What evidence is there that Othello may have been a Mexican?
Thank you for using the Jiskha Homework Help Forum. A Mexican may have played Othello but if you are referring to Shakespeare's Othello: A Christian Moor and general of the armies of Venice.
P.S. Perhaps you would like a definition of the word "Moor:"
Main Entry: Moor
Pronunciation: 'mur
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English More, from Middle French, from Latin Maurus inhabitant of Mauretania
Date: 14th century
1 : one of the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain
2 : BERBER
- Moor·ish /-ish/ adjective
Very little.
I googled Othello Shakespeare Mexican and came up with nothing useful. A Mexican at the time that Shakespeare wrote this play -- 1621 -- was a native American -- an Indian.
This article discusses Othello's race and concludes he was African. Note that the references are all to Africa, not to the New World.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello
When it comes to the question of whether Othello may have been Mexican, there is very little evidence to support this claim. Othello, as portrayed in Shakespeare's play, is described as a Christian Moor and a general of the armies of Venice.
To explore this question further, I conducted a search on Google using the keywords "Othello Shakespeare Mexican" and found no relevant information. It is important to note that during the time when Shakespeare wrote the play (1621), a Mexican would have referred to a Native American or an Indian rather than someone from Mexico as we understand it today.
In the play, Othello's race is portrayed as African. Multiple references to Africa can be found in the article on Othello in Wikipedia, which is a reliable source for general information. This suggests that Othello's character is of African descent, rather than Mexican.
Here is the link to the Wikipedia article on Othello, where you can find more information about the character's race and background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othello