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Movie Flick – Pirates of the Caribbean 3
[Barbossa is giving orders and Jack repeats the order]
Barbossa: What are you doin’?
Jack Sparrow: What are *you* doin’?
Barbossa: No, what *are* you doin’?
Jack Sparrow: What are *you* doin’?
Barbossa: *No!* What *are* you doin’?
Jack Sparrow: What are *you* doin’? Captain gives orders on the ship.
Barbossa: The captain of the ship *is* givin’ orders.
Jack Sparrow: My ship, makes me captain.
Barbossa: They be my charts!
Jack Sparrow: Well, that makes you
Jack Sparrow: chartman.
Pintel: Stow it! Both of you! That’s an order! Understand?
[Jack and Barbossa stare at him]
Pintel: Sorry. I just thought with the Captain issue in doubt, I’d throw my name in for consideration, sorry.
Ragetti: [to Pintel] I’d vote for you.
Elizabeth Swann: You will listen to me! LISTEN! The other ships will still be looking to us, to the Black Pearl, to lead, and what will they see? Frightened bilgerats aboard a derelict ship? No, no they will see free men and freedom! And what the enemy will see, they will see the flash of our cannons, and they will hear the ringing of our swords, and they will know what we can do! By the sweat of our brow and the strength of our backs and the courage in our hearts! Gentlemen, hoist the colors!
He’s suave, has a style all his own, and has never met a weird expression he didn’t like. Yes, we’re talking about the one, the only, Captain Jack Sparrow. We all know he’s highly entertaining, but today we’re showcasing his more philosophical side. Here are some unique life lessons from the school of Jack Sparrow:
Notice that Jack is riding a sinking ship into the harbor. Now notice that he looks like the king of all he surveys. We believe he is king because he believes it.
Are you cannibals chasing you? Run. Jack taught us the value of looking out for ourselves in every situation.
You don’t have to answer to anyone, if you believe in something go for it.
Stuck on a deserted island? Improvise. Hostage on a mission to the fountain of youth? Seize the opportunity and take a sip. (That’s a metaphor, don’t drink weird water you don’t know is safe, but, you know, also carpe diem.)
For Jack the only rule is “what a man can do and what a man can’t do.” We have more rules, things about not murdering anyone, stopping at red lights, and being nice. Whatever code you live by, it’s important to identify what you believe in.
As Jack points out, madness and brilliance often coincide. Things can get confusing, and that’s okay. Maybe you’ll learn something new.
Jack Sparrow can pretty much always count on Joshamee Gibbs. We all need someone to trust, rely on, and talk to, no matter what.
Not all treasure is silver and gold. Sure, some of it is, but a lot of the good things in life are family, friends, helping others, chocolate, etc.
Jack’s one true love is his ship, the Black Pearl, and he’ll literally do anything to get her back. That’s the kind of dedication we rarely see these days.
Jack takes this very seriously, and we do too. Nothing makes an outfit like that tenth signet ring, or third hair bead, or large feathered hat…
2. What is your review of the film?
Barbossa: [Jack and Barbossa see the dead Kraken] Still thinkin’ of running, Jack? Think you can outrun the world? You know the problem with being the last of anything, by and by there be none left at all.
Jack Sparrow: Sometimes things come back mate. We’re livin’ proof, you and me.
Barbossa: Aye, but that’s a gamble of long odds, ain’t it? There’s never a guarantee of comin’ back. But passin’ on, that’s dead certain.
Jack Sparrow: Summoning the brethren court then, is it?
Barbossa: It’s our only hope, lad.
Jack Sparrow: That’s a sad commentary in and of itself.
Barbossa: The world used to be a bigger place.
Jack Sparrow: World’s still the same. There’s just less in it.
This is the third week in a row that I am reviewing the third part of three separate trilogies. The mind boggles at the thought. This truly is shaping up to be the summer of threes, which makes me want to go buy a lotto ticket! Unfortunately the luck hasn’t all been good when it comes to the tirade of trilogies. Spiderman set the bar for disappointment then Shrek came along and eased the pain a little. But does Pirates 3 fight on the side of good or evil? Oddly enough, it can’t seem to decide what it’s fighting for.
The first Pirates of the Caribbean film took people by surprise with its fantastic visuals, witty script and one of the most memorable film characters in years Captain Jack Sparrow, played to perfection by Johnny Depp. The second film came along and, at least in my opinion, it was even better than the first. Now we are thrown into a third installment that relies heavily on its audience’s familiarity with the series. Audiences be warned: This film does not stand on its own peg leg.
Immediately we’re dumped into a confusing situation in which Lord Beckett (Tom Hollander) has commandeered the ship of the be-tentacled Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) in order to put a complete end to piracy. In order to stop him Will (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) have to travel to the afterlife to bring back Jack Sparrow who was eaten by the Kraken in film 2. Only then can they call to arms all of the pirate captains to join forces against a common foe. Talk about honor among thieves!
