![]() ![]() ![]() Joseph Pearce situates the reader with the introductory essay. " Othello-the Classical-Medieval Synthesis, and the Platonic Concept of the Soul" – Rebecca Munro." Othello as Meta-Drama" – Peter Milward, S.J.The powerful general, Othello, finds himself hurting the one person he loves most in the world. "Shakespeare's Othello and Man's Fallen Nature" – Michael M. A beautiful love story turns to tragedy when jealousy takes root."Some Observations on Othello, Act 1" – Michael Hanke."The Unreason of Iago: A Close Reading of the Beginning of Othello" – Jay Graham."Is Venice in Shakespeare's Othello a Racist Society?" – Robert C."'A Monstrous Birth' Brought 'to the World's Light': The Assault on Authority and the Darkening of the Soul in Othello" – Robert Carballo.From the Machiavellian menace of Iago to the blind and prideful jealousy of Othello, this classic of world literature shows us the shadow falling over a society that has turned its back on the light and life of virtue. A cautionary tale of the destructiveness of sin and the ruinous consequences of bad philosophy, Othello seems to express Shakespeare's rage at the cynicism and brutality of the age in which he lived. One of the four great tragedies-alongside Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth– Othello is among the darkest of Shakespeare's plays, illumining the shadows of the gloomiest recesses of the human psyche and serving as a damning indictment of the world in which it was written. ![]()
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