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Venice, Cyprus & Othello

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 – ,000 Nicosians put to death when city captured Famagusta held out from Sept until Aug 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 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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