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demi498
demi498
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High School - 10th Grade

Who were the morros?

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Posted by demi498 on Tuesday September 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM and tagged with moors, morros.

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  1. sjett
    sjett Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    I think you mean the Moors.  A Moor is a person who comes from Morocco, but for Shakespeare's audience it would have had a much deeper meaning.  The fact that Othello is a Moor indicates his "otherness"/position as an outsider.  In addition, a Moor would have carried the connotation of something devilish for Shakespeare's audience.

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    Posted by sjett on Tuesday September 8, 2009 at 1:59 PM