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by Xiroteos
Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:29 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: The language of shakespeare
Replies: 9
Views: 19475

I only mentioned Otello because a white man was writing about a black guy,
no matter what the plot; in these circumstances, if the black man was a bad guy it's not pc.
by Xiroteos
Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:37 pm
Forum: Res Diversae
Topic: The language of shakespeare
Replies: 9
Views: 19475

I read somewhere that in today's society that Shakespear's plays would be considered racist, certainly the Jewish Shylock is portrayed in what today might seem racist terms, but was accepted in that time. Othello was another possibility for having seemingly racist overtones, but since he managed to ...

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