django render_to_response how to send special characters

django render_to_response how to send special characters

I have a string which is to be displayed in an html file. Certain words
(tagged as "spc") in the string need to be displayed in yellow background
and larger font.
I was trying to send the string (called tdoc) to the html file using
render_to_response method. I replaced the 'spc' tag in the string with a
div tag. Suppose, after replacement, part of the string is we would seldom
be prepared to <div id="spcl">examine</div> every. My django code looks
like render_to_response('a.html',{'taggeddoc':tdoc})
In my css, I have following code
#spcl {
background-color: #FFFF00;
font-size:15px;
}
So, I should see the word examine in bold font and yellow background, but
I don't see that. When I viewed the source of the rendered html, it has
following substring We would seldom be prepared to &lt;div
id=&quot;spcl&quot;&gt;examine&lt;/div&gt; every instead of the original
string.
How can I make the word 'examine' and similar words display in the
required way?