Reviews - Othello Annotated

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Othello Annotated

William Shakespeare

3.78 AVERAGE

iolexx's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

yogurtwater's review against another edition

Finished this 10 minutes before the live showing in theatres started.

Emilia still goes as hard as she did when I half-read this for a uni English class years and years ago.

sklus's review against another edition

5.0

It gets 5 stars because it's Shakespeare. Here are the things I really liked: 1) the way prose was used. It was interesting because this play had a lot more prose in it that I was used to in other Shakespeare plays. Even the titular character occasionally slips into prose when he is angry. Looking at when and how Iago uses prose to manipulate other characters would be a fascinating paper topic, but luckily, I'm not reading this for class. 2) I like that they traveled to Cyprus. I felt like the play was more believable because they were not at home; it seems more likely for someone to be off their game when on vacation/ chilling in a place because there was going to be a war but all their enemies drowned. 3) I liked that it was Shakespeare, because of the language and flow of the story.
My only complaints would be about Othello himself. I don't know 100% how to feel about him. I think there's a lot there and I'm not capable or knowledgeable enough to unpack it in a meaningful way.