Othello appropriation

In Shakespeare's tragedy, OTHELLO, (1604) and in the appropriation O directed by Tim Blake Neloon(2001) character is represented through a plethora of techniques such as language, symbolism, imagery and action.

Shakespeare represents character through direct speech. Othello's speech is lofty and noble and full of imagery. Othello first appears in the opening acts as the personification of self control, a man who has a strong sense of his own worth and duty:
"I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege"
Shakespeare portrays Othello as a romantic character who feels deeply and loves deeply. He achieves a climax of happiness with his love for Desdemona:
" If it were now to die,
"Twere now to be most happy".

All his life he has been a gallant foreign adventurer who has seen little of the modern European world with its dark intrigues and sordid passions. Once he enters this sordid world he loses his self control to hysterical jealo...