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Lecture 15.1 We also discuss several other topics like How do you find the area of a circle?

Othello Act I Scene 3

Iago and Roderigo in Scene

• Urges Roderigo to control his costful urges for Desdemona

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In Shakespeare’s time, black were a stable “other”, while Jews “otherness” is rather invisible

• “Jewishness, in this case is more threatening”

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Act II

• With British fleet destroyed, the importance of Othello being a Venetian General is reduced
• In Cypress, Iago convinces Othello to relieve Cassio (Othello’s captain) of his position

• Drunkenly fight with Roderigo

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One of the major tragic tenants of the play is Iago teaching Othello how to exercise self - hatred because of race

Othello describes them as Barbarous

• Compare to Las Casas Bar types
• Including those who “Act Barbaric”

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Lecture 15.2

Examples of Modern Overtly Racist Regimes

• Jim Crow in American South
• Nazi Germany
• South Africa Apartheid Era

• Purity of blood = purity and stability of state

We also discuss several other topics like Why does the incidence of cancer in humans increase precipitously with age?

Greek Antitheses (male / female, light / dark, divine / bestial)

• Allows for gathering of Barbarians (in accordance with nature)

• Slavery
• Patriarchy
• Classism

[ in class discussion from class reflecting on the course and the meaning of the course as a whole]

Discussion 15

Final Review

Highly recommended to read: “A Small Place” [Final Reading]

Readings:

• Aeschylus

• Time of Athenian Democracy
• Persians: binaries (weapons, languages, battle style

• Persian Hubris as warning

• Athens overreaching power, Greed
• “Problems of Empire”

• Suppliant Maidens:

• Claim to similarities and lineage (despite differences like skin color)
• Gender is focussed binary

• Aristotle: Politics

• Taxonomy of humans based on logos

• Man / woman, Greek / barbarian
• Idea of “Natural Slavery” (which groups)

• La Casas and Sepulveda

• Natural slavery and “need for subjugation” justifies war

• Hellenistic Philosophy (print handout)

• Cosmopolitics: “citizen of the cosmos
• Stoicism

• Everything in universe contains substance, “pneuma”

• Alexander the Great

• Greek (Hellenic) Identity vs. Eastern Identity

• Find examples

• Hercules vs. Dionysis

• Second Maccabees

• Perspective of Jews as they’re being Hellenized
• Jews start to adopt and / or reject certain practices
• Example of non - peaceful, Greek takeover

• Heliodorus: Aethiopika

• Ethiopian princess born white
• Skin color confuses people, but not the most important chief identifier at the time
• 3 cultures

• Ethiopia
• Greece (democracy criticized)
• Egypt (founder of culture as a whole)

• Las Casa and Sepulveda

• Petrine Mandate

• All should convert to Christianity
• “Requirement” used as conversion tool

• Shakespeare: merchant of Venice, Othello

• Race is very important. Idea in discourse

• Don’t Mention Pandora’s Box!

• Aka focus on in - class texts

• Specifics are good!

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