Place and Symbolism in Two Plays by William Shakespeare

In Othello, Shakespeare (1954) moves the bodily function from Venice to the Island of Cyprus for several(prenominal) reasons. First, Othello's new command is located on that island. Second, by removing Desdemona from the come-at-able protection of the Venetian court, Othello gains more autonomy with respect to his intervention of his wife - who is effectively separated from her father, her friends, and even Cassio, her former suitor. Cassio's accompanying posting to Cyprus provides Iago - the villain of the work - with an opportunity to play upon the born(p) jealousy and inferiority complex of the Moor, Othello. Third,

on Cyprus, there are few restraints likely to belong on Othello, who an behave as he pleases without the oversight of the Venetian authorities.

In MacDonald's (1998) play, Constance (an academic investigating the potential for rewriting ii of Shakespeare's plays, Othello and Romeo and Juliet) to avoid the tragic deaths that occur therein, moves her action from Cyprus to Verona to permit Constance to hold up involved in both tragedies. Symbolically, Constance becomes enmeshed in the action of two plays, becoming the "other woman" in all(prenominal) of them. This further permits her to reveal Desdemona as a warrior-woman and not as Shakespeare's gentle lady, and to supplant Juliet in Romeo's
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