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As soon as Othello marries Desman we realize that Ago hates Othello and want him to suffer. This play would have not fulfill readers satisfaction if Ago wasn’t in it. Ago is one of the most important characters of this play, if not, the most important character. He is the masterpiece of the play, without Ago this story would have never been this successful, What makes this story richer is the way of thinking of Ago, for example, how he planned everything and it worked so flawlessly, that is one reason why Ago is important to this play.
Second, is how Ago studied everyone’s weakness and strengths and used it to his own benefit, for example, Desman strength was that she was a really good friend 50 he knew that when Michael Cassia ask her to talk to Othello to get his job back as a Lieutenant, she would have been very insistent to Othello and that would have cause Othello to believe what Ago said to him. Third, is the way in which he gradually started to implant the doubt that Desman was unfaithful in Othello mind, for example when he says “Look to your wife; observe her with Cassia”, that was the moment venue Othello started to suspect.
Fourth reason is the way he manage to manipulate Othello a very strong person, a man who avgas not weak into make terrible decisions. Fifth motive and most importantly how he convinced Othello that Desman was disloyal, how he manages Othello to believe his lie. Also, how persuasive Ago is, for example, when he ask Emilie, his Wife, to steal the handkerchiefs Desman and she does that. Those are some reason why Ago ranker this story superior, with his capability of manipulate people and the way he thinks. Ago is a very wisdom man and that it is what makes this play very enjoyable.
He is very important to the play because without him there wouldn’t have been any drama or it would have never been so tragic the way it is, This character is very complicated and that’s what it makes it so exciting, because you never know what’s coming next, what is his next plan. Ago is that type of character you want to know what is he thinking all time, what is inside his head, also the character that makes you think and question yourself, for example, why is he planning to destroy Othello? Why he hate him so much? Is it because to his jealousness? Or because he is an evil person and wants people to suffer? We don’t know much about Sago’s reasons, although we know Ago has no good intentions, Still, Ago gives to the play more suspense and drama than any other character. Leaving behind the play, the amazing thing about pictures is that in a book you are imagining what you are reading but in a film you are watching what you were reading, and also a picture gives you more details that you might not have perceive it While you were reading the book, there have been many cinematographic adaptations of “Othello, the Moor of Venice”, one of them s directed by Oliver Parker in 1995 in Which Kenneth Branch takes on the character Ago.
He interprets a very difficult and challenging character, which is Ago, and he does a pleasant job by giving him credibility and uniqueness, his performance was so excellent that you can actually think that Ago would have been exactly like that if he existed.
His interpretation makes Ago to come alive, we see that as soon as Act 3 in the cinematographic adaptations begins, we see Othello and Ago going downstairs, is really impressive how the director adapt the movement of the character and the shots, to what is happening in the vie, let me explain what this means, as was saying, at the beginning of Act 3 in the movie when Ago is leading they are going downwards and at the same time he is slowly trying to implant the doubt that Desman is unfaithful to Othello, so we know that everything is wrong.
We can see how the director uses Ago movements in a way to reflect that when Othello listens to Ago, everything is going down. So this works perfectly because we know Ago wants to destroy Othello and it helps also to understand his character too, that everything is erroneous when you follow and listen to Ago.
The director also demonstrates n some shots Sago’s finality, which is to enclose Othello in a cage of jealousy and doubt, and eve can see that in some takes of the adaptation, one example is when Othello and Ago are fighting vita spears and Desman is batching the fight on a balcony, there are some moments when they are fighting that it looks like Othello is in a cage, which displays Ago finality. There are more shots that demonstrates this also throughout the movie (Othello behind bars) and help us understand lag??s character and what is his final objective.
There are other scenes in the movie that it reveals a little of Sago’s personality so we can understand him better, in some scenes we can see him but the other character can’t see him, let me develop this more closely, in a take from the movie for example, when both Ago and Othello are in the bedroom, Ago continuous to poison Othello with the idea that Desman is cheating him, in a moment Ago leaves the room, so Othello think Ago is gone so he starts to talk to himself and then he starts to cry and we can see Ago looking at Othello behind him, he sees Othello as he is seeing and admiring his own painting in progress, we see in that moment that his plan is working.
That scene its completely because it helps to show that whatever Ago wants he achieves it, In some scenes of the movie, we can see how Othello and Ago are talking very closely, as if they were about to kiss, or in another part when Ago says to Othello “I am your while he is hugging Othello, we can see on his expression that he really meant what he assai This adaptation of ‘Othello, the Moor of Venice” help us to question what could be a reason for why Ago wants to destroy Othello, and by looking at some scenes we can suppose that Ago might be in love with Othello, This movie alps the viewer to understand a little more the character of Ago, and gave us a possible reason for his actions, because he might be extremely jealous. Another adaptation Of “Othello, the Moor of Venice” is the 1965 directed by Stuart Burger. When you watch this movie you feel like you are watching a play, because Of the settings and that everything happens in the same place. You can infer that at that time there were a lot biotechnological limitations, also the way people act was not efficient, they exaggerate the way Of acting. Comparing to the Parkers Othello, you find a enormous difference in every way, because it s a 1965 picture and we talk about a 30 years old difference.
In this adaptation of Othello, Frank Finial, takes the part of Ago, and he doesn’t do justice to what Ago is all about, when we see Keenness’s interpretation of Ago in 1995 Othello, we see how he brings to life to Ago with his performance, we can feel Sago’s rage and intentions against Othello in the way he speaks and even on his face expressions, is brilliant Keenness’s transformation in this adaptation of Othello, but the Franks interpretation to Ago in sass’s Othello leaves much to be desired, is interpretation is quite the opposite of AS’5 Othello, he doesn’t connect to the character Ago, his acting is PC)r because you can’t feel Sago’s hate to Othello and he doesn’t gives to much to the character.
Speaking in the way it was directed, we can say it was quite alike to the Parkers Othello, how the director adapt the movement of the characters and the shots, to what is happening in the movie, for example, there are scenes in which Ago is leading and everything is going downwards, or another example, when we see Ago behind Othello and that demonstrates back-stabbing. So comparing in that way, we can say is quite like, but of course there are many details that I’m not considering because I’m focusing only on Ago. What the director doesn’t do in this adaptation is to add some details so we can understand more Ago as a character; in the Parser’s film we have many of these, but in this adaptation that lacked, some scenes that Will help the audience to get to know better Ago, but in this film that was absent.
The Parkers film gave clues or doubts to what really could be the reason of Sago’s hate to Othello, but in this film they did not do this, they didn’t give a clue to what could be a reason of Sago’s hate to Othello. So when we compare both adaptations of Othello we can see how different they are (even though it have some similarities), and how ‘time” made the adaptations improve so much in so many ways. The way of acting for example, Frank Finial acted in a more theatrical way, than Keenness’s interpretation. When you compare the way of acting to both you can see how much has improved over time, becoming more real 50 the audience could relate a little more to the characters. Reasonably did not felt Finial performance; I didn’t find it exciting as Keenness’s performance because he added more drama and more tension, which Finial didn’t accomplish. Also as was reading the play of Othello I felt so much suspense with the character of Ago because didn’t know what his next plan was, and felt the same way as was watching Keenness’s performance and I felted even more because of his expressions and the way he talks were invaluable. And didn’t feel that way as I was batching Finials performance which was quite disappointing. Pintails way of acting may have impressed the audience back then, but now that there have been many adaptations of Othello, specially, first class performance of Kenneth, it may not impress the spectators today.