Monday, November 11, 2019

Blog Post #11 Othello


  • How might an audience today understand the use of the word "charmer" differenty, and how does that image a new dimension to the origin story?
According to definition in OED, "charmer" means "a person who acts in a way that makes them attractive to other people, sometimes using this to influence others". And put this definition in to the context, the meaning might be :the Egyptian woman is an attractive person who is understanding and is able to almost guess other people's thoughts. However, in the early modern usdage, "charmer" means witch. Thus, the entire meaning changes. This line means, the Egyptian woman is a witch and she could almost read people's thoughts.

  • Question for next class:
Why is Othello always a anxious while he is authentically a good person? On the contrary, Iago is the evil one, but why is he always able to honestly analyze the situation and feels at ease?

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