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Originally Posted by Eric
And writers were not, and are not social commentators. When Shakespeare wrote "Othello", I doubt that he considered Iago's actions were motivated by the fact that a nigger was banging a white chick.
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This is where I exercise my prerogative and disagree with you.
The plays were a work of fiction, and they were a comment on what was happening at the time.......the writer must have given some of his own experience of his view of life.
All fiction writers are social commentators, whether they want to be or not.
Their works are the imaginings, seasoned by their view of life
at the time the published piece was written.......even if they have to research the work, it will be biased from their own experience of life...much as the readers perception of the story is biased by their experience of life.
And as far as Jaysay protesting too much......don't the people have a right to do that to prevent these works from disappearing altogether?
I know that you reckon works of art will always survive, but who knows?
One day the powers that be may come along and burn these books......it has happened in the past.