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Obviously Othello with his beautiful language and his drama is not to be viewed as Iago views him and it is Iago , the racist, that we hate. In fact it seems that my mission in life is to prove that even Shylock is not to be seen in a perjoritive way; that he is acting the villain for a worthy end. Shakespeare was certainly too much a man of the world, too intelligent to ever be conceived as racist even if some of his characters were.Posted by Florence Amit on March 24, 1997 at 20:48:31
In Reply to "Regarding Othello, does anyone think Shakespeare was a racist? Why or why not?" posted by Rebecca McLean on March 24, 1997 at 15:31:07
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