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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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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. Generalities Good drama
always creates tension - often between what the audience knows and what the characters in the play do not. In Shakespeares tales there will often be more than one story
going on at a time. Watch how communication is skewed, or misdirected, manipulated - or how people in both plays jump to conclusions, brought upon by emotions or fears,
rather than operating from fact or reason. Much Ado About Nothing / Othello Jealousy: As our play opens we are introduced to the disgruntlement of one brother for another, Don John
has been born outside the royal sheets, but obviously has been acknowledged by the father, or he would not be in the entourage of Don Pedro. But John is
jealous and plots against his brother, using Claudio as his foil, or what we would call today, his "front-man." Now compare that with how we see Iago in Othello.
Iago is jealous that he has been passed over for promotion and says, to Roderigo, "I follow him to serve my turn upon him" (I, i, 42).
We know that Iago is considered one of Shakespeares worst villains and, John is a pale version by comparison; but perhaps we are seeing immature jealousy in Much Ado, and
the full blown fury of "the green-eyed monster," in Othello. Listen to the warning of an angry Iago: O, beware, my lord... "O, beware, my lord of jealousy;
It is the green-eyd monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on" (III, iii, 165-167). To this very day, we will use that phrase of "green-eyed monster" to
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