Sunday, September 25, 2011
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I just have a vague comment/question on the title of the play.... Its called Othello, but we get the most insight into Iago's mind and his actions. Maybe it's just because we're taking a class called EVIL and not good? Just a little curious. Personally, I think a more suitable title would have been "Iago" if Shakespeare wanted to stick with names here.
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I think that a couple of issues arise here: some of this is my fault, or the fault of our focus on evil. Some of it is that Iago is just more interesting. But I do think that a challenge for anyone staging this play, is to make Othello noble, sympathetic, and thus tragic. Not sure that we spend enough time on this angle.
ReplyDeleteI think Iago is the far more interesting character, but he does not change throughout the play. Othello, on the other hand, transforms into a jealous, enraged murderer when he was once a noble officer. Maybe Shakespeare wanted the focus to be how a man can be easily changed by lies...?
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