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

  1. Exam Focus by J.O.J. Nwachukwu Agbada et al.
  2. Essential Literature-in-English for S.S.S. by Ibitola A.O.
  3. The Mastery of Literature by Iwuchukwu Chinweikpe Esq.
  4. 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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