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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... lago's treachery toward Othello and Desdemona is spurred by “ motiveless malignity . ” For if racial and sexual jealously are excised from the play , lago's actions became inexplicable . When Wilford Cartey , a Trinidadian , who teaches ...
... lago's treachery toward Othello and Desdemona is spurred by “ motiveless malignity . ” For if racial and sexual jealously are excised from the play , lago's actions became inexplicable . When Wilford Cartey , a Trinidadian , who teaches ...
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... lago's desire to locate power in discourse , a power that ultimately leads to Desdemona's murder and Othello's suicide . In other words , this study examines the ways in which lago discursively problematizes Othello's marriage to ...
... lago's desire to locate power in discourse , a power that ultimately leads to Desdemona's murder and Othello's suicide . In other words , this study examines the ways in which lago discursively problematizes Othello's marriage to ...
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... lago . Iago is partially correct when he tells Emilia , " I told [ Othello ] what I thought , and told no more / Than what he found himself was apt and true " ( V.ii.175-76 ) . The circulation of desire in Othello and the concomitant ...
... lago . Iago is partially correct when he tells Emilia , " I told [ Othello ] what I thought , and told no more / Than what he found himself was apt and true " ( V.ii.175-76 ) . The circulation of desire in Othello and the concomitant ...
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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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