Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Othello 6

With Othello, the author uses foreshadowing a lot. Foreshadowing adds suspense and curiosity to the play and keeps you wondering what's going to happen and have you try to make predictions. Othello is constantly keeps saying things that will leader to future events that are bigger and better, or worse in this case. Although some of the foreshadowing that is made is wrong, but that happens on purpose to add another elements to the writing.
Another technique that Shakespeare includes in Othello is the style of his dialogue. He often gives one character a big long monologue with another character saying one lined answers. I think this helps with the visual aspect that you have to create while reading a novel. It helps slow you down and understand what is happening. A third technique that Shakespeare often uses in Othello is symbolism. Shakespeare uses the handkerchief as a symbol of love, and jealousy. It symbolizes love because of how Othello got it and why he gave it to Desdemona. But, on the other hand, it symbolizes jealousy because this is what creates another conflict, this is what helps Iago convince Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful, and this is what helps show that jealousy (in this novel) overcame him and resulted in him killing the one he loved. 

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