Comparing Othello And Nelson's O

Many people prefer the book version of a story rather than the film it tries to become. This is due to the fact that the author’s intent of his own story is much more intriguing and familiar to its readers than just another film version. However, some versions portray the story better than others. Hollywood seems to have taken up the responsibility of creating complicated and compelling characters on screen. Unfortunately, doing so can easily take away a story’s rich, necessary detail. For instance, Shakespeare’s Othello has a few different movie versions of his story. Both movies, the 1990 version by Trevor Nunn and the 1995 version by Oliver Parker, are great productions carried by strong casts. However, there are areas in which the movie and the play differ. These differences tend to interpret the film in a different way compared to what Shakespeare intended. The film portrayals of Shakespeare’s Othello by Parker and the other by Nunn both display the character of Desdemona in very different ways. The Nunn version of this play did a much better job of portraying Desdemona as Shakespeare

‘Othello is one of the brilliant plays written by William Shakespeare. It is the story of man named Othello and how his mind was twisted and manipulated by a man named Iago and how Iago made Othello think that his wife Desdemona was cheating on him with his lieutenant Michael Cassio, which results in many deaths. Tim Blake Nelson has creatively restructured ‘Othello’ into a film to appeal to a teenage audience. It still contains the same central ideas which are racism, jealousy and deception which will be analysed on how they are portrayed in ‘Othello’ and are creatively reshaped in ‘O’.

Baz Lurhmann’s creation of the film Romeo and Juliet has shown that today’s audience can still understand and appreciate William Shakespeare. Typically, when a modern audience think of Shakespeare, they immediately think it will be boring, yet Lurhmann successfully rejuvenates Romeo and Juliet. In his film production he uses a number of different cinematic techniques, costumes and a formidably enjoyable soundtrack; yet changes not one word from Shakespeare’s original play, thus making it appeal to a modern audience.

Through using powerful words in, “Othello”, the human behaviour of the characters is either positively or negatively influenced, and their characteristics and destinies are created. In the following essay “the power of words” in “Othello” will be discussed. Firstly, an introduction paragraph will be given about the power of language devices. Secondly, the language device, “words as power”, will be discussed. Thirdly, the language device, “words as character”, will be elaborated upon. Lastly, the

Differing contexts convey concerns in different ways through the use of diverse techniques. For example ‘Othello’ is a play which uses props, stage positioning and lighting compared to ‘O’ a film using camera angles, technology and music. This develops a sense of timelessness as issues relevant in the Elizabethan era still being relevant in our present day. Both texts are created due to the values of their era, allowing the

Actors are expected to rely on facial expressions and actions rather than dialogue to manipulate each other. The major mistake that the director has made is making the film into a typical American style movie. The language in the play is very colloquial using terms such as ‘mother fucker’. This in itself completely shatters Shakespeare’s artistic works. The modern spin on Othello has entirely removed the literary value that the play had simply through the language and word change.

*INTRO*The character Oedipus in the play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, and the character Othello in the play Othello the Moor of Venice by Shakespeare are both tragic characters. Oedipus ends up killing his father, and marrying and having children with his mother, whereas Othello ends up mistrusting and killing his wife. These two individuals have similarities and differences in several aspects such as the roundness of their characters, the retribution that they incur upon themselves and upon their respective wives whether directly or indirectly, and their horrors.

When Shakespeare composed the tragedy Othello televisions were not. Along with no televisions, life in the late 1500s had many different qualities than it does today. This time period had no war on drugs and no high school shootings. Peer pressure was not an issue. The audiences of Othello in the 1500s did not face the circumstances that we, American high school students, face today. With these significant differences in daily life, come the attempts of movie creators to help prevent our modern day tragedies.

Over the course of the past fifty years there have been many cinematic productions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, some of which remain true to the text while others take greater liberties with the original format. Director Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 production of Hamlet was true to Shakespeare’s work in that the film’s dialogue was delivered word or word as it is presented in the text. In contrast, Franco Zeffirelli conducted his 1990 production of Hamlet in a much more liberal direction in which lines, scenes and characters were omitted from the film. I argue that from the perspective of an individual with moderate knowledge in Shakespearian literature, that the best film versions of Hamlet are those that take the most liberties from the text. I

Othello is a film based on the famous Shakespeare tragedy: Othello. The film was produced in the United Stated and released on December 15, 1995 in the United Kingdom and United States. The film’s main plot is evolved around the power of sexual jealousy and how it can make people to act on their emotions instead of their rational mind. The film was directed by Oliver Parker, and he made many changes from the original play to make the 21st century audiences easier to understand the power of sexual jealousy. Parker hired famous actors to cast the four major characters in the film such as Laurence Fishburne (Othello), Irene Jacob (Desdemona), Kenneth Branaugh (Iago), and Nathaniel Parker (Cassio).I believe Oliver Parker’s choice of adding additional

Overall, the Parker’s production of Othello is a mirror image of shakespeare's original othello. Despite Parker’s addition to the original story plot, he did not change much of the context. Parkers infusion of symbolism with the chess board set up added complexity to the plot and gives the viewer a more compelling

‘O’ is a film that is moulded to fit into contemporary society so it can be better understood by today’s audience. Othello, written by Shakespeare, is set in Venice and the Island of Cyprus whilst O is set at a modern day high school where their basketball team is fighting for the state title. ‘As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.’ – Antisthenes. This quote is shown in Othello and O as Iago becomes envious of Othello’s achievements, only then to finally destroy himself. Every Shakespeare tragedy has the main character having a major flaw. Othello sees the world as black and white, which makes him easy for Iago to manipulate; destroying him from the inside out.

Othello is a popular play created by, William Shakespeare the play have been read by many people who may have an opinion on a character or maybe just the play alone. The best opinions are from experts who have done their research on the play or studies Shakespeare's work. We all have similarity weren't always much different from the people we think we have nothing in common with. Othello and Iago are considered an innocent man who really is in love and a evil villain who uses people and turn people against each other,but they are both driven by their desires. The main goal of this research paper is to analyze the characteristics of Othello and Iago, also to determine the similarities and differences they have between each other.

Within this essay, I will be analysing the different features and aspects within act 3, scene 3 of the written text Othello, written by William Shakespeare in approximately 1603. I will be discussing the prominent features in the language used within this scene, and I will be exploring why this scene is important in relation to the play as a whole. I will also be discussing within this composition how the distinctive features of the language used within this play could be translated into a live performance.

Modernising Othello provides an opportunity to transform the play into an understandable and relevant story, whilst preserving the themes, values and attitudes portrayed in the original, however, manipulating them to resonate with a modern