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What choices did Andrew Davies make to change the meaning of Shakespeare's Othello? How does time play an essential role in this change?

Andrew Davies gave Othello a good guys lose bad guys win ending. But Shakespeare shows a nice guys finish last scenario. Davies changed the setting from Venice to London. Gave each character an awkward but familiar name, and twisted the plot giving the movie an undesirable ending.

Race is a big part of Othello. In the book, Othello is looked down upon because he is a moor; he is called numerous names and is not welcomed into the family by Barbantio. But in the movie Othello gained his commissioner position because of his color, he was respected and treated no different then others.

Lago is evil, cynical, two faced and untrustworthy in both the book and movie. But his motivation is different; in the movie he wants revenge against Othello because he received the position that Lago wanted. In the play he wants revenge against Cassio because......

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