All the familiar faces aarrrgh back including Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), the first films villain, who is now in cahoots with our heroes. At least he helps when the purpose suits him, which can be said of every morally ambiguous person in this movie. But in the cutthroat world of pirates what more can we expect?
There’s a lot going on here story-wise, but it feels rushed despite the nearly three hour running time. Once again a movie has committed the fatal error of too many characters too little development. I’m not sure if it was a problem with editing or with an unrefined script but I found the story confusing and convoluted. When you finally do understand what is going on, another twist comes and creates even more plot holes.
On the plus side, the visuals are spectacular and the action sequences leave nothing to be desired. One such scene involves a stunning battle between three ships complete with a maelstrom, a marriage and beautifully choreographed sword fighting.
Over all this At World’s End lacks much of the zaniness that made the last two films such a success. There was a kind of joyful abandon in giving yourself up to the quirky characters. It made you care about them. This one fights hard for our emotions but ends up accomplishing the opposite with a disappointing ending that left me cold.
Pirates of the Caribbean 3 had some great moments, but in the grand scheme I wish they could do it over again. I give it 6 out of 10 stars.
3. Can you provide a review of the story of the film?
Jack Sparrow: What? You’ve seen it all, done it all. Survived. That’s the trick isn’t it? To survive?
Captain Teague: It’s not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is still living with yourself forever.
Why am I even reviewing Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End? I’ve really been in the minority when it comes to this series. My opinion was that the original film, Curse of the Black Pearl, was mediocre at best. The first sequel, Dead Man’s Chest, was worse than that. Both were box office blockbusters and, more significantly, have garnered a level of extreme adoration among many moviegoers. At World’s End is easily the worst in the series, yet I suspect that it will largely satisfy those with more affection for these films than I have. Perhaps I am writing this review in the hope that some other member of the anti-Pirates minority will read it and say, tell it like it is, brother!. If such a person is out there, this one’s for you.
I had problems right off the bat. The plot is geared toward die-hard fans who have seen the other installments multiple times. Because I didn’t particularly care for the first or second films, my memory of what happened in them was pretty bad. Therefore, I got lost in this one’s plot almost immediately. It starts off with Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) traveling to the end of the world to save Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), who is imprisoned in Davy Jones’ locker (more of a mental trap than a physical one).
They also end up in Singapore, where they confront the Chinese pirate known as Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). He’s killed by the East India Co. and series baddie Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). Then there’s some nonsense about locating all nine of the “pieces of eight” – one of which Sparrow is hiding. Eventually, all the Pirate Lords convene to challenge Beckett and the squid-faced Davy Jones (Bill Nighy). Other subplots involve mystical Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), who was once the lover of Davy Jones and may have some kind of magical spirit in her waiting to get out, as well as Will’s attempt to save imprisoned father Bootstrap Bill (Stellan Skarsgard).
None of the characters in the film trust each other. They all engage in deal-making, deal-breaking, alliances, betrayals, double-crosses, and triple-crosses. Even if you know the first two movies inside and out, you might have trouble keeping track of who’s doing what to whom. Director Gore Verbinski has proven himself to be a very controlled storyteller in films like The Ring and The Weather Man. It’s kind of amazing, then, that At World’s End possesses a storyline that is a complete mess. Personally, I found the whole experience of trying to follow the overstuffed plot to be an exercise in frustration.
So let’s move on.
A problem that even fans might recognize is that At World’s End is unbelievably talky. There is only sporadic action in the first two hours. Verbinski and his screenwriters cram most of it into the last 45 minutes. (That’s right – this thing is almost three hours long!) Whereas Pearl and Chest didn’t work for me, they at least had regularly-scheduled action/adventure scenes to keep me from becoming too bored. This time around, the characters rarely seem to shut up and engage in any swashbuckling. It’s not difficult to become impatient because you don’t know if or when someone will actually do something.
Regardless of my overall opinion of it, Curse of the Black Pearl had an unassuming charm. Yes, the formula was full, as it had frantic action, tender romance, wacky comedy, and elaborate special effects. However, those things were mixed deliberately; they came along in appropriately timed intervals to juice the story at strategically selected moments. The two Pirates sequels engage in the philosophy that it’s good to overdose the audience on whatever they responded to originally. If Dead Man’s Chest bombarded you with the effects, comedy, romance, and action, At World’s End absolutely pummels you with them. There’s no lightness of touch in this movie. There are no quiet scenes, no subtle moments. Everything is jack-hammered at you in the broadest manner possible.
