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Choose any two scenes from Othello by William Shakespeare and write an essay on how you would stage them.

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Ambrose

Choose any two scenes from Othello by William Shakespeare and write an essay on how you would stage them. Think about the gender of actors, costumes (material, period, colours), props, asides, soliloquies, dialogues, character interaction, blocking (where characters stand on the stage). You need to explain why you make the directorial decisions you do. Make […]

Discuss Iago’s motivation. What drives him to do what he does? Why does he continually discuss his motivation in soliloquies?Explain

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Ambrose

Discuss Iago’s motivation. What drives him to do what he does? Why does he continually discuss his motivation in soliloquies? Samuel Taylor Coleridge once said that in Iago’s soliloquies we see the “motive hunting of motiveless malignity.” Is he right? You will want to review the lecture on Rene Girard in the learning module. Choose […]