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Othello’s Other-ness
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This article aims to understand the protagonist’s other-ness in Othello in terms of race, religion, culture, and geography. Even though Othello isn’t a Venetian, he’s a nobleman in that society. It mainly owes to his prowess as a full soldier. Still it’s ironical that he protects the Christian world as a general. Because he is from Moor, a muslim world. He marries a Venetian noble lady, Desdemona. It’s assumed that he converted to a church-goer at sometime of his wandering career. Moreover he elaborates quite sophisticated speeches. Thus, Othello seems to be successfully assimilated to the Venetian culture. That is, he appears to subvert the racial stereotyping on Moor. However the prevalent xenophobia in Venice thwarts Othello’s desire to be absorbed into their civilization. In respect to this phenomenon this article focuses on two elements: the cosmopolitan city’s imperial ambition and their anxiety about the transgression by the foreigners on their own culture. Venice was a pivotal Mediterranean seaports during Shakespearean age. Accordingly their wealth chiefly depended on the trades through these passages. That’s why they were in dire need of strong military force like Othello. In the mean time, most of the Venetians’ antagonism towards miscegenation reveals their adherence to their own civilized values. Bravantio, Iago, Roderigo represent such a type of people. Ultimately the overall process which Othello undergoes doesn’t overturn the typified image of his as a Moor but rather returns it. This fluid identity of Othello’s rejects the Europeans’ perverse attempts at Othering him.
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This article aims to understand the protagonist’s other-ness in Othello in terms of race, religion, culture, and geography. Even though Othello isn’t a Venetian, he’s a nobleman in that society. It mainly owes to his prowess as a full soldier. Still it’s ironical that he protects the Christian world as a general. Because he is from Moor, a muslim world. He marries a Venetian noble lady, Desdemona. It’s assumed that he converted to a church-goer at sometime of his wandering career. Moreover he elaborates quite sophisticated speeches. Thus, Othello seems to be successfully assimilated to the Venetian culture. That is, he appears to subvert the racial stereotyping on Moor. However the prevalent xenophobia in Venice thwarts Othello’s desire to be absorbed into their civilization. In respect to this phenomenon this article focuses on two elements: the cosmopolitan city’s imperial ambition and their anxiety about the transgression by the foreigners on their own culture. Venice was a pivotal Mediterranean seaports during Shakespearean age. Accordingly their wealth chiefly depended on the trades through these passages. That’s why they were in dire need of strong military force like Othello. In the mean time, most of the Venetians’ antagonism towards miscegenation reveals their adherence to their own civilized values. Bravantio, Iago, Roderigo represent such a type of people. Ultimately the overall process which Othello undergoes doesn’t overturn the typified image of his as a Moor but rather returns it. This fluid identity of Othello’s rejects the Europeans’ perverse attempts at Othering him.
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