Dear Shakespeare,
What a marvelous job you did writing the play Othello! You displayed conflicts, true love, and death.
Having so many conflicts made the play intense and a bit confusing. When Othello is told that Desdemona is having an affair, the intensity started to rise. This conflict tore apart true love, all because of one evil man. Iago’s hatred towards Michael Cassio is very evident because you tell us, with great description, what Iago thinks of him. I really like how you described Iago’s entire mastermind plans in the play. I feel that you did hide one huge conflict though. I think that Iago is jealous of Othello, Cassio, and Roderigo because they have their lives figured out and they are confident in who they are. I think that Iago relies on all of them and he knows that he must stay on their good sides in order to get what he needs.
True love is evident throughout the whole play. You did a fantastic job making it feel like Othello and Desdemona were going to have a fairytale marriage and live happily ever after. That took a turn for the worse. It caught me off guard when Othello changed into a totally different person after finding out about the affair. You did a great job of giving us the understanding that Othello was buying into all of Iago’s garbage. It was very tricky how you put clues in Othello’s lines saying that even though this was happening he was madly in love with her.
Oh Shakespeare, nothing would be right if you didn’t have people dying. I would have liked to see this play end on a happy note, but this was not the case. Rodrigo and Emilia were very innocent and didn’t deserve to die. Othello and Desdemona’s story was about true love and you made it evident that they were madly in love. Was death the only way to prove it? I was hoping the outcome would be that Iago died since he was the creator of these horrific events.
Overall your play was superb and I gave it 4 stars. To get the 5th star, I felt you needed to explain things better since there were many unanswered question. After reading the play, many questions popped into my mind. Do you really talk the way you write? How did you come up with idea for this play? Was this something that happened in real life? Why was Emilia so oblivious to Iago’s evil plan? Of all the plays you have written, which is your favorite? These are just some of the questions that stuck out to me.
I would like to thank you for your valuable time and I hope we can meet up for brunch next week. Thank you my friend.
Sincerely,
Kristyn N. Arlian
Nice work :)
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