Kay Drew's Views

            Othello is about a Moorish man who had it all, but lost it all – his wife, his honor, and his life – due to the villain, Iago’s, trickery. The movie stays true to the play. The title character doesn’t start out being evil, but by the end of the story, the role of the villain is his fate. In fact, Othello is kind and caring, loves his wife, and is a prosperous man. Eventually, he is driven mad from false information fed to him. In his madness driven rage, he fires his right hand man, Cassio. He thought Cassio was having an affair with his wife, Desdemona, whom he kills towards the end of the tragedy. Even as he smothers Desdemona in the film, Othello weeps because he still loves his wife. I believe that his two tragic flaws are his pride and gullibility. Fishbourne portrayed these attributes by slightly changing his voice’s tone when he feels threatened as well as clenching his jaw. It would shame him if his wife slept...

Even as the feminist movement sweeps through fairytales there’s a spot for stories more traditional in feel. These tales fall under the postmodern literature genre. What exactly is postmodern literature? It focuses on the need for expanding classic stories in a joyous retelling of the tales (jahsonic, par. 2). The end of a postmodern fairytale is always left open for questioning what happens next. It is the reader’s job to decide the character’s fate after the story is said and done. This is done by focusing on elements of the original pieces.  Perhaps the story centers on a character, but portrays him or her differently than in the fairytale. Tanith Lee’s Wolfland , as a retelling of Little Red Ridinghood follows that storytelling route. It’s a retelling of. In the tale, the grandmother is not eaten by a wolf. In fact, she is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing; she is a werewolf. Lisel, unlike the granddaughter in the classic story doesn’t wait to be saved from what appears...