Posted by marhab73 on July 15, 19100 at 17:58:19:

In Reply to: Othello and Shylock posted by guest on July 05, 1998 at 13:35:12:

: Peter Brooks said we need good critics to keep us honest. He did suggest that the best critics were perhaps the artists themselves.

: I also find it interesting that Shakespeare chose to make a black man the hero of Othello and Shylock, a Jew, a "villan" in Merchant of Venice.
: However, I don't think it suggests that Shakespeare was more tolerant of black people than he was of Jewish people. I think in both cases, Shakespeare shows the absurdity, but reality of prejudice and the fine line between hero and villan. I mean, really! Was Shylock more villanous than Othello? The Jew didn't kill anyone, yet the Moor murdered his own wife!

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: : Peter Brooks said we need good critics to keep us honest. He did suggest that the best critics were perhaps the artists themselves. : : I also find it interesting that Shakespeare chose to make a black man the hero of Othello and Shylock, a Jew, a "villan" in Merchant of Venice. : : However, I don't think it suggests that Shakespeare was more tolerant of black people than he was of Jewish people. I think in both cases, Shakespeare shows the absurdity, but reality of prejudice and the fine line between hero and villan. I mean, really! Was Shylock more villanous than Othello? The Jew didn't kill anyone, yet the Moor murdered his own wife!

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