Othello is a common tragedy.\u00a0 It is a classic for the fact that it was written by Shakespeare, and it will stay that way regardless of any reviews it gets.\u00a0 Believed to have been written in 1603, it basically tells the story of how people do not communicate at ALL.\u00a0 This is the most frustrating part of the whole story, is that it all could have been avoided had people just talked to each other.\u00a0 However, like many of Shakespeare’s plays, it never ends how you want it to.<\/p>\n
Personally, to begin reading the story you may want to educate yourself on simple terminology.\u00a0 It is written in the language of the time, obviously, so sparknotes will be your best friend.\u00a0 Find out what stances each character is in that society, for example Othello himself is a Moorish prince living in Venice, Italy and appointed general in the Venetian army.\u00a0 To truly understand the situation you must understand the society at the time.\u00a0 Placement of birth class had an effect on a person’s life.\u00a0 A Moor was a black or Arabian man that came from North Africa at the time of Shakespeare.<\/p>\n
Consisting of five acts and much drama, I would recommend the play.\u00a0 It is crazy.\u00a0 The opening scene is Roderigo and Iago plotting against Othello.\u00a0 The audience gets dropped in the middle of a growing disaster.\u00a0 It is very obvious Iago is the bad guy from the get go, no spoilers.\u00a0 Desdemona and Othello being married is a problem to the Father of Desdemona, Barbantio, and thus he casts her out of his house.\u00a0 Rough start, but she just moves in with Othello and then since Othello has to go do general duties Othello places her in the care of Iago.\u00a0 This is foreshadowing that Desdemona’s future is in Iagos hands, and it is more than the reader or audience knows at this point.\u00a0 The whole play just explodes and suddenly characters are stabbing other characters and the play is all over the place.\u00a0 I mean, for real, if Shakespeare got bored i’m pretty sure he just killed characters.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I’m not gonna give away spoilers, but it is a pretty cool play.\u00a0 Good just to know it exists, honestly.\u00a0 Emilia was my favorite character.\u00a0 She is Iagos wife and Desdemona’s friend.\u00a0 She is strong and most definitely shows she has a voice.\u00a0 I love her because of the part she plays.\u00a0 Emilia, ultimately, is the truth of the story.\u00a0 Ironically, she is the villain’s wife.\u00a0 Desdemona as a character didn’t have much to do with the actual doing of things, she hardly even took up for herself.\u00a0 It irked me the way she let Othello just walk on her the way she did in Act IV and V.\u00a0 She did not even really try to understand.\u00a0 If I keep going on this rant, I will most definitely spoil something.\u00a0 Shakespeare’s language will get to any reader, it’s difficult to understand, but it is worth the read!<\/p>\n
I would give it a good 3.8 out of 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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