ENGB33 Lecture 5: Lecture 5.docx
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Moor - had a religious charge: black christian, white christian, black muslim. Interdeterminary is the thing of moorishness: both outsiders in venice (jew vs. moor) Valiant othello is trusted by the duke and actively invld in politics of venice: embraces all things christian, tries to save christian state, marries desd, bloody book of law set aside for him. Shylock = outsider from the start (rejects all things christian: tries to chill christian. Laws in venice can wipe out a jewish identity but it helps othello. 16th c = moor could live in venice (reality: to be stranger doesn"t mean to be estranged, foreigners could b/cm citizens in venice on the basis of service of the state (not in. Moor of venice vs. moor in venice or moor from venice: paradox of belongingness and estrangement) Race thinking not yet racisim as we know it yet: aka. 1. 1 41-65 : othello works hard for nothing. Iago 2nd type of slave self enhancement.
