Shakespeare on Film
1. What is "metadrama"? Write a one-page essay that usesA Midsummer Night's Dreamand at least one other play to explain the concept of metadrama. You can use course materials, including the metadrama handout, but you cannot do research on the internet to address this question. Ground your response in the printed text of the play but you can use the film interpretations to illustrate points you want to make.
2. At the end of The Taming of the Shrew, is the shrew tamed? Write an essay in which you explain your interpretation of this central question of the play. Make sure you use close readings of the key speeches in the play to develop your interpretation.
Bonus: Here is an image from early in Zeffirelli's film The Taming of the Shrew, one of our first views of Kate, the shrew. Offer your interpretation of what this shot tells us about this character in this play.
Revise one of your one-pagers for the midterm. Focus on making a strong argument and doing careful close reading of the quotations that you chose to illustrate your interpretation. Please upload, as one document, both the revision (clearly marked) and the original.
Midterm Orginal Text
Othello
In actually, in the beginning of movie Iago was appears that he is a great friend of Othello and showing him the love, loyalty, and respecting. Othello think that Iago is a real and great friend for himself. But in fact Iago is villain and he want othello's death. Iago says, "I hate the Moor." which means that Iago hate othello "The More" it is expressive word.
Why Iago hates Othello? At first the most popular guessing was that Iago was jealous because Othello is black, stronger, revered, and great military leader that Iago wishing. Also, Iago seems angry of Othello, because Othello gave the rank of lieutenant to Casio though that Casio has never fought in wars unlike Iago, Iago feels that is the best in this position more than a Casio, and his reputation is injured because he did not get that position. But in the other hand, Iago became a lieutenant Iago but he still wanted to kill Cassio. Iago creating rumors that Cassio was dating Othello's wife and slept with her, Iago exploited Casio because Cassio is young, handsome, good looking guy, and the friendship between Casio and Desdamona. Therefore,Iago thinks all these characteristics of Cassio will make people expect him to be a seducer. Also, there are rumors about Othello and Iago's wife that othello dating Emilia and slept with her, but Iago and Emilia both know that is not true. In actually, Iago jealous othello and Cassio and he do not cear of that rumors which created about his wife because anyway he wanted to destroy them and their life, because he feels they are better more then himself.