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Furtuka

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Re: Facts i, and possibly you, should know about authors.
« Reply #75 on: December 22, 2012, 07:10:31 pm »

What questions?

Did you READ Othello?

Yes I did. I referring to when my English class read it last year we were told that there was some sort of anti racism message in how the characters who disliked Othello treated him, and how at one point Iago admits early on that his reason's for hating Othello aren't really all that well thought out, but still does so anyways.
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« Reply #76 on: December 22, 2012, 07:12:29 pm »

I take it to be more that Shakespeare is a good writer.

It is more what it takes for him to finally kill his wife.
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« Reply #77 on: December 22, 2012, 07:14:18 pm »

Shylock did have some sympathethic moments. I suspect his [Shakespeare's] "tollerance"'s limit was "jews were alright - as long as they convert"

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Re: Facts i, and possibly you, should know about authors.
« Reply #78 on: December 22, 2012, 07:17:22 pm »

Ehhh I am not convinced yet. Even Shakespeare often described a person's personality trait as essentially "being a Jew"
Except that Shylock is a way more sympathetic character than Fagin, and Shylock really isn't a very sympathetic character at all.

I cannot think of a single redeeming quality or moment for Fagin, so I'm not sure what would convince you. Also, antisemitism is generally regarded as racism against Jews, there's no active or passive distinction anyway, that's your own definition.
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Re: Facts i, and possibly you, should know about authors.
« Reply #79 on: December 22, 2012, 07:18:11 pm »

I take it to be more that Shakespeare is a good writer.

It is more what it takes for him to finally kill his wife.

I am sorry, but I have no idea what you just said here.
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« Reply #80 on: December 22, 2012, 07:19:23 pm »

I take it to be more that Shakespeare is a good writer.

It is more what it takes for him to finally kill his wife.

I am sorry, but I have no idea what you just said here.

Shakespeare is too good a writer to ever let racism dictate a story. Mind you the less antiracist sentiment has more to do with how Othello is manipulated into killing his wife.
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« Reply #81 on: December 22, 2012, 07:20:16 pm »

Shylock did have some sympathethic moments. I suspect his "tollerance"'s limit was "jews were alright - as long as they convert"
Shylock's whole thing is sympathetic. Hell, Shylock is in the right. Even if he's so rich the ducats wouldn't mean much, he's still lawfully owed them. His worst trait is that he's vengeful, and given the society he lived in, anyone would be vengeful.
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« Reply #82 on: December 22, 2012, 07:28:12 pm »

It's sympathetic to modern audiences, but to an audience of the period Shylock's usury and excessive request of credit would have been seen as an apt exaggeration of Jews. Plus there's the whole matter of the end...
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« Reply #83 on: December 22, 2012, 07:29:10 pm »

I feel so guilty... This is a serious discussion but all I can think of is: Dang is Shylock a cool name
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« Reply #84 on: December 22, 2012, 07:30:20 pm »

I just find it a little unlikely that Shakespeare could write a character who would appear so sympathetic without intending it at least a little bit.
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« Reply #85 on: December 23, 2012, 01:46:24 am »

I just find it a little unlikely that Shakespeare could write a character who would appear so sympathetic without intending it at least a little bit.

Yes. Shakespeares' characters are what he wants them to be. I think the only way they could come of differently than he intended would be through time shifting the lense of the viewer.
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« Reply #86 on: December 23, 2012, 08:17:27 am »

Anyone factchecked about Charles Darwin? According to Wikipedia his mother wishing too keep him in the boot-blacking factory caused him to believe that the father should be the leader of the household and the mother stay at home, but I'm not sure how far that stuck.
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« Reply #87 on: December 23, 2012, 08:18:39 am »

Charles Darwin also had very interesting views on education that may not accord with some of you.
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« Reply #88 on: December 23, 2012, 08:27:55 am »


Shylock's whole thing is sympathetic. Hell, Shylock is in the right. Even if he's so rich the ducats wouldn't mean much, he's still lawfully owed them. His worst trait is that he's vengeful, and given the society he lived in, anyone would be vengeful.
Yeah, but I have the vague impression that we're supposed to think that the good guys are in the right for hijacking a trial (BTW: wasn't a woman dressing up as a man heresy of the Joan-of-Arch burning sort back then?), setting up their foe's guilt, and tricking him into converting to christianity. And somehow see this as "forgiveness". Hence my suspicion  about that being the limit of Shakespeare's "tolerance".
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« Reply #89 on: December 23, 2012, 11:36:03 pm »

We seem to have tangented away from this, but previously many were complaining about not unnecessarily colouring one's view of a book by reading up on the author, but I think that's backwards. Rather, one should read up on the author so one knows what biases are present and can account for them.
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