Slave owners 6 of 10 What is the name of the Moroccan ambassador who visited Queen Elizabeth? Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud 7 of 10 In which language did the Moroccan ambassador communicate with Elizabeth? Italian 8 of 10 The word "Moor" could derive from which country? Mauritania 9 of 10 From which Greek word has the word "Moor" also been suggested to have derived? Mauros 10 of 10
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