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Othello critical guide
Title
Othello [electronic resource (video)] : critical guide / Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2006], c1997.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (33 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 15, 2006.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
Compelling dramatizations of key scenes from Shakespeare's tragedy are analyzed by two noted Shakespearean experts-Stanley Wells and Russell Jackson of the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon. Themes and topics include the motives of Lago, and whether his evil is as complete as most commentators suggest; Victorian objections to the interracial relationship between Othello and Desdemona; evidence of racism within Shakespeare's characterization of Othello; the role of opposing forces (good and evil) in relationships and events; Desdemona as victim or manipulative conniver, responsible for her own downfall; Othello as victim, ruled by emotion rather than logic; the conflict between Othello's identity as a Christian commander of the Venetian force and as a social and racial outsider; and the use of women as characters vital to plot development.
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Critical guide
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Eagle Rock Entertainment, 1997
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Themes in Shakespeare's "Othello" (2:40)
Iago's Motivation and Role in "Othello" (1:59)
Paradox in Othello's Character (3:58)
Desdemona's Downfall: Part 1 (3:35)
Desdemona's Downfall: Part 2 (4:09)
Racism in "Othello" and Othello's Passion (7:46)
Emilia's Final Role in "Othello" (4:43)
Greatness of "Othello" (2:00)
Videorecording number
10188s Infobase
7706s Infobase
7710 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Eagle Rock Entertainment.
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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