Papers by Othman A Marzoog
Othello is admittedly one of Shakespeare’s most unusual tragedies. While Shakespearean tragedies ... more Othello is admittedly one of Shakespeare’s most unusual tragedies. While Shakespearean tragedies are typically about people of elevated social rank, Othello stars a Moorish soldier in the employ of the Venitian state and the ‘white’ daughter of a Venitian Senator. They are neither European royalty nor aristocrats. The play does not apparently deal with the affairs of state. Rather, like Romeo and Juliet, it appears to be a love story about two people whose love ends tragically. However, a close reading of the play reveals some complex issues, both personal and political, which make it a highly complex tragedy worthy of very serious consideration. Why did Shakespeare choose a black man, Othello, as the hero of the play? In Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare had portrayed a conventional negative stereotype of the Moor in Aaron, but here, he breaks away from that conventional image. Had Shakespeare any direct contact with black people? Or with new world ‘Indians’? What was his response to the prevailing stereotypes of the race? Has this ethnic question anything to do with the tragedy in the play? Such questions have become very relevant since the 1980s, mainly because of the fact that the contemporary society has become more sensitive to issues of racial identity and equality, and also of gender equity. Probably, some modern critical/literary theories like post colonialism and feminism which have become popular in 1980s can throw light on the intricate issues which bring about the tragedy in Othello. Here follows an attempt in this direction.
Our life nowadays is commonly characterized in terms of "alienation". Reference is const... more Our life nowadays is commonly characterized in terms of "alienation". Reference is constantly made to it in connection with the growth of superficiality in interpersonal relations, the stunting of personal development, the widespread existence of neurotic personality traits, the absence of a sense of meaning in life and the "disappearance" or "death" of God. In the first sense, "alienation" involves separation, strangeness, something becoming alien. When the person ceases to identify with the social substance and comes to limit himself to his own particular person, h¬¬e now views the substance as something external and opposed to him. It has become "alien" or "alienated".
The research tackles the making of Eliot, mythology, tradition, and it traces all of the allusion... more The research tackles the making of Eliot, mythology, tradition, and it traces all of the allusions in "The Waste Land" and explains the aims behind using allusions.
The second coming by W. B. Yeats, is a dream where critics flounder to understand in accordance w... more The second coming by W. B. Yeats, is a dream where critics flounder to understand in accordance with time, culture, and history.
The work sheds light on one Phenomenological reality in Edwin Arlington Robinson's characters.
PowerPoint work Explains Edwin Arlington Robinson's Reality and Illusion as they go hand in hand ... more PowerPoint work Explains Edwin Arlington Robinson's Reality and Illusion as they go hand in hand to create his characters minds. Dedicated to beloved A. D. Jabaar for ever.
Brief and clear explanation of many views to the master piece of T. S. Eliot "The Waste Land".
Juggles three famous articles by Lovejoy, Wellek, and Peckham.
The image of woman in T. S. Eliot's poetry. By Alaq Diaa jabbar.
An explanation of some of Blake's poems
An explanation of some of the poems of by Blake that are connected with Childhood.
A probe in the novels of Thomas Hardy to specify the existence of Darwins ideas and philosophy.
Wordsworth's "The Solitary Reaper" analyzed by Othman A. Marzouq.
The aspects of modernization in the works of Chaucer such as the seeds of novel and drama, his re... more The aspects of modernization in the works of Chaucer such as the seeds of novel and drama, his realism, narrative art, etc..
the poet of man and nature
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