For example, take the character of Jack Sparrow. Now, I think Johnny Depp is one of the greatest, most inventive actors in screen history. His interpretation of Sparrow in the original was downright subversive. You were caught off-guard by the pirate’s boozy, androgynous manner. It’s no fault of Depp’s, but by the third go-round, the character has lost any appeal he once had. We’ve seen this gimmick before. The things about him that were originally so fascinating have become familiar and routine. So what does the screenplay do? It gives us full-tilt Sparrow. A number of scenes appear to have been designed to allow Depp the opportunity to walk right up to the edge of insanity and heave Sparrow far across it. Instead of finding a new angle, the picture cynically just exaggerates the character as much as possible, to the point where there’s no joy in it anymore.
That joylessness extends to everything in At World’s End. It’s so full of its own preordained blockbuster status that there’s no room to have much fun. Even the clever casting of Rolling Stone Keith Richards as a suspiciously Sparrow-like pirate loses its impact because of all the advance hype. (That should have been a surprise.) It is debatable whether a movie can be “blockbustered” to death, but I advance this one as Exhibit A. Almost every frame of it feels manufactured to fit a preconceived – and inaccurate – notion of what a bigger, “better” sequel should be.
There are two really good scenes in the picture: a sequence in which the characters try to tip over a pirate ship, and a moment where Will proposes to Elizabeth while they engage in a massive group swordfight. Those two clever sequences are indicative (I think) of what audience members responded to in the first place. A few more of them in a shorter, structured story would have capped this series off in a much more satisfying way.
Regrettably, that didn’t happen. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is loud, long, confusing, annoying, bloated, and not a whole lot of fun. It’s a flat ending to a series that never reached its full potential. But don’t take it from me. When it comes to these movies, what do I know?
4. Can anyone explain me exactly what do you mean by 9 pieces of 8. I know that it took 9 pirate lords to bind calypso and the movie also shows the 9 pieces. But what is this statement.
Jack Sparrow: What? You’ve seen it all, done it all. Survived. That’s the trick isn’t it? To survive?
Captain Teague: It’s not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is still living with yourself forever.
A Cabin Boy holding a piece of eight.
“Those aren’t pieces of eight. They’re just pieces of junk.”
“Aye. The original plan was to use nine pieces of eight to bind Calypso. But when the First Court met, the Brethren were to a one skint broke.“
―Pintel and Joshamee Gibbs[src]
The Spanish dollar (also known as the piece of eight, the real de a ocho, the eight-real coin, or peso) was a silver coin, of approximately 38 mm diameter, worth eight reales, that was minted in the Spanish Empire after a Spanish currency reform in 1497.
James Sterling wears a piece of eight around his neck
“I have eight pesos. How many do you need?”
“Neptune’s nightgown, love! You can’t go flashing that much money here! This is Shipwreck City! Are you mad?“
―Esmeralda and Jack Sparrow[src]
The purpose of the piece of eight was to correspond to the German thaler. It was widely used in Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. Except for the gold Doubloon, the piece of eight was the most valuable currency in the New World during the Age of Piracy. The term peso was used in Spanish to refer to this denomination.
When the First Brethren Court met to bind Calypso, the Pirate Lords intended to use nine pieces of eight to do that, but they were too short on money, so they used whatever they had in their pockets at the time.
When the pirate Ragetti lost his right eye, he received 300 pieces of eight as a compensation. The infamous pirate James Sterling wore a Piece of eight around his neck. That coin was all that was left of his father’s earthly wealth.
BEHIND THE SCENES
“To confirm your Lordship and right to be heard, present now your pieces of eight, my fellow cap’ns.“
―Hector Barbossa during the Fourth Brethren Court[src]
The Nine Pieces of Eight, often referred to as just pieces of eight, were an important symbol in Pirate Lore as the items owned by the Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court.
“Those aren’t pieces of eight, they’re just pieces of junk!”
“Aye, the original plan was to use nine pieces of eight to bind Calypso, but when the First Court met, the Brethren were, to a one skint broke.”
“So change the name.”
“What? To ‘Nine Pieces of Whatever-We-Happen-to-Have-in-Our-Pockets-at-the-Time?’ Oh yes, that sounds very piratey.“
―Pintel and Joshamee Gibbs[src]
Jack Sparrow’s unique piece of eight.
Each of the nine Pirate Lords agreed to hold a piece of eight to be presented during a meeting of the Brethren Court, though the term came to apply to a variety of items and trinkets as the pirates found themselves short on money, simply keeping the original term as it sounded more ‘piratey’. Each piece of eight reflected something about the lord who possessed the piece, and altogether, the nine pieces were used to bind the sea goddess Calypso to a human form, after Davy Jones informed the Brethren on how to capture her.
The nine pieces of eight burned to release Calypso.
