Othello Help!!! (1 Viewer)

[sawagland]

Consider the line “Far more fair than black”.
Discuss the significance of language, race and culture in the play.

HELP!!!! anyone got any info on this???

 

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have you tried looking in the resources section?

It would be much easier to ask a friend/teacher what they think.

 

[bored of sc]

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=174121

I'm guessing you are the same person right (the name suggests this)? The above post hasn't got infromation that is very helpful, has it?

 

[VenomP]

"Far more fair than black" - this is a reference to the type of character and mannerisms Othello as opposed to his outward appearance.

It basically compares his virtues of truth and trustworthiness to that of a white or "fair" person. This statement is given magnitude by the fact that it is comparing people of different race, one of which is considered to be "evil" (Othello being of the non-Venetian race).

The reason I say evil is not necessarily to say that Othello is a bad person, rather people perceive him in that way.

He is "the Other". In the eyes of an Elizabethan, he would be attached to certain preconceptions, based on the little knowledge Elizabethans had of outsiders.

For example, Othello is accused of having used magic spells to win Desdemona. An Elizabethan person (Brabantio) would make this assumption based on the fact that his culture does not have magic, therefore, "the Other" MUST have magic.

Hope this helps a bit.

 

[bored of sc]

"Far more fair than black" - this is a reference to the type of character and mannerisms Othello as opposed to his outward appearance.

It basically compares his virtues of truth and trustworthiness to that of a white or "fair" person. This statement is given magnitude by the fact that it is comparing people of different race, one of which is considered to be "evil" (Othello being of the non-Venetian race).

The reason I say evil is not necessarily to say that Othello is a bad person, rather people perceive him in that way.

He is "the Other". In the eyes of an Elizabethan, he would be attached to certain preconceptions, based on the little knowledge Elizabethans had of outsiders.

For example, Othello is accused of having used magic spells to win Desdemona. An Elizabethan person (Brabantio) would make this assumption based on the fact that his culture does not have magic, therefore, "the Other" MUST have magic.

Hope this helps a bit.

Nice work! Very clear expression and use of extensive vocabulary.

 

[VenomP]

Nice work! Very clear expression and use of extensive vocabulary.

Thanks! Unfortunately the English faculty doesn't mark my work in agreeance with you