centers for shipping and trade‚ and a rich abundance of game for food. In the far south‚ was an area of heavy rice and wheat production13. When he arrived at the palace of the Great Khan‚ an opportunity to return home presented itself to the three Venetians. Khan was eager to send a young Chinese princess to a prince in Persia. Since there were wars in the neighboring lands‚ he decided to send the princess to Persia by sea under the protection of the Polos14. After safely delivering the princess
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Carly Niedert Dr. Helen Davis English 120 1 December 2011 Othello In the play Othello written by Shakespeare‚ the issue of racism is addressed. Othello‚ the protagonist of the play‚ is African American or black. “According to Lois Whitney‚ many of Othello’s specific attributes probably derive from Shakespeare’s reading of Leo Africanus‚ whose Geographical Historie of Africa which was translated and published in London in 1600”(Berry‚ 1990). Many critics have different views on this. “If Shakespeare
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race and lives a happy life. However‚ this pride is harmed and Othello does not know what to do. As a result‚ Othello’s pride ultimately leads to the demise of him and the people around him. Othello‚ despite being African‚ has huge success in the Venetian army which allows him to marry Desdemona. While Othello faces racism from other characters‚ the Duke and senators like Othello and tell Brabantio “if virtue no delighted beauty lack‚ your son-in-law is far more fair than black” (I.iii.330-31). Despite
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supervision of King Henry VII. Giovanni was born in C.1450 and passed away around C.1500. Cabot was an early merchant with no sailing experience but studied and had an interest in sailing. After countless years of being a merchant‚ he fully became a Venetian citizen being born in Genoa‚ Italy which gave him full consent to trade with other countries. According to the text ( URL is shown in the bibliography)‚ it says‚ “In 1476‚ Cabot
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farewell speech that Othello gives right before he is about to kill himself. He reaffirms his position as a figure who is simultaneously a part of and excluded from Venetian society. Othello has calmed himself and regained his dignity. By killing himself as he is describing killing a Turk‚ he identifies himself as a threat to Venetian society‚ acknowledging that he will always remain an outsider. B. Although I don’t enjoy reading that often‚ especially classic literature‚ I found that the story
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its purgation of these emotions” (Kennedy & Gioia‚ 2013). Shakespeare’s Othello‚ the Moor of Venice is set in Venice and Cyprus during the Renaissance. The play recounts the story of Othello‚ a Moorish general in the Venetian army‚ and his new bride Desdemona‚ the daughter of a Venetian nobleman. Othello’s ancient‚ Iago‚ manipulates circumstances to convince a very trusting Othello that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Othello‚ unconvinced by Desdemona’s claims of innocence‚ smothers her in an act of
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“Somewhere between Calabria and Corfu the blue really begins... A peninsula nipped off while red hot and allowed to cool into an antarctica of lava…” These are two of the opening lines from Lawrence Durrell’s book “Prospero’s Cell”‚ originally published in 1945. This is the book that made Corfu famous‚ as it is generally accepted. While these claims could be argued as overblown‚ indeed the “Girl of the Ionians” could not have found a fitter chronicler. Seductively balancing descriptive prose with
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being portrayed as the noble hero that he needs to be before falling. All these epithets define how we portray the heroic Othello as well as how the characters also portray him even as he descends into chaos‚ which are key to his command over the Venetian
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film has to have to be considered film noir are the use of Chiaroscuro lighting‚ Femme Fatale‚ crime and violence‚ use of venetian blinds or bars‚ use of different camera angles‚ rural or urban settings‚ and use of
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countries were "younger brothers" of him. The Chinese recquired the Portuguese for having paid tribute‚ but the Portuguese refused to offer more tribute‚ so they were expelled from Guangzhou. The local Chinese officials allowed the Portuguese to settle in Macao and use it as an outpost from which they could trade with China‚ but direct trade between Europe anfd China remained limited. Qianlong served from 1736 to 1795‚ he brought China to its largest size‚ increased its wealth‚ and sponsored an increase
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