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Does Othello have a used by date? ... This therefore proves that Othello does not
have a used by date, yet it does have educational prospects. ...
... Though he does not know it, his appearance as he ... many of Shakespeare's plays, including
Hamlet, Othello, Richard III ... He is said to have been born at Stratford ...
... such as husband and wife in Othello, parents and ... in this feudal antagonism which
he does not want to ... and charitable hearts in fairy tales, and have an obscure ...
... Shakespeare closely followed Hamlet with Othello (1604), King Lear ... exist, but the
story of Hamlet does bear a ... Though they seem to have enjoyed the sight of ...
... John returns home and starts reading Othello because he ... the presence of the two,
and continually does things to ... at his mother because she would have sex with ...
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mixed with possessive love. The protagonist of the play is Iago who establishes his plot to ruin black high ranking officer, Othello.
On the path to Othello’s ruining he also destroys the lives and reputations of many other key characters in the play.
The play ends tragically with the murder of Desdemona, Roderigo and Emilia and finally the suicide of Othello.
The play carried several themes and messages such as evil, which is portrayed
by Iago, jealousy, which is portrayed by both Iago and Othello, Love which is displayed by the relationship of Desdemona and Othello, particularly in the beginning of the play where through direct dialogue to each other and dialogue between either of them and another character, Shakespeare expresses their complete and utter devotion to one another. These themes, I believe give the text an aspect of timelessness and universality and eliminate any sort of used by date on Shakespeare’s Othello.
Othello is a text that has had many appropriations. One such example is the film production “O” (2001) directed by Tim Blake Nelson. This film explores the storyline of Othello set in the scene of a highschool, the film has been appropriated to give the targeted audience a greater understanding of Shakespeare’s themes and messages. In this case the target audience is teenagers, particularly those in western society as the setting is very westernised with the main focus being basketball which is predominantly found in western countries such as the USA.
Being reproduced so recently is proof that Othello does not have a used by date yet it does have aspects of timelessness and universality.
Othello has also been appropriated into film intended to appeal to a more mature audience. This film is British and based around the police force where Othello is the Police Commissioner. This film uses film techniques such as the character of Iago staring directly into the camera during his...
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