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Venice, Cyprus & Othello
SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare’s Venice is imaginary
VENICE
LOCATION
Ideal for war council
WHY VENICE?
STATE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
VENICE’S SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
GOVERNMENT
• Took control of Cyprus – 1489• Turks (Ottoman Empire) attack Cyprus –
1539• Take most of island• 60,000 Turks land unopposed – 1570• 20,000 Nicosians put to death when city
captured• Famagusta held out from Sept. 1570 until
Aug. 1571
VENICE, CYPRUS & THE TURKS
Ruins of Famagusta
Castle at Famagusta
Othello Tower - Famagusta
VENICE TODAY
St. Mark’s Place
Inspiration for Othello
OTHELLO
• Adaption of Cinthio’s “A Moorish Captain”• Possibly modeled on Moorish delegations
to England
• Originally Berbers from North Africa• Evolved into any Muslim of Black African
or Arab descent• Moor is a general term, not a specific
race
MOORS
AREA OF MOORISH INFLUENCE
• Quarto - book or pamphlet produced from full 'blanksheets‘
• Printed with eight pages of text, four to a side
• Then folded two times to produce four leaves
• 8 book • Each printed page now presents as one-
fourth size of the full blanksheet
THE TEXT
• Folio - book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper
• Four pages of text are printed• Two on each side; each sheet is then
folded once to produce two leaves
• Words or phrases from the Quarto that are not in the Folio are enclosed in <arrow brackets>
• Full lines from Folio, but not appearing in the Quarto are enclosed in [regular brackets]
• Emendations that the editors insert to help understanding are enclosed in ┌ half brackets ┐
THIS EDITION
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