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OTHELLOS AND IAGOS WE’VE LOVED AND HATED    PART 1 

CULTURAL NAIF I’VE ALWAYS BEEN (Moby-Dick is about this big whale), Shakespeare’s Othello is a good-guy Moor, albeit prone to jealousy and homocide; Iago is a bad-guy all-around-conniving ensign. Imagine … Continue reading

April 13, 2025 · 1 Comment