The Tragedy of Othello Moor of Venice was written by William Shakespeare in the 1600’s and takes place between Venice and the Island of Cyprus. It was published in 1622 by Thomas Walkey but was written between 1601 and 1604 in England. In the play, Shakespeare introduces his title character, Othello, as a Moor and General in the Venetian military. Over the course of the play, Othello is made out to be the good guy but in reality we know that the Turks are only doing that because they are trying to turn Othello against Desdemona. The Turks are doing that because the marriage of Othello and Desdemona is against the rules of Desdemona’s father because of the racism during that time. Shakespeare’s play portrays themes of racism, jealousy, love, and betrayal that are still shown today in modern society. Even though racism was not invented in Europe, 16th century racism grew out of the Middle Ages, when Moors fell out of favor, stopped being respected, and began to be enslaved by Spain. Africans were not considered one of us, when people seen blacks they thought of the devil or a monster. They were not allowed …show more content…
Phrenology is the study of skulls, and this study was applied to African skulls and it showed that Africans were lower to white people, and that proved why Africans worked as slaves. The study of teleology is the design in nature, and this study showed that Africans worked better at hard work and not to thinking. The study of anthropology is the study of mankind such as the size of the brain, and the appearance of people. This study showed that Africans were lower than white people, and showed that Africans were a separate species such as apes. When Charles Darwin’s theory came around it showed that Europeans were related to Africans and all humans were related to apes. The theory showed that the British were more civilized and Africans were tribal