Venice Flashcards
1
Q
Venice
A
In many renaissance texts, Italy was used as a setting by for stories and clandestine love affairs, secret passion, and bloody revenge: it was seen to be a place of hedonistic excess.
2
Q
Women in Venice
A
Women are often presented as conforming to one of two stereotypes: the idealised, pure, and decided young lady, or the knowledgeable and immoral concubine.
The reason Othello so quickly assumes Iago is right
“That cunning whore of Venice”
