Othello: New Essays by Black WritersMythili Kaul The theme of this work is race and racism in Othello. The critical question raised is whether Othello is a racist play, written by a racist playwright, for a racist audience, or whether it is a play about racism, with Iago as the embodiment of racist attitudes. The perspectives, approaches, and conclusions of the essays are diverse. |
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... Bianca and Iago . Bianca - whose name in Italian means white - is healthily jeal- ous . She tells Cassio to his face and in the street for everyone to hear that she is jealous . Iago is unhealthily jealous because he does not ...
... Bianca and Iago . Bianca - whose name in Italian means white - is healthily jeal- ous . She tells Cassio to his face and in the street for everyone to hear that she is jealous . Iago is unhealthily jealous because he does not ...
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... Bianca , Shakespeare's orig- inal intent in writing Othello may well have been cloaked . Because black actors are real people , with real human feeling , they have been striving for centuries to humanize Othello , a character who ...
... Bianca , Shakespeare's orig- inal intent in writing Othello may well have been cloaked . Because black actors are real people , with real human feeling , they have been striving for centuries to humanize Othello , a character who ...
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... Bianca . Giving the name Bianca ( that is , white in Italian ) to a relatively substantial character in a play with a major black character is highly suggestive . As the character signifying whiteness , Bianca should , accord- ing to ...
... Bianca . Giving the name Bianca ( that is , white in Italian ) to a relatively substantial character in a play with a major black character is highly suggestive . As the character signifying whiteness , Bianca should , accord- ing to ...
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Black or Tawny? Stage Representations | 1 |
Or Ego in Love Sex and | 23 |
Would Direct Othello | 29 |
Copyright | |
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