The tragedy, Othello by William Shakespeare explores the lust for power and revenge, and the corrupting nature of falsification and green-eyed monster that still resonate today. In an attempt to re-contextualise the tragedy, Geoffrey Sax has created Othello, which similarly surrounds the tragic fall of a powerful and respect police officer. The depiction of the modified individual characters, combined with textual features, and the shift in emphasis and adaptation of the original humbug in the two media, clearly reflect the respective creators perspectives of the universal ideas of deception and race in the context in which they were produced.
The principal(prenominal) theme of deception, and the mental destruction wrought when combined with jealousy and the lust for power, finds its most powerful expression in the two main male characters of both Shakespeares and Saxs Othello. In Shakespeares play, Othello, general of the armies of Venice, is presented as an eloquent and physically powerful figure publically, respected by all around him, as shown in the opening scene when he is heatedly called for by the senate as war is imminent.
However, in spite of his altitude status, his insecurities and free and open nature is used by the wicked Iago to twist his love for his wife, Desdemona, into a powerful and destructive jealousy. This is reflected done the characterisation of Othello in private duologues and monologues, and his sudden loss of stoicism when Iago reveals his thoughts that Desdemona has been unfaithful. Dramatic irony is created as the audience witnesses Iagos duplicity, as Othello continuously refers to him as honest Iago, and within his first soliloquy in Act 3 Scene 3, states that this fellows of exceeding honesty. The use of this repetition implies the firm...If you want to pop a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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