Context Flashcards
(2 cards)
1
Q
How were black people depicted in Elizabethan art?
A
Paintings of the scourging of Christ often included a black faced scourger.
2
Q
How does Shakespeare depict black people in this other works?
A
In Titus Andronicus, the ‘coal black’ Moor delights in rape and mutilation. The Merchant of Venice includes the same sort of depiction, Portia having issues.
