Who is the black main character in a shakespearean play?

Answer 1

Othello, the Moor of Venice, is the tragic hero of Shakespeare's play of the same name. In the twentieth century, some theaters refused to stage the play because it showed a Black man married to a White woman.

Answer 2

There are three black (or African at any rate) characters in Shakespeare: Aaron in Titus Andronicus (he's an evil villain), The Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice (he's somewhat comical), and Othello, the main character in Othello (he's a hero and a tragic victim).

Answer 3

Shakespeare wrote three characters who were specifically Africans (or Moors, as they called them then.) English people of that time made no distinction between Africans from North Africa and those from sub-Saharan Africa. They are Aaron in Titus Andronicus, who is a thoroughgoing villain, the Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice, who is something of a comic figure, and Othello in Othello, who is the main character in the play, a tragic hero.

Answer 4

Othello is the black man who was a main character in Shakespeare's play Othello.

Answer 5

Hamlet in Hamlet, Macbeth in Macbeth, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Rosalind in As You Like It, King Lear in King Lear, Iago in Othello are some examples.

Answer 6

There are three black characters in Shakespearean plays, but only one of them is a main character--Othello, the main character in the play of that name.

Answer 7

In one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, Titus Andronicus, the character of Aaron is a Moor, which is to say, he's black. This was his first black character; later he wrote two more.

Answer 8

Othello was the play written by William Shakespeare. Othello was a Moor.

Answer 9

Othello was the play written by William Shakespeare. Othello was a Moore.

Answer 10

Othello was the play written by William Shakespeare. Othello was a Moor.