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Don't forget (gasp) Cleopatra.

... who. along with Aaron, Othello, and the Prince of Morocco (Merchant of Venice) were the only "black" (okay, African) characters in Sh. About the only race issue I can think of is Sh's misapprehension that North Africans were "black."

Posted by JTJ on March 26, 1997 at 12:58:04
 In Reply to "Compare Othello to Aaron" posted by Steve Levitt on March 26, 1997 at 04:18:41


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