The play Othello, by William Shakespeare, has been the focus of much debate, as the characters and the representation of the play are viewed differently from each responder. Critics have taken many varying viewpoints from these debates and expanded on their portrayal of Othello's main themes, ideas, language and characters.
In the handout called "Othello", there are two different viewpoints on the character of Othello, you might say that they are conflicting views. One of them being the "Noble Moor" approach, and the other as the " Unheroic tragic hero." The leading idea is one in which Othello is painted as the heero who is the victim of Iago's villianous plots, the other showing Othello as "self-centred" and having problems with his personality which cause his downfall to be self-inflicted. The two conflicting ideas are bound by one perspective, the psychological perspective, which make them in some way similar.
In both varied views, it is stated that Othello is very susceptible to jealousy. One suggests that Othello's ignorance and trust trigger his "passionate anger or jealousy" and the other states that Othello's inbuilt personality defect is what causes the jealousy.
The first approach (Bradley's approach), emphasises on Othello's romantic imagination and poetic stance, and how they may "dull his intellect". Even though Bradley criticises Othello's personality, he definitaly assures the readers that the tragedy stemmed from Othello's trustworthy nature. Bradley also inforces the fact that Othello's behaviour is no worse than that of any other husband if they were to be misled by Iago.
The second viewpoint, Othello as the "Unheroice tragic hero," strongly differs Bradley's view. This approach suggests that Othello does actually have a serious personality defect, which under stress is strong enough to cause his credible characteristics to be overcome. This approach strongly views Othello as self-centred and also as an inconsiderate "executor" towards Desdemona.
There are various types of Drama that have been written through the years. One of the most significant is the drama of Realism. ... Ibsen is considered the father of modern Drama. ... A Doll's House is a good example of realistic drama. ... This is an example of realism in drama because in real life women often must make a choice between family and freedom that sometimes ends in divorce. ...
Drama is most often associated with the idea of action, this is because drama is intended for performance, drama can "bring to life" things that would ordinarily be quite 2 dimensional. ... This is a useful skill and is one purpose of drama. A more simpler and obvious purpose of drama is to entertain. ... Drama is an effective way of telling stories as it creates as sense of realism not found in the other arts. ... Drama is very versatile and as such has many purposes. ...
The realism movement tried to portray the world as it really was. "Realism is the art of depicting nature as it is seen by toads. ... American realism was most commonly a feature of narrative fiction such as in the works of Stephen Crane, although authors occasionally applied its themes and literary techniques to poetry and drama as Stephen Foster did. ... His realism expressed the cruel realities of the world. ... His realism depicted ordinary people coping with everyday realities. ...
In the 1820's and 1830's romantic painter, like romantic writer chose subjects from the past and depicted scenes bursting with action and drama. ... Art and literature that represents events and social conditions as they actually are without idealization involved is called realism. ... On the other hand we have Realism, the people that wrote, painted, and composed in these standing had no definite view. ...
Realism or Fiction? ... I really enjoyed this book in its entirety and will recommend it to anyone who loves mysteries, suspense, and drama. It was a challenge to understand the details through Pauline's viewpoints but nonetheless, Nanpush pulled us out of the hole with events filled with some realism. ...
Drama began with ancient drama, worked its way up to medieval drama; now has crawled its way up to modern and contemporary drama and beyond. Today, drama of all structures are enjoyed leisurely and also for education purposes. ... Drama has changed even from the Shakespearean age and now has classifications such as romanticism, realism, and naturalism. ... Realism, which stemmed from Romanticism, begins to show how life really was. Realism is illustrated very well in Hedda Gabler. ...
Today he is sometimes called "the father of modern drama." ... It is more emotionally concerned than realism. ... Under his theory drama was to depict a "slice of life," actors were expected to live the drama on stage. Zola also had a very scientific approach to drama. ... Craig was opposed to realism. ...
(Hill, 2000: p.178) The term 'social realism' is one that is broadly used to capture the essence of the films' content, concerns and visual style. ... The films within the social realist canon are gritty, urban dramas about the struggle to survive the daily grind and accentuate social, political, economic and racial issues; encapsulated within it a sense of ˜the world as it really is' or ˜life as it is really lived.' ... It is however, important to look at social realist films beyond the label of 'genre' and look at them instead as an approa...
Why have so many films of the "gritty realism" tradition been set in northern landscapes? ... As the term implies gritty films are concerned with realism, however any realism in films is an altered, sculptured realism designed to fit into a constructed narrative with suitable plot turns and drama. ... The working class is imbued with an inherent sense of realism. ... Simply stated the sociological environment of northern landscapes provided both the necessary realism and drama for documentary- realist films explaining the predominance of these films set in the North. ... There are a mu...
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