"Is this the noble Moor whom our full Senate/ Call all in all sufficient?” (4.1.264-265) Why, yes it is. Between The Importance of Being Earnest, Othello, and The Namesake, Shakespeare's tragic play of the Moorish general which we read in the fall is still my favorite. I really enjoyed this book for a few reasons. For one, it was the first we had to memorize quotes for, and so I went overboard on the studying. As such, I can pull out random quotes in casual conversation like "Reputation is an idle and/ most false imposition” (2.3.267-268). So I suppose that the book has just stuck with me. But I also enjoyed the play we went and saw (except for the part when Othello pulled out the gun and killed himself, that was ridiculous). It made the play much more memorable, and brought the book to life in a way that I (as an ignorant, not very cultural high school boy) never could have imagined. The play was also a nice break - for one day - from poetry papers, where despite Ms. Serensky's cautioning, "don't make self deprecating comments while you read them out loud," I would start off with "This is the night/ That either makes me or fordoes me quite" (5.1.128-129). But apart from the perks of reading Othello, I actually did enjoy the story quite a bit. Considering it was the first bit of Shakespeare that I ever read AND understood, it has a special little place in my literary history. I just wish that I knew exactly how to pronounce "Iago."
(Please excuse the PG-13 content, its absolutely worth it)
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