T o w hat e xte n t d o t h e t w o m ain p ro ta g onis ts in O th ello a n d M acb eth r e fle ct t h e p erio d o f t r a n sit io n o f t h e e arly m odern a g e? I h a ve b een r e adin ...

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T o w hat e xte n t d o t h e t w o m ain p ro ta g onis ts in O th ello a n d M acb eth r e fle ct t h e p erio d o f t r a n sit io n o f t h e e arly
m odern a g e?
I h a ve b een r e adin g a fa ir b it o n th e E li z a beth a n/J a co bia n H is to ry o f E ng la nd a nd w ante d to lo ok d eeper
in to th e p syc he o f th e E ng li s h p la yw rite s o f th e tim e, p artic ula rly S ha ke sp eare . I r e ad w ith fa scin a tio n th e c o ntr a sts b etw een
th e p la ys O th e llo a nd M acb eth a nd th e li v e s o f th e c o m mon p eople o f th e a ge th e p la ys w ere p enne d. I w as w ond erin g if
a nyo ne c o uld a dd a nyth in g to th e q ue stio n i h a ve c re ate d, it w ould b e g ood to s e e if a nyo ne c o m es u p w ith th e s a m e
co nclu sio ns i h a ve fo rm ula te d.
Tha nk y o u in a dva nce
S ha ke sp eare is o ne o f th e fir s t to fo cus o n v illa in s a s th e le ad c ha ra cte rs . O th e llo , a w ife -m urd ere r, a nd M acb eth , a k in g -
kille r ( a m ong o th e rs ), a re b oth p re se nte d a s h e ro ic e arly in th e p la ys ( A ct I) , a nd th e n th e y tu rn to th e d ark s id es o f th e ir
na tu re