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Othello: Character Studies
Othello is a major shakespearean text, studied
widely and often adapted for film and TV and is
especially challenging for a multicultural society.
Othello lends itself to criticism through discussion of
the major characters although this study also focuses
on recent criticism's analysis of the characters as
"signifiers". The study of the key characters takes
the discussion of the text immediately into the
central issues of "otherness", gender, race and
power.
widely and often adapted for film and TV and is
especially challenging for a multicultural society.
Othello lends itself to criticism through discussion of
the major characters although this study also focuses
on recent criticism's analysis of the characters as
"signifiers". The study of the key characters takes
the discussion of the text immediately into the
central issues of "otherness", gender, race and
power.
152 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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May 16, 2016
I read the early chapters on Iago (not Desdemona, Othello, or the minor characters). Potter reads Iago through various positions/critics and approaches: e.g. Romantic, particularly Coleridge's, Freudian, Marxist, etc. It definitely got me thinking about the character in other ways than as "evil" or as "motivated" by desire for preferment or sexual jealousy - which is what I wanted to do.
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