Way back in the late 20th century when I was a teenager and the genre fiction 'industry,' with its absurdly blood-soaked TV tie ins hadn't been invented, I (and many others my age) slumped on the sofa with the novels of DH Lawrence - yes, really- with EM Forster, Emile Zola and of course, a bit of ...
Othello has all the ingredients of comedy:1 jealous husband, whisked1 virtuous wife2 tbsp marine-warfare1 e'gg' [E-(a)-gg-(o)]3 dashes of redwine1 handkerchief, to tasteThat spoilt Iago just musses the whole comedy of it, really; but makes for a more interesting play anyway (and without him, I'd fee...
It took me awhile but i finally finished it! The story was good and the characters amazing, it would have gotten 5 stars if i didn't have to analyze every single line over and over again for class!
Re-read 4/25/13 as part of the Shakespeare Month Read-A-Long with Thoughts of an Endless DreamerOriginally, I'd had this rated as 3 stars. It'd been some years since I read Othello and after re-reading, I am gladly bumping up my rating because I enjoyed it much more this time around. I had a much di...
Watched also the DVD with the 1981 BBC's production with Anthony Hopkins in the leading role and Penelope Wilton as Desdemona. Now will watch Verdi's opera with Antonenko and Poplavskaya and Riccardo Muti directing the Wiener Philharmoniker.
I enjoyed this one a lot but what a tragedy! Iago is such a villain and it annoyed me immensely that Othello could not see through Iago's manipulation. Iago's reasons for hating Othello so much weren't truly convincing either.
This is arguably the darkest [a:William Shakespeare|947|William Shakespeare|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1179017891p2/947.jpg] play that I've read (or in this case, listened to). I like Shakespeare's dark plays, or the ones that make a real attempt to explore the human psyche and the human heart,...
In "Preface to Shakespeare", Samuel Johnson wroteIt may be observed, that in many of his plays the latter part is evidently neglected. When he found himself near the end of his work, and, in view of his reward, he shortened the labour to snatch the profit. He therefore remits his efforts where he sh...
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