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Symbolism In Othello

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the Image of Arab Character in Shakespeare's Othello Abstract William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. He was the most famous English playwright wrote during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and the rule of king James I. Queen Elizabeth I and king James I have a different vision and relationship with the Arabic world. Thus , while Queen Elizabeth chose to be in closer alliance with Moors and Turks than the Spanish and the French, king James I chose, only after a few months from his enthroning as a king of the English monarchy, to alliance with the Spaniards instead of the Moors and Turks. …show more content…

John Dryden, in his “An Essay of Dramatic Poesy,” makes Neander praise Shakespeare as “the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul” (247). The statement follows the praise statement is: “All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too” (247).This statement explains what made Shakespeare's soul comprehensive was his ability to realize "the images of nature" and combine them …show more content…

So, all of Shakespeare's characters will have been considered barbarous if none of them have converted to Christianity (like Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Othello). Shakespeare's racial vision in Othello is linked to Othello's complexion(it is about black man in white society), while his racial vision differs in The Merchant of Vince because it is linked to religion(it is about Jewish man in Christian society). According to Ania Loomba, "Jews, Moors and Christians were never simply religious categories, but variably articulated with nationality, and ethnicity, and often colour"(3). Thus, although the English people accepted foreigners in their country, but they treated them as outsiders and

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