The Women of Othello: Shakespeare's Reinterpretation of "A Moorish Captain"

Hallett Smith Prize;Hallett Smith Prize for Essay Devoted to Shakespeare;Hixon Writing Center

Shastri, Gauri Ganesh ; Unknown, Unknown

University:California Institute of Technology

Department:Humanities and Social Sciences

关键词: Hallett Smith Prize;    Hallett Smith Prize for Essay Devoted to Shakespeare;    Hixon Writing Center;   

Others  :  https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/10205/1/Shastri_HallettSmithPrize_2017.pdf

美国|英语

来源: Caltech THESIS

【 摘 要 】

William Shakespeare’s source for his tragedy Othello is the Italian novella “A Moorish Captain,” written by Giraldi Cinthio in 1565 as part of his work Hecatommithi. Shakespeare’s retelling of the story is particularly interesting because Shakespeare alters the roles of the important female characters of the play.