Othello general overview notes
- Created by: Romero-montague
- Created on: 04-01-21 19:01
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Context notes- Lenny Henry: finding Shakespeare
- father local glove maker- went to grammar school- father ran out of money- taken out of school- London
- was an outsider- most have uni degrees (he didn't have one)
- unusual for him to become a playwrite
- low education "gave voice to the common man
Stage craft- theatrical context
- the higher up in the globe you go= more expensive
- social higherachy
- Shakespeare's audience= varied, everyone from society in the same place at the same time
- staging is interactive- written for audience close to actors
Major themes
- betrayal
- deception
- death/murder
- state conflict
- appearence vs reality
- jelousy
- power/corruption
- loyalty
Concepts
- racisim
- misogny
- sexism
- bigotry
Relattiomships between individuals and society
- military order
- duty
- loyalty
- reputation/status
- pride
Shakespearean context
- Shakespeare straddles Elizabethan + Jacobean eras- mostly Jacobean
- population increase from 50,000 to 200,000
- QE issued edicts odering expulsion of groups of black men- 1596
- world shakespeare creates shows…
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