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elements-8823	Clasen, Trish; Cravens, Jacob; Dorney, Jordan; Evren, Christopher; Fitzpatrick, Christopher; Francois, Alexandra; Hoffarth, Alexander; Kent, Sam; Patch, Neil	Elements Spring 2012 Issue	2012	57	.pdf	application/pdf	42985	2225	58	RACIAL TENSION IN OTHELLO: INTIMATIONS OF LITERARY AND SOCIETAL PREJUDICE Neil Patch Investigating the function of race in Othello and late Renaissance Venice, downplaying its oft-cited role in this classic Shakespearean drama. Similarly, Emily Bartels describes how racism is a twentieth century construction, but racist ideol- ogy was already taking hold in pre-imperialist England.3 As “the Moor of Venice,” Othello seemingly takes on the iden- tity of being the sole minority figure in the city, or at least the symbol of racial difference.	cache/elements-8823.pdf	txt/elements-8823.txt