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...?Shakespeare – Othello Introduction “Othello” by William Shakespeare was written tentatively around 1603 and is based on one of the famous Italian short stories bearing the title, “Un Capitano Moro”, which in English means, “A Moorish Captain” and was composed in the year 1565 by Cinthio. The play is regarded as one of the finest love tragedies that revolve round the characters like Othello who is a general in Venetian army, where he is Moor, his wife Desdemona, the antagonist and his trusted ensign, Iago and the lieutenant, Cassio. This particular play of Shakespeare is very universal and timeless because it captivates...
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.... It features Stuart Burge`s adaptation and Oliver Parker`s adaptation. The paper will also reflect on the impact of these adaptations to our understanding of Shakespeare’s relevance in the beginning of the twenty-first century. The contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare’s Othello by Burge and Parker feature different characters, settings and plot but maintain the central theme in the original play Othello by Shakespeare. Stuart Burge’s Othello is a modified version of Othello, who is the moor of Venice. It was staged by John Dexter featuring people like Maggie Smith,...
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...?Introduction In the play “Othello” by William Shakespeare, the central character Othello is a protagonist and a hero. Othello is regarded with respect by the people around him as he is a man of power and military general of Venice. Despite of his powerful status, Othello was open to insecurities because of his race, age and being a soldier. He was free and broad-mined and this nature is utilized by Lago to divulge his romantic relationship with his beloved wide Desdemona. On the other hand, Lago is the villain in the play and also is subordinate to Othello .Lago wants to...
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...Othello Othello is a great play written by William Shakespeare, who is accredited for many other works, especially during the Elizabethan era. The play revolves around the themes of wealth, racial discrimination, love, and hate among many other themes. Othello is a character in this play who serves as a general, and is in love with Desdemona, his wife. The play starts with Othello as a prince and ambassador of the Moors. However, not all are in support of their marriage since Othello is a moor. Roderigo, a wealthy man, is also in love with Desdemona and tries all he can win over her father by spoiling...
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...features like hair type, skin color, as well as facial looks (Rizzo 65). Just like in Shakespeare’s plays, Moors and other foreigners are identified by use of skin color. This play actually presents racist message when Othello, a character of African origin is insulted due to his race. For instance, in the play, he is referred as “The lustful Moor” (Shakespeare 2.1.290) Consequently, Othello is regarded as “An old black ram… tupping your white ewe” (Shakespeare, 1.1.110-6). Consequently, he is seen as “a Barbary horse” to …, make the beast …backs” (Shakespeare 1.1.110-6). These are racist insults of animal imagery...
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...01 July 2009 William Shakespeare Othello In the play Othello, women characters are seen and described asa second sex in contrast to men who contain high position both biologically and socially. Shakespeare examines the role of women in society and her functions as a social member, analyzes her duties and importance for community. Shakespeare underlines that man is the sex whose characteristic attributes are strength and energy and who developed first, but rather than helping woman as a sex to develop. Thesis in the play, women, Desdemona and Emilia, are portrayed as a weak sex who experience violence and oppression because of their low...
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...Bloom, Harold, ed. William Shakespeare''s Othello. New York: Chelsea House, (1987); 77, underlines Emilia's and Desdemona's lack of competitiveness,jealousy, and class consciousness facilitates their growing intimacy. He sharply contrasts the genuine intimacy of the women with the hypocritical friendship of the men, while underlining the women's isolation and powerlessness.
Farley-Hills, D. Shakespeare and the Rival Playwrights, 1600-06. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, (1990); 101-112, expresses his ideas as to the "contrast between the sensitive Desdemona . . . and the coarser-grained but well-meaning Emilia, chattering about women's rights" (p. 108).
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...Othello: The Tawny Moor In October of 1943, America would witness one of the most celebrated and at the same time, one of the most controversial Broadway debuts of a Shakespearian tragedy that the world would ever know. On stage, holding her frail alabaster physique against his broad ebony chest, the great actor, singer, and activist, Paul Robeson as Othello The Black Moor, would ultimately grieve the desperate pleas of Uta Hagen as the fair Desdemona; claiming her innocence and her last breathe in the dramatic climatic scene of the renowned tragedy. No Black actor had played the Black Moor with such critical acclaim, since the day that Ira Aldridge won rave reviews on a London stage in 1833. After a ten...
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It is arguable that Othello is the noblest of Shakespeare’s heroes. Othello is the main character in the play Othello. He is a tragedy of dignified hero whose downfall is a fatal fault of jealousy. The play is a domestic tragedy with themes such as hate, intrigue, love, jealousy, trust, revenge, suspicion, racism, self-interest, and judgment among others. As a tragedy, Othello reveals scenes of terror and pity. The hero suffers greatly resulting to the exposure of the naked bones of his character. In this play, humanity is revealed in its stunning diversity. As a result of the experience of tragedy human being’s...
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...voluminous literature on Shakespeare’s writing style, especially the Othello play.
More importantly, the two above essays significantly show the biased and conflicting preferences of the Othello pay characters. Shawn Smith (3) affirmed that Senator Brabantio filed a case against Othello. The author explains that Brabantio tries to prevent the marital union between Othello and Desdemona. The author (Smith 3) describes jealousy by discussing that Iago invents false stories that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers. The main focus of Smith’s essay centers on Iago’s ardent desire to create a wedge between the two spouses,...
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