... to an unfathomed amount as seventy-sevenfold. This scale of foreseen vengeance is not scaled down until the teachings of Jesus were implemented that the level of vengeance sought was equally countered in forgiveness. Within the ranks of the Patriarchs (Jacob and Esau) the stories of blood feuds continued. The stories extended to the confrontations between David and Saul. Though in both cases the level of violent tensions built up to aggressive levels, neither party ... the two arguments, the reality of what beliefs Jesus really had could easily be found. Klassen believes that the messag...

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... still, and perhaps always will be, evident) than an audience in the early 19th century. However, such was the reaction of the audience viewing the play even some two hundred years after the Shakespearean context (in the early 1600's). The soldier on guard duty obviously still had social and racial prejudices against Othello the character, indicated by his assertion that a "Negro- must not be allowed ... her as a reward rather than a person dehumanizes her, and classes her as a form of property that Othello owns. Thus we can also analyze Othello in a feminist point of view. The study of fe...

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