Annotated Bibliography
Johnson, Vernon Elso, ed. Race in William Shakespeare's Othello. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Social Issues in Literature. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 Nov. 2016. In this book the author Vernon Johnson, focuses on breaking down the characteristics of Othello as a character and as a free black man in a white culture. At the beginning Johnson talks about what questions maybe running through the audience’s heads while reading Othello which he then continues to talk about how Othello is rejected from society after marrying Desdemona. After Johnson broke down Othello and how race for Othello was used as a discrimination towards him, Johnson starts to tie the discrimination into today’s world. He ties it all …show more content…
So are the other main characters. After the murder, Emilia attacks Othello: ‘O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil!’ (5.2.131). But the character most easily identified with the devil is Iago”
Mutlu, Kader. "Racism In Othello." Journal Of History, Culture & Art Research / Tarih Kültür Ve Sanat Arastirmalari Dergisi 2.2 (2013): 1. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Oct. 2016
Racism has been a huge and devastating matter in society since history can record it. The author of this article writes about how racism plays a major role in international literature, they also talk about how it plays a major influence on writers. Mutlu strengthens his argument as he goes on to explain into details of how race clouds people’s eyes and languages when it comes to Othello marrying Desdemona and having higher rankings then a white man. However, as the author of this article draws a clear line between the usage of racism in literature and how easily it can persuade how the audience should be impacted by the character’s actions and …show more content…
The author also talks about how Shakespeare uses a common theme when it came to women, invoking the rights as a wife to overrule their father’s wishes. For example, In the Introduction of this book it talks about how Desdemona and Cordelia both deny their father’s wishes, based upon their rights to serve their new husbands dutifully. Throughout the book it speaks of the language and how Shakespeare uses figurative speech as well as symbolic speech constantly in all of his
Johnson, Vernon Elso, ed. Race in William Shakespeare's Othello. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. Social Issues in Literature. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 3 Nov. 2016. In this book the author Vernon Johnson, focuses on breaking down the characteristics of Othello as a character and as a free black man in a white culture. At the beginning Johnson talks about what questions maybe running through the audience’s heads while reading Othello which he then continues to talk about how Othello is rejected from society after marrying Desdemona. After Johnson broke down Othello and how race for Othello was used as a discrimination towards him, Johnson starts to tie the discrimination into today’s world. He ties it all …show more content…
So are the other main characters. After the murder, Emilia attacks Othello: ‘O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil!’ (5.2.131). But the character most easily identified with the devil is Iago”
Mutlu, Kader. "Racism In Othello." Journal Of History, Culture & Art Research / Tarih Kültür Ve Sanat Arastirmalari Dergisi 2.2 (2013): 1. Academic Search Complete. Web. 31 Oct. 2016
Racism has been a huge and devastating matter in society since history can record it. The author of this article writes about how racism plays a major role in international literature, they also talk about how it plays a major influence on writers. Mutlu strengthens his argument as he goes on to explain into details of how race clouds people’s eyes and languages when it comes to Othello marrying Desdemona and having higher rankings then a white man. However, as the author of this article draws a clear line between the usage of racism in literature and how easily it can persuade how the audience should be impacted by the character’s actions and …show more content…
The author also talks about how Shakespeare uses a common theme when it came to women, invoking the rights as a wife to overrule their father’s wishes. For example, In the Introduction of this book it talks about how Desdemona and Cordelia both deny their father’s wishes, based upon their rights to serve their new husbands dutifully. Throughout the book it speaks of the language and how Shakespeare uses figurative speech as well as symbolic speech constantly in all of his