William Shakespeare's plays reflect Elizabethan society.By manipulating our senses of what constitutes reality,plays/texts evoke people and culture for us.By telling us tales of the Orient and the Orientals,Shakespeare actually represents them.He speaks 'for' Orientals rather than letting Orientals speak for themselves.In the process he 2orientalizes" them in the sense indicated by Edward Said in Orientalism.The Merchant of Venice,Othello, and The Tempest show how Orientals are portrayed as the "Other" by Shakespeare and throw light on the sixteenth century's hegemonic representations of Orientals.The Merchant of Venice demonstrates how Shylock and the Prince of Morocco are considered and treated as the "Other" and are alienated from the mainstream society because one is a Jew and the other is a Moor.Othello presents Othello trapped in a cultural stereotype of the black and seen by many Englishmen as ugly, cruel, lustful, and dangerous, a near cousin to the devil himself. And The Tempest represents Caliban as the "Other" because of his ignoble birth.These characters represent the oppressed minority in different corners of the world.
READING SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS IN THE LIGHT OF EDWARD SAID'S ORIENTALISM
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William Shakespeare's plays reflect Elizabethan society.By manipulating our senses of what constitutes reality,plays/texts evoke people and culture for us.By telling us tales of the Orient and the Orientals,Shakespeare actually represents them.He speaks 'for' Orientals rather than letting Orientals speak for themselves.In the process he 2orientalizes" them in the sense indicated by Edward Said in Orientalism.The Merchant of Venice,Othello, and The Tempest show how Orientals are portrayed as the "Other" by Shakespeare and throw light on the sixteenth century's hegemonic representations of Orientals.The Merchant of Venice demonstrates how Shylock and the Prince of Morocco are considered and treated as the "Other" and are alienated from the mainstream society because one is a Jew and the other is a Moor.Othello presents Othello trapped in a cultural stereotype of the black and seen by many Englishmen as ugly, cruel, lustful, and dangerous, a near cousin to the devil himself. And The Tempest represents Caliban as the "Other" because of his ignoble birth.These characters represent the oppressed minority in different corners of the world.
Edward Said (1935-2003) was a towering figure in post-colonial studies and the struggle for justice in his native Palestine, best known for his critique of orientalism in western portrayals of the...
This clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare?s works for pleasure.
Encourages readers to approach Shakespeare's works...
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 2,0, RWTH Aachen University (Anglistik), course: HS Gothic Novel, language: English,...
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