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Very entertaining. I am slowly making my way through Shakespeare's plays with this amazing "No Fear" system. The stories are timeless and it is so nice to be able to understand them, with the language of the play on the other side of the page!
this is some good stuff right hereupdate: after reading it for the third time: still good stuff
Probably not one you should read to the kids.
I give the "translation" 5+ stars - but the melodrama not so much to average to a 4.The “No Fear” series makes Shakespeare easy to read. The original is on the left page and the modern “translation” on the right. You can read the modern and go back to the original… or read the original and “guess” the modern… it IS likely you will be wrong at least a few times.What struck me besides the evolution to more informal language was an evolution to a less formal culture. While we still have crimes of p...
Don’t have much to say other than I’m glad I can finally dig into some good Othello memes. Isn’t that all anyone wants out of Shakespeare, at the end of the day?
The story is bland, but the deeper implications of characters thought processes and their actions speak to the deep power of crawling into someone's head and filling it with lies. This story contains so much turmoil and drama and these are it's redeeming qualities. reading Shakespeare for the plot is not good, and the plot of this book can be explained simply, you know how it ends by act 3, but the relationships between characters redeems it slightly.
I LOVE the female characters in this story!!
Iago is such a creep.
This book was amazing. I mean, I love reading Shakespeare's plays but this one was great. We can all learn from the way how the antagonist deceives Othello into thinking that his wife is cheating on him with Othello's lieutenant, in order to get revenge on both of them. Everyone should read this once in their lifetime. The book takes you to the point where you get frustrated reading the book because Othello makes all the wrong choices that become his downfall. We start yelling at the book, sayin...
It has been a long time since I have read Shakespeare and this is my first time reading Othello. I did alright reading the old English of Shakespeare but there were a few things I didn't understand and the modern translation on the opposite page helped out but since I was just reading it for fun I didn't use it very often. I felt I had a good grasp of what was being said. As a character I like Othello quite a bit. I liked learning of his back story and if there was a book about that I would read...
The discussions that this play sparked were such that I will never see a singular dimension to the character of Othello. I fell into tragic love with this play and hope to, one day, see it on the stage in London so that I might feel it all the more intensely. This may be one of my more favourite of Shakespeare’s works.
Othello is so distressing. It's like Romeo and Juliet but without the love and tenderness, like Hamlet with madness, but none of the charm or memorable lines, imho. It's just really difficult to watch Othello fall for Iago's lies and horribly mistreat Desdemona. It's just sad… but I'm happy to check it off the list. On to something a bit more fun.
I read this knowing next to nothing about the plot, and I was amazed. Shakespeare had never clicked in my mind the way Othello did. The lesson is still very relevant to this day, which makes it my favorite Shakespeare I've read so far.
This book has the controversial topics:Race/nationalism and female/male dominanceBut written by William Shakespeare to be a tragedy, which = death.Great read! This play has some great monologues, action, and emotional scenes. You can’t go wrong with Will!
The Bard still Rules!A powerful story of lust, betrayal, murder, suicide....did I forget anything? If you're looking for light, happy summer reading, this is emphatically not your story. If you want an engrossing story of human nature at it's worst, this is just the thing. Enjoy!
I get that Shakespearian characters are meant to be one dimensional - but really Othello? You just fell for Iago's ruse so simply that you forgot about your long relationships with your friends and wife? Lady Macbeth at least questioned herself - you surely could have blown off some steam in Cyprus and let cooler minds prevail.Some really beautiful poetry and wordplay here (of course) and the 'No Fear' series again did a great job of making the work accessible. Maybe this just didn't feel as 'ti...
Othello, one of the Bravest soldiers of Venice with a beautiful wife named Desdemona. With his bravery and skill as a warrior, he is respected and well known. However, not everybody enjoys his prominence, just like one of his subordinates, Lago. For Lago’s plans to dethrone Othello from his position, he uses Othellos other and most importantly Othello’s love for his wife. Othello is tricked by these plots and ends up killing the innocent. As seen by the story, Othello's persistence to succeed ha...
It’s a great book for anyone needing or wanting to read the script of Othello. If you are not familiar with all the terms and words that were used back when the play was written (I sure am not) then I really recommend using this book. You can read the original writing (how the author wrote it) and also look into the modern version whenever needed.
I mean it's Shakespeare. A well written story that makes me want to rip my hair out because things could have been resolved with a bit of communication. An OK read. Spent most of my time in class on twitter instead of reading if I'm honest.
I hadn't read this play since high school and I didn't much care for it before. It is well-written, but the motivations are the hardest to fathom in this play.This is a great text for this difficult play. If you want a stronger grasp on the text, this is your best shot.
