Othello – Perspective
Sheldrake on Shakespeare
English - February 23, 2015 12:24 - 13.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsBooks Arts sheldrake shakespeare english literature literary criticism drama theatre plays author Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It’s difficult to know what, and particularly who, to talk about in Othello. Iago is a distraction, Othello likes to inflate his own sense of himself, whilst Desdemona can seem even less than she is. Which is odd, because the characters too find themselves not quite knowing how to interpret what they see in front […]
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It’s difficult to know what, and particularly who, to talk about in Othello. Iago is a distraction, Othello likes to inflate his own sense of himself, whilst Desdemona can seem even less than she is. Which is odd, because the characters too find themselves not quite knowing how to interpret what they see in front of them. Or they misunderstand completely and interpret too easily. Their perspective is awry. And because Shakespeare wants to show us just how easy it is to do that, he makes audience after audience lose their perspective too.
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