Opinion: Shakespeare’s treatment of race is uncomfortable but it helps my students learn compassion, writes Paula Marantz Cohen
For many years, I avoided teaching “Othello.” I believed that the play, riddled with ethnic slurs and slights, was too much of a land mine and risked distracting students from Shakespeare’s genius.
In recent years, however, “Othello” has become one of my favorite plays to teach. I’ve come to see that the uncomfortable elements don’t reduce but support the author’s greatness. I can think of no better way for members of our polarized society to achieve a more compassionate view of each other, and of history more generally, than...
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