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Similarities Between Othello And O
The film 'O,' directed by Tim Blake Nelson, transforms William Shakespeare's classic play, into a 21st century setting. Both works revolve around the dark themes of jealousy, manipulation and betrayal.
A transformed text is an alteration or modification of the context yet the key scenes, issues and plot are included.

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The film 'O' directed by Tim Blake Nelson is a transformed text from Shakespeare's play, 'Othello.' In this film the main plot, scenes and issues are shown however the context has been changed from 16th Century Italy into a modern 21st century context. For this modification of the text to occur it was necessary to make a few changes, including the setting and medium, yet the essence of the original Play “Othello” is still

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