Differences Between Othello The Play And Movie
Most books that become a movie are heavily criticized for the differences between the two; The movie Othello, on the other hand, does an excellent job on following the original plot of the play, The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare. A praised and trusted war hero, Othello, is sent for service in a city named Cyprus and is accompanied by his first lieutenant, Cassio, ensign, Iago, and wife, Desdemona. Iago secretly hates Othello because he felt that he deserved Cassio’s position more than he did, thus leading Iago to plot to take down his general through manipulation and jealousy. Iago warped Othello’s mind to the point of pushing him to kill Desdemona and consenting to Iago killing Cassio. Iago then involved Roderigo
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For example, in the armory room scene where Iago begins to speak but hesitates, Othello points a gun to his head as he insists that he tell him what he is thinking and later after that, when Othello asks for evidence for Iago’s claim of his wife being unfaithful, the movie adds Othello holding Iago by the neck under water as he struggles to breath. Iago on the other hand is depicted as even more mischievous due the body language of his soliloquies and how quickly he can manipulate a person’s emotions. For instance, in each soliloquy, Iago nearly flicks his head to the camera roguishly, and in the scene where Roderigo is contemplating killing himself, Iago takes his emotional extreme and flips it to an euphoric extreme. As for Roderigo, the movie didn’t do so well of a job developing his character due to the deletion of his dialogue, causing him to seem just as gullible as Othello. In the play, Roderigo shows to be more dubious when it comes to Iago’s vague plans, hence why in the movie it seemed easy for him to be convinced to do what Iago wanted. In the play, Cassio acted even more ashamed for losing his reputation than the movie displayed, also due to the deletion of scenes and dialogues. In the play there is a scene with Cassio and Desdemona where he is checking in on what
For example, in the armory room scene where Iago begins to speak but hesitates, Othello points a gun to his head as he insists that he tell him what he is thinking and later after that, when Othello asks for evidence for Iago’s claim of his wife being unfaithful, the movie adds Othello holding Iago by the neck under water as he struggles to breath. Iago on the other hand is depicted as even more mischievous due the body language of his soliloquies and how quickly he can manipulate a person’s emotions. For instance, in each soliloquy, Iago nearly flicks his head to the camera roguishly, and in the scene where Roderigo is contemplating killing himself, Iago takes his emotional extreme and flips it to an euphoric extreme. As for Roderigo, the movie didn’t do so well of a job developing his character due to the deletion of his dialogue, causing him to seem just as gullible as Othello. In the play, Roderigo shows to be more dubious when it comes to Iago’s vague plans, hence why in the movie it seemed easy for him to be convinced to do what Iago wanted. In the play, Cassio acted even more ashamed for losing his reputation than the movie displayed, also due to the deletion of scenes and dialogues. In the play there is a scene with Cassio and Desdemona where he is checking in on what