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Othello (n.) has a split consciousness and is a near schizophrenic hero, becoming in his final speech simultaneously the Christian and the Infidel, the Venetian and the Turk, the keeper of the state and its opponent.
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Othello (play) (n.) is where the central conflict is between the racism of a white patriarchy and the threat posed to it by two others: a black man and a white woman.
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Othello (play) (n.) is both a fantasy of interracial love and social tolerance, and a nightmare of racial hatred and male violence.'
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Othello (play) (n.) is to be read less as a patriarchal, authoritative and racist spectacle, nor as a show of female or black superiority. The play should be used to examine and dismantle the racism and sexism of the leadership of the state.'