Connections: Othello and Much Ado About Nothing.
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(5 pp) Would you think that an author who wrote a lot might start repeating himself, or would you guess that if an author writes bout the quality of the human condition, that certain elements are bound to repeat. If you guessed the last of the two thoughts you would be closer to a connection between the two Shakespearean plays Othello and Much Ado About Nothing.
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Could Othello’s Tragedy Be Averted?
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This 10 page paper examines Shakespeare’s tragedy and whether or not it could have been averted. The paper argues that based on the personalities involved, the end was inevitable. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Dark Keys to Shakespearean Conflict
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(10 pp) In any tragedy, it is tension or conflict which keeps the play moving. Modern jargon would call it "spin" and "counterspin." In this discussion we will compare the sources of conflict in two plays, Othello and Macbeth. Iago and Lady Macbeth are our major obsessives,the first prompted by an apparent frustration with being passed over in military command, yet disguising a darker personal agenda, and the second, Lady Macbeth with a compulsive need for power and title.
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