TITLE: Othello
AUTOR: William Shakespeare
LANGUAGE: English
GENRE(s): Play, (domestic) Tragedy
RELEASED: Around 1603

REFERENCE

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare written around 1603. The play is a concentrated, tightly-constructed domestic tragedy with almost no subplot relief, revolving around five or six central characters. Othello's ill-placed trust in the villain Iago, resulting in his growing suspicion in his wife Desdemona's infidelity with his lieutenant Cassio, led to the ultimate tragedy. Othello is commonly considered one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, and one of his finest works.

MY REVIEW

Othello is one of my favourites plays. Shakespeare again is ahead of his time, here he deals with racism, male chauvinism, low self esteem due to a life of being viewed as a member of an inferior race, rights of women. Whenever you read – or watch – this play keep in mind some very important questions…

What’s love really? I mean when you love you trust and if you are jealous you are not only not trusting but you are killing love, aren’t you?

What are the consequences of backbiting? Backbiting is almost another character in the play, and very much a central figure. Think about how backbiting can get into your brain and heart and destroy your love or trust for someone – no matter if what was said to you was true or not.

Why can Iago manipulate all the main characters around him? What is in him that make s everyone to feel attracted to him?

Why does Othello fall into the trap Iago set for him?

There’s also a lot of irony in the play, we see as Iago is called “honest Iago”.

Another very interesting fact in the play is the way Iago gives solid proves to Othello… a handkerchief; his version of someone else’s talking while sleeping.

The language used by the villain in something you should pay attention to… I mean, where does he give a reason for his actions? Remember during the whole play he is honest only to the audience.