Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Creating a Monologue as a character from Othello

Iago


What exactly did Othello do that has upset you? 
Othello promoted Cassio to lieutenant, which I was supposed to be, everyone knows I would’ve fit that promotion a lot better than that non-experienced geek Cassio, and I don’t know why I wasn’t chosen over him, I know that I’m just too good and that Othello is just an arrogant fool.

How has Othello made you feel? (Jealous, angry, frustrated etc.) 
Othello has ruined everything for me since the moment he promoted Cassio, he left me with a burning rage inside of me and I feel jealousy of what he possesses, I’m not insulting him I’m just describing him.

What is your reaction? 
I am annoyed, angry and I’m running out of places to hide the bodies.   

What are you going to do about it?

I will do everything possible to strip away every inch of happiness out of Othello’s pathetic life, my anger against Othello may not solve anything but it sure as hell will destroy everything he ever touched, owned and loved. He will end up in a nice bag of nothing and no one by his side his marriage will be ruined and so will his so-called lieutenant.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Othello - the musical?

Rolling in the deep by Adele is a song which I believe fits into the musical Othello. I think this as there is a verse in the song which states: "There's a fire starting in my heart.
Reaching a fever pitch, its bringing me out the dark."
This verse can be related to the scene where Othello is first informed about the rumor of Desdemona's unfaithfulness. It is then when he begins to feel furious and filled with anger as he thinks he has been cheated on.

The second song is by Ed Sheeran and it is called "Runaway". The verse goes as "I know what I wanna do, wanna run away, run away with you. Gonna grab clothes, six in the morning go." This is for when Desdemona makes her final choice of leaving her family behind to runaway with Othello. They elope to get married and live on their own.

The third song is "You give love a bad name" by Bon Jovi. This can be seen as when Desdemona and Othello tell her father they are in love, and Barbantio thinks that if they are in love then it is wrong, therefore their love for each other gives love a bad name. It can however also been known for the scene when Othello suspects that his wife is cheating on him, telling her that she is unfaithful and therefore giving love a bad name.

The fourth and final song is "Dont rain on my parade" by Barbara Streisand. This can be related to the scene when Cassio gets promoted ahead of Iago. Iago gets jealous of Cassio and is mad that he gets the promotion when he believes that it is in his right to be promoted, not Cassio. Iago therefore indirectly tells Cassio to back off and not to take the promotion and not to rain on his parade.