Yin and yang

Yin and yang is a philosophical idea in which polar opposites interact with each other.  An example is how a stone is  dropped into a still pond.  The stone causes high wives and low troughs, one cannot exist without the other.  On Wikipedia they gave the example of having the back of a hand with no front, it is impossible.  This is the idea of yin and yang.

This relates to the joy luck club in the relationships between mother and daughter.  The Mother is elderly and full of wisdom but the child is young and foolish.  You could not have a world full of wise mothers because they would no longer be wise, they would be average. Same with the daughters,  with out the wise mothers they just have average youth and average intelligence.  This only one of the examples I found.

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Iago is the antagonist of Othello.  His objective is to split up Othello and Desdemona as a form of revenge.  Iago wants revenge because Othello received a promotion that Iago believes to be his.  This is the foundation of his actions for the play.  Overall Iago is a cruel and ruthless villain who spreads hate and lies.  He is also now a criminal.

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One thing I have noticed on reading Othello is the names all end in "O" or "A".  I think this might be to make it sound more Italian or foreign.  It could also be to differentiate men from women.   Another thing is is the strange punctuation one finds in the text.  I could be to tell the actor how to say a word like in English "you all" can become "y'all".  The last thing I found was how people talk to themselves a lot in this play.  I believe it's called a monologue but I'm not sure.

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"IAGO: Do it not with poisson.  Strngle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.

OTHELLO: Good, good! The justice pleases. Very good."

I chose these lines because I think it shows how easily Othello will take Iago's advice.  I also find that it is evidence of Othello's temper.  He hasn't even confronted Desdemona about the topic.  It could be a huge misunderstanding and all Othello is going by is a rumor.

Comment:

I agree with you idea's on Iago's plans.  Very interesting.

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I think Johnny Depp would be good for Iago.  H always kinda looks mischievous.  He is who i think of when i see Iago's personality in Othello.

For Emilia I think that Helena Cater would be good if she looked like Mrs Lovett from Sweeney Todd.  She kinda has the same mischievous and antagonist look to her.

Morgan Freeman would be good for Othello.  He looks like a wise man and he also looks like a good guy.  I can't imagine him playing the antagonist.

Jennifer Love Hewitt would be good for Desdemona.  She seems just like the right person to do the job.

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The way Shakespeare writes is pretty confusing but I'm managing to understand it.  As I understand it, Iago is our antagonist and Othello is obviously our protagonist.  Iago is going behind everyones back so that he can get what he wants.  Everybody trusts him so they do not question him when he tells a lie. I am curious to see what happens to everyones acquaintanceship when all the lies are untangled.

Cyprus

Cyprus is a small island in the Mediterranean Sea south of turkey.  During the sixteenth century it was under constant attack by the Ottoman Empire.  The Greek population started defending themselves with weapons given to them by the Venetians.  Over all Cyprus during the sixteenth century was under constant conflict between the Greeks and the Ottoman Empire.