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The article investigates the relationship between the exploration of alterity and belonging on the English stage in "Othello" during the age of expansion. Even if the setting is in Venice and Cyprus, the Englishness is still evident through the use of nation-based identification such as our countrymen and using Christian identity. Global Renaissance's framework offers an understanding of the growing interest with national identity and belonging as an element in global and cultural circuits.

The article focuses on Francis Bacon's concept of simulation or false profession and discusses Othello the traveler and the significance of his penchant for telling tales in the play "Othello." Bacon defines simulation as a kind of affirmative untruth in which perpetrators invent false materials, embellish their achievements or exaggerate their talents in order to achieve self-promotional goals. Othello uses travelers' tales and moving accounts of battles to market himself to Venice, Italy.