The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul...

なんてことだ彼はとてもセクシー、私の物である

"Love cannot be much younger than the lust
for murder"

Konichua!

Happy new year!!

So how was everyone's xmas and new year? My xmas was slightly disppointing.....I was expecting a huge wrapped up present with my name on it....with a sexy japanese guy waiting inside all nicely oiled up for me to have some fun with...hmmmm ;) (the image says it all).....hopefully next time!

セクシーな日本人を離れた手1人、彼は私の物である

"Blue eyes say "Love me or I shall die"....
Black eyes say "love me or I shall kill you...."

And by the way, I hope no-one is getting any ideas....HE IS MINE!!!!

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA

From yours truly

私は日本の

~Deathgod Captain~

人を愛する

死の神 ~ Seema~ の大尉

Bon Voyage!

The time has come to say farewell to a...traitor! Lolsy, joke. I know we've been a bit harsh, but we will miss you so very much Ms. Twomey. Can't believe this is it! It won't be the same without you. We've said it all, you know, we know, what more is there to say? Good luck and all that jazz, and heeeeeeere is the video! (Hopefully it will work...) So we can all watch it whenever we want.



~~*Gamze*~~
~~*Buffy Bloom*~~

PS: I had nothing to do with the dating agency.

"It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped"

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.Watch your words, for they
become actions.Watch your actions, for they become habits.Watch your habits, for
they become character.Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

Well after times of joy, laughter and struggles, it has finally come to an end..... Othello has ended.....but the saga still lives.....

I'd like to say thankyou to Miss T. on everyone's behalf for everything you have done for us this year , we wish you all the best in the future :) There are many paths in life, we hope you always take the right one. Of course we still expect you to keep in touch via our blog......if you don't then you shall suffer the consequences.... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

"Pleasure is the flower that passes;
remembrance, the lasting perfume"

Hope everyone has an awesome Christmas and a Japanese new year!!!

“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.”

From yours truly
私は日本の
~Deathgod Captain~
人を愛する
死の神 ~ Seema~ の大尉

The spies have been revealed

Hiya guys, in case you havent noticed, the new spies blog is up and running. i know there is only 1 post. (Intro by me) but please leave comments on what you think of the designs etc.

I understand it might be quite a while before anyone actually starts posting. (Except those quick readers) But the username etc are exactly the same.

Open to all feedback

Ashley

:-) ;-)

Can i just ask if calling Othello 'The Moor' is slightly racist? and who has brought me that book yet??


Trashfairy xxx

Hey everyone!

"‘Tis not a year or two shows us a man. They are all but stomachs, and we are all but food; They eat us hungrily, and when they are full, They belch us." (Emilia, Act 3, Scene 4, Lines 97-100).

Since writing my Othello essay, I have become REALLY interested in the character Emilia. Her actions can be looked at in so may different ways. Take, for instance, when she steals Desdemona's prized handkerchief for her husband Iago.

Did she do this to earn her husband's respect, and to attempt to repress her bitter feelings towards himand men in general (see quote!)

Or perhaps she was just acting like one would expect of a wife ofthat era? After all, women were seen as inferior to men and were supposed to do exactly as their husbands said.

"What he will do with it, heaven knows, not I: I nothing but to please his fantasy." (Emilia, Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 300-301)

Anyway, interpret as you will, bye!

Leah

=D

Help required!

Hi!!

Can anybody tell me the era in which Othello was set?

Thankyou!

From Leah xxx

Morals; are there any?

It makes sense that Shakespeare would include morals in his plays. Especially this play. As Gamze wrote earlier, Othello was developed from a story in Cinthio's (Giraldi Cinzio) collection, the Hecatommithi, which it follows closely. Cinthio drew a moral in his story, (which he placed in the mouth of the lady), that European women are unwise to marry the temperamental males of other nations. Now, if most of the other aspects of Shakespeares and Cinthio's plays are similar, why do they not both have morals. What morals could 'Othello' be supposed to portray? That inter-racial marriages 'can never be'? Remember in those days, this was frowned upon and that is why Brabantio was so irate. Can you think of any others? This could help with the coursework on 'fate'. Othello included morals so 'Othello had to fall from grace'?

Any ideas would be great!

Thanks all,

Saif

Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die.

Othello possesses an unusually detailed performance record. The first certainly-known performance occurred on November 1, 1604, at Whitehall Palace in London. Subsequent performances took place on Monday, April 30, 1610 at the Globe Theatre; on Nov. 22, 1629; and on May 6, 1635 at the Blackfriars Theatre. Othello was also one of the twenty plays performed by the King's Men during the winter of 1612-13, in celebration of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V, Elector Palatine.
The play was entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on Oct. 6, 1621 by the bookseller Thomas Walkley, and was first published in quarto format by him in 1622, printed by Nicholas Okes. Its appearance in the First Folio (1623) quickly followed. Later quartos followed in 1630, 1655, 1681, 1695, and 1705; on stage and in print, it was a popular play.
At the start of the Restoration era, on Oct. 11, 1660, Samuel Pepys saw the play at the Cockpit Theatre. Nicholas Burt played the lead. Soon after, on Dec. 8, Thomas Killigrew's new King's Company acted the play at their Vere Street theatre, with Margaret Hughes as Desdemona—probably the first time a professional actress appeared on a public stage in England.
It may be one index of the play's power that Othello was one of the very few Shakespearean plays that was never adapted and changed during the Restoration and the eighteenth century.

It seems Othello has always been a powerful and popular play and has always drawn the attention of the critics.

Saif

Well here i am!

Well, i havent posted yet, so i shall right now =]

i would like to say that i agree with Leah, that is all...

Not really...

Iago is a manipulative...person... amongst other things, but i dont understand why he is so mean, he is probably gay to be honest, but then, arent gay blokes supposed to be nice?

Maybe he isnt even a bloke, perhaps he is the devil in disguise? or maybe a death god capitain maybe =p only joking seema (Y)

there really isnt much point in my post but at least i have now posted

and i would really appriciate it if someone brought me a modern version english Othello, because then my small mind may be able to cope better =] also i find Shakespeare a bore, sorry Miss.T!

fare the well all ye who have read =]