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Consider other plays or novels where betrayal and deception are central themes: Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle; Harold Pinter's Betrayal; Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet.
Consider other works that focus on an unhappy or difficult marriage, such as Ibsen's Hedda Gabler; Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
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Othello is hurdling towards self-destruction: sadly, by the deaths of people closest to him. Like tragic heroes such as Macbeth, Othello's senses are dull to tragedy and screams of terror. Roderigo and Cassio fight, and both are injured; Othello...
The minor comic relief that is present is reminiscent of Feste's wit in Twelfth Night. As in Twelfth Night, a man entreats a servant to fetch someone hither; but since the servant is a clown, there is a bit of frustration and word-play before...
