Aim: What is the cultural as well as the social context of Shakespeare’s othello?

"If You See Something Say Something"
Two guys walk into a bar, a blood drenched groaning man pass them. The two talk amongst themselves to figure out what they should do. The two men decide to tell a near by cop about the strange blood stained man. The cop reluctantly goes over to the man after finishing his beer. The officer goes over to the bloodstained man to question him. The bloodstained man then bites the officer.

Will Smith as Guy 1
Owen Willson as Guy 2
Chris Rock as The Cop
Anthony Hopkins as Zombie

Who were the Moors?
Who were the Venetians?
What was the military duty of ranked officers?
What was the military hierarchy?
What was the role of women?
What was expected of a daughter?
What was expected of a bride?*
They were suppose to be follow the orders of their husbands and bear childern.
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What relationships between men and women were considered beyond reproach?*
For women to marry to men who were less wealthy then their familes was very looked down because women were not considered very usefull of things other than marrying rich so the family could become weathly.
What rules for getting married existed at the time of the play?*
The Church requried the consent of the wife and the husban but many parents used marragie as a way to gain wealth.
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Who was the most famous Moor?
What were the rules of courtship?
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