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 ... us through the play giving us a modern comprehensible view while still maintaining the same context of the play. Our tragic hero Odin is the star basketball player for a private high school in the south. His skills on the basketball court are without comparison, and ...

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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 ... , 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 politic...

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... movie "O" is based on Shakespeare's "Othello". The setting takes place in a wealthy private school. Othello is played by a African American basketball player, who made his way from the ghetto to a prestigious private school through means of his ability in sport. His name in the movie is Oden James. Othello ... 's girlfriend is named Dessy, similar to Desdemona in Shakespeare's version of "Othello". Oden's rival is named Hugo, he is on the basketball team as well. His ... by a wealthy prep, whom as in the play has feelings for Othello's girlfriend. His sane is Roger. Cassio's part is pla...

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... of Iago who is very jealous, and tries to corrupt the life of O. Hugo starts the corruption after becoming extremely jealous of him because his father, the basketball coach names him MVP, and tells the school "I love him like a son," Rodrigo, and Rodger play the roles of the men who secretly love Desdemona. They both want the love they have for her ... to be return so they will help Iago and Hugo with their plans. Rodger gets beat up twice, cut with a beer bottle and humiliated in front of the school. Rodrigo also gets beat up, but he will do anything for the love of Desdemona. Hugo cor...

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... . The context of Othello is a Jacobean era where the social hierarchy was determined by class and race compared to the 1990s American South Carolina, a state known for its past slavery, high school of O. When we understand these contexts and how they affect the human experiences we can fully compare these texts and how language and film techniques are used to help convey ... in Tim Blake Nelsons O where, evident by accompanying close ups, Odin is referred to a black hawk, and the white society of the school is referred to white doves. This explores how significantly different both Odin a...

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... to model movies and stories to parallel the tragedy of Othello. The most recent film production paralleling Othello is a Hollywood film entitled "O-. This film is a modern day tragedy involving a black basketball player dating a white girl. A fellow white teammate lies to him by telling him his girlfriend is cheating on him, and he helps him to plot the murder of his girlfriend ... and the proposed guy with whom she is cheating. Everything goes awry, as expected, and the black basketball player shoots himself after killing his girlfriend. The white basketball player is taken to jail aft...

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... which Cassio has been appointed, and the same story line goes for Hugo in the film 'O'; Hugo wants revenge on Odin for appointing Mike as his 'right hand' in the basketball team. The evilness demonstarted by this character & the thematic concerns of jealousy, revenge and power are conventions that conform to the concept of the darkside. Therefore the composers of each ... emphasise darkness in a character is also evident when Othello turns onto the darkside and starts to become abusive. An example of this is evident in the sequence where there is a basketball shooting tournament and Oth...

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... cheating on him with fellow soldier, Cassio. Tim Nelson's 2001 adaptation, "O", moves the story from 1500 Venice to 1990s America. Othello is not a general, he is the captain of the basketball team and his name is Odin. His girlfriend, now Dessie, is the daughter of the Dean. Iago becomes Hugo and Cassio becomes Mike. The movie does not keep the original ... ...

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... course of one day, and revolving around one major plot. These Greek dramas almost universally portrayed the downfall of a hero or character of legend and high stature. Aristotle defined the classic tragedy as a story centered about the hero's noble and moral struggle against fate. To the Greeks, fate would always ... a family of landowners. Because of his father's wealth and official position it is assumed that William must have begun his education at the Stratford Grammar School from a young age. Here he would have been educated primarily in Latin and thereby familiarized with the gre...

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... can be made to someone of the modern era. Iago felt the same way someone would who got stuck working at McDonalds the rest of their life after graduating from high school and college, when the person had much greater plans. Yes, it is okay to work at McDonalds as a starting point when one is young, but as one gets older he ... when plotting his scheme against Othello and Cassio. Iago also feels jealous that Othello and Cassio are leading a better life than he is. Cassio is lieutenant and Othello is of high authority with a beautiful wife who Iago has feelings for, or so he says: "...And...

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... honestly loved someone wholeheartedly, and ultimately, acted out of jealousy of Desdemona. Low self-esteem is a dangerous mental-health disorder. Although one many commonly attribute low self-esteem with awkward high school students, it happens to be an accredited mental illness that is not only difficult to treat, but may also lead to more serious mental health disorders and harmful acts by ... ...

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... relationship began.  Desdemona is a sweet and kind girl who does her best to help her friends. She promises Cassio to "talk him out of patience; His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift;/ I'll intermingle everything he does/ With Cassio's suit" (III.iii.27-30).  Though in most cases, her persistence for a cause would be a virtue, she makes the ... very well, it is ironic that the upstart young man Iago is able to drive a wedge so deeply between these two old friends.  Cassio also holds reputation and honor in high esteem.  However, in his case, it is not a flaw because he h...

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... . As shown throughout the literary works, each possess a significant characteristic that present authority. The idea of a false friendship appears commonly in everyone's life. Whether in war, in politics, or simple high school kids, the weak suffer, and the strong get their desired indulgences by stomping all over their apparent friends. In literature, the false friendship is merely a takeoff of mistaken identity, where ... ...

