1. Georgia O"Keeffe
In this version of Othello, Odin James (Othello) is an all-star high school basketball player. Instead of a war against the Turks, Odin's basketball team has made it to the state playoffs. The nuances of Shakespeare's lines, such as Othello's gradual disuse of blank verse as he grows jealous (lecture), are lost as iambic pentameter has been replaced with contemporary slang. The differences between O and Othello, however, are more than superficial. .
Where Othello is a story where Othello's race plays a minor role (Kerwin), the story of O hinges heavily on the racial tension between a black basketball player in an all-white prep school. O's discussion with "Desi" about the political correctness of the derogatory term "nigger" highlights this tension. Further, O's producer has made a half-hearted attempt to show the source of Hugo's (Iago) jealousy by showing scenes where Hugo really is the hard-working, seldom-recognized grunt of the team. This is twisted around, however, when scenes of Hugo taking drugs serve to villainize him (an effect similar to Iago's satanic Credo in Verdi's Otello). The producer also throws a shroud over O's background, suggesting some degree of a criminal record and a short temper in a scene where he beats up the Rodolfo-analog. The fact that O starts out as a character with a questionable background detracts from the "tragedy" of a great and heroic military commander (Othello) falling from his high pedestal. .
There were, however, some elements of O's production that were especially Shakespearian. The movie has several scenes that include images of Emilia observing all that is going on before her "not playing an active role, but just watching. This visually reinforces the idea that Emilia is an observer of all that is going on around her, and she is finally the one who understands Hugo's treachery. This leads up to the crescendo at the end of the film and play where Emilia finally explains to Othello/O what Iago has done.
The Movie "O" is the modern rendition of Shakespeare's classic tragedy "Othello". A basketball court at a private southern high school replaces Othello's battlefield, and Mekhi Phifer as Odin (O) portrays the role of our tragic hero Othello, while Julia Stiles as Desi plays the innocent Desdemona, Josh Hartnett as Hugo plays our envious and Machiavellian villain Iago. ... In reading "Othello" and then going to see "O" I found it amusing attempting to match parts of the movie with scenes from the play. ...
The name of that author is Tim O"Brien. O"Brien's life began as a young boy growing up in a small town in Minnesota called Austin in 1946 (Tim O"Brien Bio, 1). ... After war, O"Brien went back to school and attended Harvard as a graduate student. ... O"Brien also wrote about war experiences in several of his other stories. ... O"Brien made me feel that I was in the war. ...
William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in September of 1862. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sydney and Mary Jane Porter. Williams mother died when he was at the young age of three. After the death of his mother, his father made the decision to move himself along with his two yo...
Flannery O" Connor is thought by many to be in a league of her own. ... One element that O"Connor stressed in A good man is hard to find and Good country people, is setting. ... Flannery O"Connor stated "There are two qualities that make fiction: One is the sense of mystery and the other is the sense of manners. ... One should assume that O"Connor would write about what she knows. ... In conclusion, we have come to understand that setting is very important to O"Connor. ...
There are many instances in the story where O"conner uses verbal irony make his shocking ending. ... O"conner also uses situational irony in his story to turn the readers around. ... Another example of O"conners use of dramatic irony is the grandma. ... Throughout the story O"conner gives you many inclaries about the grandmother's character. ... O"conners use of the three kinds of irony to develop his surprise ending was very successful. ...
Iago, now angered at O for smirking, teases O by prancing around the room reciting what C muttered in a teasing voice. ... OTHELLO: O monstrous! ... Finally something snaps inside of O. O's manner is that of a wounded, wild beast. ... Iago is excited that the story is infuriating O. ...
I/O psychologists should not have be licensed like clinical psychologists. Industrial/Organization (I/O) psychology is another interesting field of psychology. ... But the I/O psychologists should not have to be licensed, because the activity of I/O psychologists are directed toward organizations, not individuals, people are not at risk of psychological damage due to I/O related activities, and many tasks performed by I/O psychologists are also performed by nonpsychologists (Sackett, Thomas, Borman, & Campion, 1995). ... Of course, I/O psychologists don't provide health care s...
Georgia O"Keeffe. ... O"Keeffe was always very interested in the natural world. ... O"Keeffe was always very interested in the natural world. ... O"Keeffe used a large canvas for these works. ... Critics claimed O"Keeffe's work had hidden sexual meanings. ...