{"product_id":"othello-by-william-shakespeare-a-tragedy","title":"Othello by William Shakespeare, A Tragedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eOthello,  A Tragedy by William Shakespeare, Simplified and Adapted by L. J. Lynn is the fifth in a series of adaptations. It does not purport to replace the original play but to complement it by making it more readable to the contemporary public. Unlike other modern versions, this is not an \u003cbr\u003e\nexpository rendition in prose aimed at reducing the content to its simplest form, but it does attempt to keep the meaning, rhythm, and rhyme, line for line, where it is appropriate.\u003cbr\u003e\nFor example, in Act I, scene iii, Desdemona must respond to her father how and why she came to be with Othello:\u003cbr\u003e\nDESDEMONA\u003cbr\u003e\nMy noble father,\u003cbr\u003e\nI do perceive here a divided duty:\u003cbr\u003e\nTo you I am bound for life and education;\u003cbr\u003e\nMy life and education both do learn me\u003cbr\u003e\nHow to respect you; you are the lord of duty;\u003cbr\u003e\nI am hitherto your daughter: but here's my husband,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd so much duty as my mother show'd\u003cbr\u003e\nTo you, preferring you before her father,\u003cbr\u003e\nSo much I challenge that I may profess\u003cbr\u003e\nDue to the Moor my lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe adaptation shows this same passage:\u003cbr\u003e\nDESDEMONA\u003cbr\u003e\nDear Father, I donÕt know what to say,\u003cbr\u003e\nexcept IÕm torn in two and have no way\u003cbr\u003e\nto please the both of you. I know how much I owe\u003cbr\u003e\nyou for my education and upkeep of my very life,\u003cbr\u003e\nbut I also owe this Moor as much, you know,\u003cbr\u003e\nfor we wooed and wed. I am his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen some of the text is somewhat obtuse, as in:\u003cbr\u003e\nOTHELLO\u003cbr\u003e\n. . . when light\u003cbr\u003e\n-wing'd toys\u003cbr\u003e\nOf feather'd Cupid seal with wanton dullness\u003cbr\u003e\nMy speculative and officed instruments,\u003cbr\u003e\nThat my disports corrupt and taint my business . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eThe adaptation becomes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOTHELLO\u003cbr\u003e\nI am saying that I would not let her being there affect\u003cbr\u003e\nmy performance in the field where I do function well, and\u003cbr\u003e\nI donÕt want her there just for the sexual pleasure \u003cbr\u003e\nwhere I am not doing so well, -- for I am too old, you know, \u003cbr\u003e\nand if you found me lying in bed with her instead of doing my job . . .\u003c\/p\u003e \n\n\u003cp\u003eAdmittedly, this effort is a purely subjective interpretation of meaning based on research and further readings. It in no way pretends to be authoritative. It does try to extract what the characters intended in terms of modern references. If the result is that a better understanding of the content is achieved, then the effort has been a resounding success.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L. J. Lynn","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45992905572513,"sku":"9781312803657","price":58.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/yw7772-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1777328300","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/othello-by-william-shakespeare-a-tragedy","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}