Shakespeare’s “Othello”

 

Describe the impact the story had on you; what did you like and WHY? What did you find convincing or interesting or most engaging?

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Shakespeare`s “Othello”

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1603. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and lago. Othello is a Moorish general in the Venetian army charged with the generalship of Venice on the eve of war with the Ottoman Turks over the island of Cyprus. Iago is Othello`s jealous and bitter ensign who maliciously goads his master`s jealousy until the usually stoic Moor kills his beloved wife in a fit of blind rage. Overall, Othello is an important text because Shakespeare uses it as a representation of his surrounding culture. He establishes a story that people of his time could relate to by taking the actions around him and writing them down into a plot. For instance, he took inspiration of the Ottoman Empire, Venetian pristine, and the value of honor and transformed the circumstances of the time into an entertaining, performance for the all of the English people in London to spectate.

Furthermore, the other main festival celebrate by Chinese culture is Mid-Autumn Festival. It is falls on the 15th of August in Lunar calendar every year; the moon appears in the brightest and roundest condition at that night. In Chinese, Mid-Autumn Festival is also the meaning of round moon and people reunite. The bright round moon represents family reunion.

Besides that, there is a myth which lead everyone belief to celebrate this Mid-Autumn Festival. According to the myth, there was ten suns rose together in one day. However, it causes terrible disaster to human, so in order to save the humans there must be a hero. There was a hero name Hou Yi , he is a powerful archery and he has a wife name Chang Er. Then, Hou Yi was rewarded an immortality drug by god because he has successfully shot and destroy the other 9 suns. Unfortunately Hou Yi did not want to live immortal without Chang Er, so didn’t eat the immortality drug and he ask his wife to keep it. One day, Hou Yi’s apprentices name as Peng Meng knew the immortality drugs was kept in the house. Therefore, he went to Hou Yi’s house to steal it and unfortunately Chang Er reject to give him and she swallowed it and she flew to the sky. She have no choice to stay with her husband, but she choose to live in the moon, because it is the nearest to his husband in earth. After that, Hou Yi very sad and he displayed the fruits and cakes every year to give sacrifice Chang Er. Thus, people learned it and displayed all fruits and moon cakes during 15th of 8th lunar month. (Marry Bai, 2012)

In addition, Hari Raya Aidilfitri is one of the most important festivals that Malay Culture celebrates. It is known as mark the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting. The festival is falls after the end of month-long fast (Puasa) finished which is the 1st day in 10th month of Syawal. They believe that it is a day for Muslim to seek the forgiveness from their friends and families member. For example, a son will ask for forgiveness from their parents for the mistakes that they have done the last year. Besides that, they will prays at the mosque and visit the ancestor’s graves. (National Library Board Singapore, 2009)

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