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.

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