Race is a complicated part of society, and one that many authors struggle with even today. The relationship between different people of different racial backgrounds can be fraught with complications, and the representation of racial minorities in literature has long been problematic. Because of the introduction of certain characters into his literature Shakespeare has sometimes been lauded as a post-racial or a progressive writer for his time; some have even suggested that Shakespeare’s work was not racist, because it contains portrayals of some racially diverse characters that are free of racial stereotyping. However, in Titus Andronicus and The Continue reading...