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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... face , explaining that he had " gone through so much fatigue and trouble in blacking his face " for the previous performance of Othello that rather than undergo the same painful process again he had sat up the whole night without ...
... face , explaining that he had " gone through so much fatigue and trouble in blacking his face " for the previous performance of Othello that rather than undergo the same painful process again he had sat up the whole night without ...
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... face . His countenance flagged for a moment before reassuming the su- percilious demeanor . Like many Eurocentric Professors , as they were being called in the newspapers , he regarded Shakespeare as little more than a cultural hammer ...
... face . His countenance flagged for a moment before reassuming the su- percilious demeanor . Like many Eurocentric Professors , as they were being called in the newspapers , he regarded Shakespeare as little more than a cultural hammer ...
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... face to face , of her pure , proud , astonishing smooth - skinned beauty . " He adds , rather significantly , " In later life , of course , I learned that an infatuation for a beautiful white mistress on the part of a black boy was not ...
... face to face , of her pure , proud , astonishing smooth - skinned beauty . " He adds , rather significantly , " In later life , of course , I learned that an infatuation for a beautiful white mistress on the part of a black boy was not ...
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Black or Tawny? Stage Representations | 1 |
Or Ego in Love Sex and | 23 |
Would Direct Othello | 29 |
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