Difference Between The Great Gatsby And Othello

Imaginative Response

Interview face towards camera: This is an interview conducted for students of English Literature class one, I will be asking Mr F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Shakespeare some questions, regarding their work on The Great Gatsby and ‘Othello’. The interview will include all of the questions that students from English literature class one have raised. As we all know Mr F. Scott Fitzgerald and William Shakespeare are from very different times, we will be looking deeper in to some of the characters and themes. We will be talking about ‘honest Iago’ and ‘the moor’ from the play ‘Othello, and we will be talking about the ‘great Gatsby’ and ‘Daisy Buchanan’.

Camera facing towards the interviewer, Mr F. Scott Fitzgerald and

Interviewer: That is deep and hard to digest, but I’m sure it would be much more fun for the students to find out the result by themselves. Let’s go back to Mr Shakespeare now for further questions about Othello and his wife Desdemona.

Mr Shakespeare, do you think it was Othello’s fault in the down fall of his relationship with Desdemona?

William Shakespeare: I doth not bethink twas Othello 's fault. Though i knoweth that gent hath killed Desdemona, his actions wast the worketh of 'honest Iago '. That gent wast most unfortunate to has 't fallen into Iago 's trap. Though Othello accused Desdemona of cheating and hath killed that lady, that gent loved that lady with all his heart. Othello spake about how Desdemona would has 't hath lived, hadst the lady nev 'r hath fallen in love with that gent. that gent kissed that lady and hath killed himself, as a form of contrition for killing that lady.

"I kissed thee ere I killed thee, no way but this, Killing myself, to die upon a kiss ." (5, 2, 359-360)

Interviewer: Mr Shakespeare, can you talk to us about the idea of corruption in ‘Othello’? And also, would you say that it relates to the

Back to Mr Fitzgerald, would you say the idea of corruption plays a big roll relating to the major characters in The Great Gatsby?

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Yes, I believe so indeed. The Great Gatsby is about the American dream. But with all the parties and alcohol, all the fabulous clothes and luxury cars, there is corruption. Gatsby is hopeful yes he is, but he achieved his dreams by stepping on the city of ashes. Where there is the rich there is the poor, Gatsby was corrupted while chasing his dreams.

Interviewer face towards the camera: That was a lot of information and thoughts for the students to take in. Meanwhile we will get back to Mr Shakespeare.

Mr Shakespeare, do you think that Iago was a bigger character than Othello. From the plays, we could see even though Shakespeare was the main character, Iago had most of the monologs and also introduced a lot of other characters through his