Othello Blog #1
Submitted by Moriah Taylor on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 11:43.
For in this project, we have not done much except pick groups and begin to condense Othello. So far, the group dynamic is going pretty well. I am the team manager and Gracie is the production manager. It seems to be going much better than I thought it would. The hardest thing, by far, has been to condense the text without taking away from the meaning. I am afraid that my condensed text is too long. I will have to revise it to shorten it later. All in all, it is very time consuming but not incredible challenging.
Through this I am learning more about the characters than I knew before. In my study of manipulation, I am seeing Iago in a whole new light. I never realized how prominent he was until I found myself seeking out his lines. Another thing that I am starting to realize is that Cassio is not as innocent as I once thought. He really is quite mean to Bianca. Whether she is a whore or not, Cassio is not shy of calling her such. I have one more scene to condense and it will be interesting to see what else I learn.
