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I hate reviewing Shakespeare (as if I were qualified to criticize The Bard), but I have finished a third reading of Othello and no one gives us more to ponder and dissect than he does. I never read Shakespeare without saying to myself, “now how did I not see that before?”
This is obviously a story concerned with race. Othello is a Moor and as such the only black man present in the play and a representative of the unusual and unknown to his contemporaries. His marriage to Desdemona is spoken of as ...more
This is obviously a story concerned with race. Othello is a Moor and as such the only black man present in the play and a representative of the unusual and unknown to his contemporaries. His marriage to Desdemona is spoken of as ...more
Othello is the 21st play we've tackled together with #UpstartCrows2023 readalong.
It is one I had read before and, of course, one of Shakespeare's more famous tragedies.
I always feel in- depth reviews are almost redundant as there is so much out there about these plays, but I'll try and capture some of my thoughts.
Othello
If he loves Desdemona so much, why is he so easily persuaded of her infidelity?
He turns her sacrifice, of leaving her family, against her.
For a leader of men, he's a poor ju ...more
It is one I had read before and, of course, one of Shakespeare's more famous tragedies.
I always feel in- depth reviews are almost redundant as there is so much out there about these plays, but I'll try and capture some of my thoughts.
Othello
If he loves Desdemona so much, why is he so easily persuaded of her infidelity?
He turns her sacrifice, of leaving her family, against her.
For a leader of men, he's a poor ju ...more
I don't think I could hate Iago any harder! That is all.
...more
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