Reflection on Ingroup and outgroup on Shakespeare’s Works

Abstract: - This article examines concept of the xenophobia in Elizabeth I and its reflection on Othello, the Tempest, Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra and define its social roots by focus on history and sociological theory. By analysing the events in these dramas, it is made clear that business and religion of Judaism are the most sensible element ingroup conflicts, making xenophobia to manifest in drama characters. Likewise, findings indicate that characters in those mentioned dramas are capable to classify by using the definitions of ‘insider and outsider group’ and theory of ‘integrated threat’. Shakespeare’s target in reflecting this phenomenon is to critic the racism and dogmatic behaviours. As a matter of fact, he desired equality and justice himself in Elizabethan society.