Othello Logs: Part 2

Log #1: Add subtext to the “Temptation Scene” 3.3
Log #2: “To Act or not to act” on assignments page.
Log#3: Log entry of choice from the book
Log Entry #4: Whoops, I told you to practice. There is no log entry #4
Log Entry #5 Reflections on your acting and respond to 6 assertions below.
Othello’s real problem is his own jealousy.

It is very important to the play for Othello to be black.

Desdemona is not a spineless woman. She has good sense, stubbornness and courage. She can stand up to Othello for the sake of what she thinks is right, even when he is in a dangerous mood and few people would care to face him.

Desdemona is not angelically pure. The potential for unrestrained desire must be in her character in order for the drama to work.

Iago is not a “motiveless malignity” as he has been called – a devil who does evil for its own sake. He has a thirst for power and the wit to contrive a way to get it. Desdemona’s death is a side effect he did not really intend.

Iago’s cleverness is not total. He builds into the intricate structure of his plot a piece of terrible stupidity; he fails to understand his wife.

Log Entry #6: Reflections on the film version.