Othello Blog Three (For real this time)
Submitted by Briana Alcaro on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 18:39.
The Othello project has finally came to an end. However my group still didn't preform yet, we are going today. Through out the whole entire project I expected my group to fall behind, because sometimes we got distracted or side tracked from the task in which we tried to complete. Such as if we trying to find lines, it took us about a whole class period to get on track. However, when it did come down to having a finally script together we had it done! Everyone worked well in their own way. We all just plugged in our headphones, took our Othello books, and started line finding like crazy. The whole group played a part in editing as well. We all read out loud an act from the script, and voted on what was important, and what wasn't important. So we all collaborated. It was tough though, because there is so much stuff that needs to be kept in the script, but can't be added in.
My group and I are actually performing today! It is going to be a staged reading it's about twelve to fifteen minuets long, and we all are wearing black shirts that have velcroew on them. Attached to the velcroew is a sheet of paper with out characters name on it, and every time we become a different one we rip it off and change the character on our sheet. Our script does outline the main plot of the story, and it does show some jealousy, however, I am nervous as to if our theme will show, and that's one of the worst things that could happen because it was most of the main point of the project.
As the plot was outline in the script, I actually understood the plot. The plot was very confusing to me before, except I understand that Othello was jealous of Cassio and Desdemona, but I didn't quit understand that Cassio was innocent, and that it was all Iago's fault. I also didn't understand the importance of the handkerchief until I re read and sae Othello say the part about the Egyptian woman giving it to her mother.
The scholarly article I read was :http://www.shakespeare-online.com/playanalysis/othello.html
The article breaks down Othello into what was actually happening at " Othello kills his beloved wife after the devious machinations of Iago, then perhaps Othello is as much a victim of Iago's evil as Desdemona is of Othello's wrath. Some may argue that the sin of Iago - to plot the downfall of the Moor - is worse because it blossoms in a diabolical, calculating mind" This quote makes me look at what Othello does to Desdemona deeper then I have before. It's saying that as Othello was becoming a victim to Iago's plan, Desdemona became a victim to the plan of Iago, and fell victim to Othello's jealously. This article breaks down the plot, and ties in history of the war between the Persian people, and the African people, and all the things that were going on during the time Othello was written, published and preformed.

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