"Dangerous conceits" and "bloody passion": The Dual Master-Slave Reversal in Othello.

The article informs that the Black and slave were by no means interchangeable terms in the seventeenth century. It mentions the master-slave dynamic in Othello operates on two levels simultaneously: the sociohierarchical level, and the psychohierarchical level.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:Philological Quarterly Vol. 99; no. 3; pp. 295 - 315
Autor principal: CAUCHI, FRANCESCA
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Department of English, University of Iowa Summer2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Descripción
Sumario:The article informs that the Black and slave were by no means interchangeable terms in the seventeenth century. It mentions the master-slave dynamic in Othello operates on two levels simultaneously: the sociohierarchical level, and the psychohierarchical level.