De-‘Moor’ tifying Shakespeare’s Othello: Iago as a Renaissance form of Islamophobia

• Main Authors: Ismail, Hanita Hanim, Ali Termizi, Arbaayah, Ab Rashid, Radzuwan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72169/1/De-%E2%80%98Moor%E2%80%99%20tifying%20Shakespeare%E2%80%99s%20Othello.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72169/; http://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijel/article/view/0/37587

Albeit Othello’s loyal service to Venice is clear, ramifications of the Blackamoor in the text has called upon a continuous scholarship of interest over the last two decades. One begins to wonder, whether the Blackamoor’s presence in a Venetian setting serves a purpose to the English readership? If...