人種偏見とThe Noble Moor像

In Shakespeare’s Imagery: The Diabolic Images In Othello S. L. Bethell suggests that &dquo;Othello can be interpreted on three levels, the personal, the social and the metaphysical&dquo;.’ Since the thematic emphasis of the ’Complete Gentleman’ folklore concentrates largely on the gap between appearance and reality (&dquo;the ramification of deceitful appearance&dquo;2), and since it also deals with magic, transformation, rituals, the taming, correction or destruction of vice in society, with the conflict between good and evil and the subsequent destruction of evil, my interpretation of Shakespeare’s Othello can be said to be largely on the level of the metaphysical, which cannot be completely dissociated from the personal and social. I use the themes in the ’Complete Gentleman’ folktale only as a tool of interpretation of Othello in relation to its content and form, and the analysis of the characters of Othello and Desdemona in particular. I

Ebun Clark

Papers

1. Othello the Complete Gentleman: An African Folkloric Interpretation: