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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
I have made a goal to read a Shakespeare play every month or every other month until I read them all. Most, if not all, of his tragedies, would be a rereading but so many years before that I have forgotten a lot. I doubt I would give a tragedy any less than 5 stars. He is incredible!
As for Othello's play, Iago rightly has earned the title of the worst villain; however, I don't exonerate Othello in any way. The only true victims in this play are Desdemona and Cassio.
As for Othello's play, Iago rightly has earned the title of the worst villain; however, I don't exonerate Othello in any way. The only true victims in this play are Desdemona and Cassio.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"and to the state this heavy act with heavy heart relate" A5S2L369-370
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Othello and Hamlet may bring opposite energies to the act of killing people they’ve been told have wronged them, but they bring the same whininess
Also, Emilia calling out Iago & refusing to back down is incredible
Also, Emilia calling out Iago & refusing to back down is incredible
iago is the best character argue with the wall. othello hate club
Forced to read it for school: I can appreciate it from a literary perspective, it’s a classical and nomothetic mold to characters we see today but my god it made me miss The Great Gatsby ☠️ I don’t like reading in Shakespearean, but the drama is fun to read to be honest.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It is perhaps no accident that a play described as both racist and not, feminist and not, a tragedy or not, seems to echo so many contemporary debates, turning perhaps the most provincial of Shakespeare’s works into one of its most all-encompassing. That this was not the intention of Shakespeare is undeniable, but the effect the words and direction of the spectacle evoke within the modern reader are equally so.
As always, these editions are invaluable to any meaningful understanding of a work hundreds of years old: from basic explanatory notes translating archaic forms or senses to the lengthy introduction chronicling the history of Othello’s critical and popular reception. I do not trust anyone who claims to love Shakespeare, let alone a play such as this one, from the words or an actor’s rendition alone: not simply are long-disappeared subtleties lost but the entire meaning of phrases have completely meandered to the point of being unintelligible or straight-up incorrect as a modern reader would understand them.
I suppose I’m committing myself to reading as many of the Bard’s works as I can. Perhaps it’s finally time to see what all the fuss around this “Hamlet” is really about.
As always, these editions are invaluable to any meaningful understanding of a work hundreds of years old: from basic explanatory notes translating archaic forms or senses to the lengthy introduction chronicling the history of Othello’s critical and popular reception. I do not trust anyone who claims to love Shakespeare, let alone a play such as this one, from the words or an actor’s rendition alone: not simply are long-disappeared subtleties lost but the entire meaning of phrases have completely meandered to the point of being unintelligible or straight-up incorrect as a modern reader would understand them.
I suppose I’m committing myself to reading as many of the Bard’s works as I can. Perhaps it’s finally time to see what all the fuss around this “Hamlet” is really about.