Othello – AO5 Different Interpretations
Unless a link is provided, all the resources listed below are in the Library.
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Unless a link is provided, all the resources listed below are in the Library.
Ask Rachel if you would like any help finding them.
Pete Bunten compares the ways in which Shakespeare and Waugh present the interconnectedness of love and death. English Review, September 2020.
Discusses the characters’ need for an audience along with Shakespeare’s influence over us. You will need to register for a free personal JSTOR account in order to access the full article. Open this article.
Many of Shakespeare’s plays appear to follow complex, even self-contradictory, time schemes. Exploring examples in Macbeth and Othello, David Dunford argues that this is effective dramatic construction rather than a sign of carelessness. English Review, November 2020.
Introduces these two critical approaches, proposing them as platforms from which to view Othello in a different light. Emagazine, issue 53.
There have been numerous interpretations of Othello over the last 400 years. This article discusses four recent critical approaches: feminist, new historicist, marxist and post-colonial. Open this article.
Takes a closer look at Shakespeare’s assertive women from his plays, including the character of Desdemona. English Review, volume 23 issue 3.
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