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Summary: pretty good book
Review: the book Othello was alright i think that it would of been better if it spoke the way that we speak in present day. It is a book that deals with alot of controversy in tragedy and romance it also deals with betrayel. Iago Othellos best friend betrays him during the whole book. towards the end of the abook it gets better though.
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Summary: Challenging, but good!!
Review: The book was very good, but it was hard to understand the language. The story is alot like today's times. Desdemona's father did not believe in her chose of a husband, because of the race issue.
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Summary: greatest depiction of evil?
Review: The literary heritage of Satan is upheld in this great work of psychological, Machavellian fiction. That should be enough to have you buy and read it right there.
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Summary: The Arden Shakespeare is excellent!
Review: The play "Othello" is magnificant, and there are plenty of reviews to attest to that. This reviewer wants to point out greatness of the publisher and editor in this case (referring to the Arden Shakespeare). After buying Arden's "Henry V" publication a year ago, I have become a devout fan.I will never buy Shakespeare from another publisher. While these books may be slightly more expensive than a "mass market" edition, I believe that if you are going to take the time to read and understand Shakespeare, it is well worth the extra dollar or two. The Introduction, the images, and plethora of footnotes are irreplaceable and nearly neccessary for a full understanding of the play (for those of us who are not scholars already). I recommend that you buy ALL of Shakespeare's work from Arden's critical editions.
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Summary: a tragedy causes by a man with jealousy via a handkerchief.
Review: the play is good. i have seen the movie and i think it's not as good as the book...othello in the book is stronger...also iago (my favourite,yes) is more serious.
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Summary: Naxos complete recording one of their series' best
Review: The recent Naxos AudioBook entry in their Classic Drama Series, <Othello> NA 320612), is so well directed by David Timson that it fairly boils along. Granted that some passages are read a bit too swiftly to be followed by those without texts open before them, but one gets the feeling that this is a play and not a 400 year old monument. There are moments, however, when one could use some extra noises-on, so to speak. When Iago gets Cassio drunk, a little more rowdiness from extras would be appropriate--but perhaps I am spoiled by too many film versions and certainly by the full chorus in Verdi's opera. Hugh Quarshie makes a more interesting Othello than a great one. He does not have that Paul Robeson voice that one tends to associate with the role, and he understands the part light years better than the Othello of that unfortunate film version a few years back. But his lightweight approach does not work when the mouth-filling flights of poetry make their demands after he is convinced of Desdamona's infidelity. Anton Lesser also makes a fine but not great impression as Iago. Perhaps he needs to use more variety of delivery when he is being "honest" with the other characters. After all, his approach to Othello should not be in the same key as that to Roderigo or even to Cassio. Iago is a supreme actor, so it takes an equally supreme one to play him. For once, we can hear Emilia (Patience Tomlinson) hesitate when she speaks of the "lost" handkerchief; although on a sound recording she cannot give us the body-language to explain why she betrays her lady for the sake of her husband. The Cassio (Roger May) is very good in the handkerchief scene with Iago and the hidden, miscomprehending Othello. The running time is just over 3 hours, 11 minutes longer than the venerable Shakespeare Recording Society with Frank Silvera as Othello and Cyril Cusack as Iago, now available on Harper Audio. There still might be available a very dull version with Richard Johnson and Ian Holm, but avoid it.
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Summary: Best Shakespeare play.
Review: The theme of jealousy dominates this play, in which the conniving Iago attempts to get revenge on Othello by causing him to believe that his wife, Desdemona, is betraying him. Othello is a tragic hero with the flaw of jealousy, and Shakespeare's poetic words bring life and emotion to the center of the play.
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Summary: low self esteem
Review: the tragedy of othello is the tragedy of a man who, despite his great success, at bottom doubts his own self worth. othello's problem is that he really doesn't believe he's loveable. deep down, he doubts that a young white woman from the upper classes can really love an older black man who has spent his life in the military. it's this self doubt that iago exploits to destroy the moor. a good play with one of the great villains in literature, iago. the third scene where iago 'unbends' the moor is classic. to see a grown, self-assured man so completely undone is just incredible.
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Summary: A fine edition with many helps for the reader
Review: This edition is from the 3rd Arden Series and may have a more modern feel to readers than the previous series did. For example, modern scholars believe that Shakespeare's plays were performed without break between scene and act so this edition does away with the ACT I Scene 2 headings and instead merely inserts 1.2 in the text where the change occurs. There is a fine introductory essay that gives important cultural information to help the reader understand the moral climate in Venice in Shakespeare's time and the context of the play in the author's career and times. This edition has the many good notes one expects from Arden editions. The longer notes are moved to the back to avoid too great an interruption to the readability of the text. There is also music for the two songs in the play and an index. A fine edition that I am glad to own and refer to.
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Summary: A fine edition with many helps for the reader
Review: This edition is from the 3rd Arden Series and may have a more modern feel to readers than the previous series did. For example, modern scholars believe that Shakespeare's plays were performed without break between scene and act so this edition does away with the ACT I Scene 2 headings and instead merely inserts 1.2 in the text where the change occurs. There is a fine introductory essay that gives important cultural information to help the reader understand the moral climate in Venice in Shakespeare's time and the context of the play in the author's career and times. This edition has the many good notes one expects from Arden editions. The longer notes are moved to the back to avoid too great an interruption to the readability of the text. There is also music for the two songs in the play and an index. A fine edition that I am glad to own and refer to.
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