Othello
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Scholarly Essays about this play:
From Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human by Harold Bloom: Click here
From Shakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber: Click here
From The Meaning of Shakespeare by Harold Goddard: Click here
From Shakespeare by Mark Van Doren: Click here
Image collection from the Folger Library on this play: Click here
Introduction to the play from the Folger Library: Click here
Folger Digital Text of Othello: Click here
Why is Othello black? An interesting article on the history of the character from Slate.com: Click here
Film version (1995): Click here
Film version (1951) starring Orson Welles: Click here
Modern adaptation of the play by the BBC: Click here
The story of the Othello opera by Verdi, "Otello": Click here
Full performance of Verdi's opera "Otello": Click here
Classic scholarly essay about Shakespearean tragedy with an extended discussion of this play by A.C. Bradley: Click here
AP Essays (Q3 from 2015) on Othello with a full range of scores (1-9)--a great resource to compare exactly what distinguishes each category: Click here
Hilarious comedy sketch about Othello by Key & Peele. Viewer discretion advised...not approved for school use, just funny.
Dr. Marjorie Garber, Professor of English at Harvard University discusses this play in a lecture: Click here
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