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“Fruit Of The Poison Vine”: Defining And Delimiting Tolkien’S Orcs, Sara Brown
“Fruit Of The Poison Vine”: Defining And Delimiting Tolkien’S Orcs, Sara Brown
Journal of Tolkien Research
Fantasy author NK Jemisin has commented that “Orcs are fruit of the poison vine that is human fear of ‘the Other’.” Indeed, we would have every reason to fear Tolkien’s Orcs and their difference. Every way in which they are presented, including the etymology of their species name, the fear and horror they evoke, even the food that they consume, denotes their alterity. Their skin colour, their language, and their behaviour all encourage a reading that is rooted in racialism and essentialism; embedded stereotypes invite a conclusion that this species possesses a definable set of attributes essential to its identity, …
“She Never Yet Was Foolish That Was Fair”: Whiteness As Erasure In William Shakespeare’S Othello, Kathryn Croft
“She Never Yet Was Foolish That Was Fair”: Whiteness As Erasure In William Shakespeare’S Othello, Kathryn Croft
Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference
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