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Is Lucas biased against Darth Vader?

Same thing. Claudius is the villain; Gertrude is to be disliked because she married Claudius so soon after her husband's death (with the implication that she was possibly involved in the murder and perhaps even was having an affair with Claudius), Polonius is the loyal henchman.

Now, Shakepeare gave his villians motivations and was much more aware of the ambiguities of evil, but it's pretty much the same thing.

Posted by Reality Chuck on March 24, 1997 at 08:24:00
 In Reply to "Shakespeare: Biased against Claudius, Gertrude, and Polonius?" posted by Gary Hornung on March 24, 1997 at 06:05:00


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