1. What aspects or general themes from Hecatommithi would make an interesting adaptation into Othello on Stage?
If Iago loved Desdemona in Othello On Stage like he did in Hecatommithi the plot would be very different, but interesting at the same time. Instead of counselling Othello to kill her and Cassio, he would potentially turn the plot and kill Othello so he himself could be with Desdemona. Perhaps he wouldn't even be associating with Othello as he is in the on stage version because he is fuelled by jealousy for him. It would be a very different adaptation of the original story, but this one small change would make an interesting change.
2. Predict what ending do you think Shakespeare chose - Othello kills himself or is killed by torture after banishment?
I think shakespeare would choose to make Othello kill himself because it is a more tragic and dramatic ending for the story. After all the trials and tribulations that go on in planning such a deliberate plan it would be a much more fitting ending for Shakespeare to choose. I think Othello would do this too because his one love and the most important thing in his life has been stolen from him by someone he thought he could trust and was "helping" him for the right reasons.
If Iago loved Desdemona in Othello On Stage like he did in Hecatommithi the plot would be very different, but interesting at the same time. Instead of counselling Othello to kill her and Cassio, he would potentially turn the plot and kill Othello so he himself could be with Desdemona. Perhaps he wouldn't even be associating with Othello as he is in the on stage version because he is fuelled by jealousy for him. It would be a very different adaptation of the original story, but this one small change would make an interesting change.
2. Predict what ending do you think Shakespeare chose - Othello kills himself or is killed by torture after banishment?
I think shakespeare would choose to make Othello kill himself because it is a more tragic and dramatic ending for the story. After all the trials and tribulations that go on in planning such a deliberate plan it would be a much more fitting ending for Shakespeare to choose. I think Othello would do this too because his one love and the most important thing in his life has been stolen from him by someone he thought he could trust and was "helping" him for the right reasons.
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