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... , If I do vow a friendship, I"ll perform it To the last article: my lord shall never rest; I"ll watch him tame and talk him out of patience; His bed shall seem a school, his board a shrift; I"ll intermingle every thing he does With Cassio's suit: therefore be merry, Cassio; For thy solicitor shall rather die Than give thy cause away." (3.3.19-28). In ... was nearby, Bianca came back to Cassio and said she smelt someone else's perfume on it. Bianca assumed Cassio had been seeing someone else. Since Othello held the handkerchief in high regard and Othello had actually seen Cassio and Bianc...

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... compared to a movie, this movie being Cruel Intentions. Cruel Intentions is about two wealthy, manipulative teenage stepsiblings from Manhattan's, Katherine and Sebastian Valmont. Sebastian is the sexual terror of his school - he can have any girl he wants at will. Anyone except his step sister, Katherine, that is. Bored with so many easy conquests, he sets a challenge for himself. His challenge ... Annette right where he wants her. Meanwhile, to help Katherine gain revenge on an ex-boyfriend, he agrees to turn Cecile, Katherine's ex-boyfriends, girlfriend into the tramp of their school...

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... that never committed a crime. As Othello was being manipulated by a situation that really should not have harmed him, Holden was also going through a related experience. When Holden was at Phoebe's school to deliver a note, he noticed a shocking profanity on the wall, and angrily thought: It drove me damn near crazy I kept wanting to kill whoever'd written it. I I figured it was some ... perverty bum that'd sneaked in the school late at night to take a leak or something and then wrote in on the wall. (p. 201) Instead of ignoring the profanity on the wall, Holden becomes enraged and natu...

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... the war is over and the soldiers are returned having honoured their country and not lost many men ("of name", at least, i.e. no one of a high status, or importance). The atmosphere from the start is relaxed and playful. The men of the two plays share a concern with honour and reputation and, ironically, often ... falling to the rank of an animal. This belief in the chain of being is also shown in his attitude towards women. He greets Desdemona, a virgin with high social status, by saying "You men of Cyprus, let her have your knees. Hail to thee lady!" (II.i.84), on the verge of ... the...

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... position of being a standard-bearer. This leads you to believe that he is a member of a reasonably upper-class family, which is further emphasised by his use of complex sentences and high register and figurative language. Shakespeare demonstrates Iago's wide range of vocabulary by using words such as 'epithets' and 'knee-crooking knave' as well as the use of plosive syllables and ... not correspond with the 'vernacular' of the time period even for a man in his position as general. He shows this by mocking Othello's voice and accent, which suggests his high (or elevated?) social sta...

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... only makes matters worse when he is deceitfully told that he is been wronged causing his anger to boil and it is evident it begins to bubble over. Othello is a high ranked personality in society and sees himself above all. He has great respect for his reputation and makes sure that it is well taken care of. Othello is an insecure ... fit. His disbelief causes Othello to question himself Act 4 Scene 1 line 40 "Pish! noses ears and lips". Is't possible? - confess? Handkerchief? O" Devil!" "The Great Othello" that had once sat on a high stool and was deeply feared was no more. Desdemona's ...

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... and it is thus that he is able to cruelly continue to manipulate and the perfect villain is defined. A malignant cancer infecting all those around him, Iago is a character of high intellectual capacity, quick to realize the advantages of trust and how they will serve as a tool to forward his purpose. Trust a very powerful emotion is easily abused, Iago filling the ... possibility that Iago's motives are fowl, therefore believing him to be a person "of exceeding honesty, [who] knows all qualities, with a learned spirit" (III. iii. 45). Then by means of his high intellect he possesses the...

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... , Iago was also a very good officer in the army. Although all we have to go on are Iagos own words, he cant be totally lying. Iago, although not trained in school, was an old hand on the battle field. His eyes had seen much bloodshed and he had killed many men not unlike himself in the name of Venice. Here is ... ...

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... as an element to the text is assessed. During the time of Shakespeare, black people were seen as inferior and did not hold high positions in society, but in Othello, this idea is challenged directly as Othello holds a high position within a white society of Venice. The very start of the play presents the idea that Othello is still an outsider as he ... he uses beautiful and subtle language to convey his thoughts, such as "seven piths" and "nine months". We learn of his successes as a commander of the military creating himself such a high position in white society. This is envied by Iago...

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... is jealousy that derives from a lack of confidence, meets all the requirements of the Shakespearean tragic hero. One of the first requirements of being a tragic hero is being a person of high standing such as a noble or king, and he must hold greatness. Othello definitely meets this requirement because he is the general of a Venetian military. Since this play is written during ... far reaching effects than other people. This means what whatever he does matters more, even when it is the same as what everyone else does. Aside from Othello being of high position, he is also a good characte...

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... the realm, of which kind of people there are already here too many". It seems that Shakespeare is almost mocking the Queen by characterising Othello as a black man who has a high ranking position in the Army and who marries a white aristocratic women, against her fathers will. Ruth Cowlig suggests that the presentation of Othello as the hero must have been startling ... race is portrayed is through the character of Othello himself. He is described as "noble Othello", and Valiant Othello". He has secured the love of an aristocratic women, he has a high position and is regarded well in so...

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... it is because of this he turns against his wife Desdemona with a great speed and ease. A traditional "tragic hero" portrays four major characteristics: firstly, the tragic hero is a figure of high standing/esteem in the community; secondly, there is an agency that leads to the fall of the hero whether within the hero himself or from an outside figure/source; the ... called, "valiant Othello" and "brave Othello" and described as "...more fair than black" (I, iii, 286). He has been given full martial and political command of Cyprus and is a figure of high standing and esteem within the Ve...

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