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A 5 page research paper/essay on Shakespeare's Othello. The writer examines various interpretations of the relationship between Othello and Iago and relates these to the text of the original play and the 1995 film version by Kenneth Branagh. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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his supposed friend and servant Iago. A central question that has always accompanied interpretations of this play is what constitutes the motivation for Iago to hatch his evil scheme, which
unjustly pictures Desdemona, Othellos wife, as an adulteress. Interpretations of the play pertaining to Iago have pictured him as motivated by racism, sexual jealousy (both for Othello and Desdemona),
hatred of Othellos superiority, pique at being passed over for promotion and simple misogyny. The following analysis of these interpretations will examine them in relation to Shakespeares original text and
Kenneth Branaghs 1995 film version of the play, which was directed by Oliver Parker. Racism definitely plays a part in Iagos motivation. As soon as Iago learns of
the marriage of Desdemona and Othello, he endeavors to rouse her father against the Moor by using racist language to describe their union. "Even now, now, very now, an old
ram/ Is topping your white ewe Arise, arise; / Awake the snoring citizens with the bell, / Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you" (Act I,
Scene I, lines 88-91). As this illustrates, Iago uses derogatory language, rife with racist terms, in order to urge Desdemonas father, Brabantio, to action. Branaghs film is
an extremely abbreviated version of the play. Well over half the dialogue of the original play has been condensed or eliminated in order to reduce the play to a
length suitable for a film. The scene in which Iago makes the above speech is typical of how the writers of the screenplay condensed the dialogue. In the film, Iago
makes the sexually explicit remark that Othello and Desdemona are making the "beast with two backs" with the above speech, rather then later in the dialogue, which is the
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