READING AND ANALYZING NON-AFRICAN DRAMA: OTHELLO BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : LSUS
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS3 FIRST TERM
WEEK THREE
READING AND ANALYZING NON-AFRICAN DRAMA: OTHELLO BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
CONTENT
REFERENCE
- Exam Focus by J.O.J. Nwachukwu Agbada et al.
- Essential Literature-in-English for S.S.S. by Ibitola A.O.
- The Mastery of Literature by Iwuchukwu Chinweikpe Esq.
- A Handbook of Creative Writing by J.O.J Nwachukwu Agbada.
READING AND ANALYZING NON-AFRICAN DRAMA: OTHELLO BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
THEMES, MOTIFS & SYMBOLS
THEMES
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF MILITARY HEROISM & LOVE
Before and above all else, Othello is a soldier. From the earliest moments in the play, his career affects his married life. Asking “fit disposition” for his wife after being ordered to Cyprus (I.iii.234), Othello notes that “the tyrant.... View More
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