
epillepsy
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One aspect that makes little sense in the modern world.. if Shakespeare was alive today his plays would be degenerate.
They would be considered heresy because they extol the virtue of chastity in a woman above all others.
Desdemona is vilified by other characters in Othello for being a coal burner.
She is murdered by Othello on suspicion of disloyalty.
Nevertheless, Othello is the noble hero of that play.
Titus Andronicus kills his daughter (with her consent) because she was raped and therefore lost her purpose in life.
And Claudio refuses to marry Hero because he mistakenly believes she is not a virgin.
Even so, Claudio is considered one of the heroes of that play, a man of good discernment, although feminists consider him a villain for rejecting Hero, who he justifiably believes is a whore.
None of this would fly in today's society.