Transcript Texts to Compare to Othello

Texts to Compare to Othello
Coursework Essay
The Visit – Friedrich Durrenmatt
Duerrenmatt describes "The Visit" as a "tragic comedy" that
offers a pessimistic social vision of post-war Europe, and
especially of Switzerland’s neutrality during WWII, the rise of
fascism, the 1950s rise of capitalism, and the general
corruptibility of justice.
"The Visit" powerfully asks whether it is possible to buy justice on
the one hand, and whether murder and personal revenge can
constitute justice on the other.
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Notes on a Scandal – Patrick Marber
Notes on a Scandal is a 2003 novel by Zoë Heller which was
adapted into a screenplay by Patrick Marber. It is about a
female teacher at a London comprehensive school who begins
an affair with an underage pupil. Her ‘friend’ Barbara keeps
the secret for her, but his gives her a power over Sheeba…
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The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol
The Truman Show is a 1998 American satirical social science
Fiction screenplay written by Andrew Niccol. The film
chronicles the life of a man who is initially unaware that he is
living in a constructed reality television show, broadcast
around the clock to billions of people across the globe.
Truman becomes suspicious of his perceived reality and
embarks on a quest to discover the truth about his life.
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Doctor Faustus – Christopher Marlowe
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus,
commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is based on
the Faust story, in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and
knowledge. It was first published in 1604.
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A Streetcar Named Desire – Tennessee Williams
Fading southern belle Blanche DuBois is adrift in the modern world.
When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded,
boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring
her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley Kowalski.
Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense
of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one
chance of happiness.
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