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SOLILOQUY #1: 27:30
Characters Discussed:
(for more information on Character see: • Othello: Character Ana... )
- C1 Othello: proud, confident, brave, honourable, dutiful, respected, talented, noble, forthright, insecure? 02:18, 05:21, 07:46, 18:58
- C7 Brabantio: fool, inconsequential, racist, possessive father, enmeshed father 03:33, (soft? racist) 08:30, 15:42
- C2 Desdemona: tough-minded, clever, Juliet, respectful, noble, forthright, mature, dutiful, courageous 12:45, 17:00
- C3 Iago: psychopath, manipulative, duplicitous, crude, vulgar 20:50, 23:36, 27:30, smart and good reader of character 27:30
Themes Discussed:
(for more information on Theme see: • Othello: Theme Analysis )
- T11 Reputation and peripeteia (reversal of fortune) 02:18
- T13 Love as witchcraft 03:33
- T2 The Other/Racism; The Other as mystery/danger; in-group/out-group assumptions 03:33, 05:21, soft? racism 08:30
- T1 Alienation, separation, fish-out-of-water creates insecurity 05:21
- T13 Love as ownership and/or enmeshment
- T9 Appearance vs reality 20:50, 23:36
- T17 Baseness vs nobility, juxtaposition 10:24, 17:00, 18:58, 23:36
- T17 Baseness and nobility -- healthy balance of high and low / spirit and body 22:34
- T18 Language reveals character 10:24, 17:00, 18:58
- T12 Love as compassion, esteem, spirit, civilizer, redeemer, tamer of wild masculinity, purest expression of the Self 10:24, 17:00
- T13 Love a mere animalistic lust/sex 23:36
- T7 Psychopathology 23:36, 27:30
- T8 Manipulation 23:36, 27:30
- T4 Sexual jealousy (Iago!) 27:30
- T5 We see what we want to see (projection) 27:30
- T6 We are the agents of our own destruction (tragic flaw) 27:30
Writing a LITERATURE ANALYSIS ESSAY? See my practical guide with model papers:
• Literature Analysis
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MACBETH:
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HAMLET:
• Hamlet Scene by Scene
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OTHELLO:
• Othello
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• Twelfth Night
All commentary and summary in this series is designed to help students:
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