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Nicole Fayden

SparkNotes: Othello: Act V, scenes i-ii - 0 views

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relationship between the biblical text and othello

shared by Nicole Fayden on 24 Jan 11 - No Cached
  • Shakespeare repeatedly casts Othello as Christ
  • Iago as Judas (or, ironically, as Peter)
  • Nicole Fayden on 24 Jan 11
     
    1st claim= Othello is related to God, through the trials of the story, Othello is superior to others and is looked up to like God. 2nd claim= Iago is represented as Judas or Peter. He is looked upon as a constant secretive and mischievous evil. 3rd claim= christian culture ties in with the culture of Othello's time period. debate= Shakespeare is satirizing religion and culture. This concludes that Othello's time period and culture with religion is based on the biblical text in the bible text.
Julia Hahn

Wrting style in Othello V. Comedy of Errors - 1 views

The writing style in both of the plays are different. Thats what seperates the comedies from the tragidies. Shakespeare had done this on purpose because it was meant to reach a certain audience. Ba...

Criticism literary

started by Julia Hahn on 28 Jan 11 no follow-up yet
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