Pieces of eight were used to call the Brethren Court to assemble at Shipwreck Cove. The sea shanty Hoist the Colours was called forth by Hector Barbossa and sung at Fort Charles during Lord Cutler Beckett’s drive to eradicate piracy on the Seven Seas, and the coins reverberated with the song. The nine pieces of eight were burned as part of the incantation to release Calypso prior to the Pirate Lords’ battle against the East India Trading Company.
PIECES OF EIGHT OF THE PIRATE LORDS
“A piece of eight. Nine of them, you say?”
“Our new friend in Singapore was very specific, sir. Nine pieces of eight.”
“What’s the significance of that, I wonder?“
―Cutler Beckett and Ian Mercer[src]
5. Where is Elizabeth in the end of At World’s End? Will gives her his heart to protect and leaves her on some island. Is it Davy Jones’ locker?
She is at Port Royal.
Ten years later, Elizabeth and her son, young Will Turner reside in Port Royal.Young Will sings a pirate song, with Elizabeth following behind. They both stand at the edge of a cliff, looking at the horizon, waiting for the sun to set. Finally, they see a flash of green light as the Flying Dutchman reappears, signifying Will Turner’s return from the Land of the Dead.
However, I am not able to understand where it is shown that this place is Port Royal. My understanding for that scene is only that Will is not bounded to ship and uses his one day in ten years to meet Elizabeth who is living somewhere on land with other citizens (not pirates).
6. Can you provide a breakdown of the film?
Jack Sparrow: Cuttlefish. Eh? Let us not, dear friends, forget our dear friends the cuttlefish… flipping glorious little sausages. Pen them up together, and they will devour each other without a second thought… Human nature, in’it? Ooor… fish nature… So yes… we could hold up here, well-provisioned and well-armed, and half of us would be dead within the month! Which seems grim to me any way you slice it! Or… ahh… as my learned colleague so naively suggests, we can release Calypso, and we can pray that she will be merciful… I rather doubt it. Can we, in fact, pretend that she is anything other than a woman scorned, like which fury Hell hath no? We cannot. Res ipsa loquitur, tabula in naufragio, we are left with but one option. I agree with, and I cannot believe the words are coming out of me mouth… Captain Swann. We must fight.
“At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins.“
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is the third installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, released on May 25, 2007 as the sequel to Dead Man’s Chest—itself the sequel to The Curse of the Black Pearl. The film stars Johnny Depp (Captain Jack Sparrow), Orlando Bloom (Will Turner), Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Swann), with Chow Yun-Fat (Sao Feng), and Geoffrey Rush, (Barbossa). It was directed by Gore Verbinski, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. At World’s End would be followed in 2011 by On Stranger Tides.
Just when he’s needed most, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), that witty and wily charmer of a pirate, is trapped on a sea of sand in Davy Jones’ Locker. In an increasingly shaky alliance, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) begin a desperate quest to find and rescue him. Captain Jack’s the last of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court who must all come together united in one last stand to preserve the freedom-loving pirates’ way of life. From exotic Singapore to World’s End and beyond, from Shipwreck Island to a titanic battle, this adventure’s filled with over-the-edge action, irreverent humor, and seafaring myth and magic.
“Lord Beckett! they’ve started to sing, sir.”
―Theodore Groves and Cutler Beckett[src]
One of the character promotional posters for At World’s End.
Mass executions of pirates and pirate sympathizers are underway at Fort Charles in Port Royal, at the behest of Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who begins his War Against Piracy as he gains control of the Dead Man’s Chest. Among those waiting at the gallows is a young cabin boy (Brendyn Bell), who begins singing a pirate shanty, Hoist the Colours. The song is picked up by the entire assembly, and its final line (“Never shall we die”) continues to resonate as the singers are hanged. The boy’s piece of eight falls to the ground.
“Captain Barbossa. Welcome to Singapore.“
―Sao Feng to Hector Barbossa[src]
Meanwhile in Singapore, Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is rowing through the streets in a peapod canoe, singing further verses of Hoist the Colours. She is confronted by Tai Huang (Reggie Lee), but is revealed to be in the company of Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush). Led by Huang, Swann and Barbossa make their way to a bath house presided over by the feared Captain Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat). Meanwhile, the surviving members of the motley crew, including Joshamee Gibbs (Kevin McNally), Marty (Martin Klebba), Cotton (David Bailie), Pintel (Lee Arenberg) and Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook), are infiltrating the lower levels of the bath house. The newest member of the crew, mystic Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), is disguised nearby as a common hawker.
Captain Sao Feng in Singapore.
After being forced to remove their weapons, Barbossa and Elizabeth meet Sao Feng inside the bath house. He questions their intentions to bargain for his navigational charts, revealing that a thief had attempted to steal them earlier in the day. The thief is being held in the bath house, and is none other than William Turner (Orlando Bloom). Sao Feng makes to kill him, tricking Elizabeth into giving away their connection to him by gasping in fright. Barbossa takes charge, reminding Feng that the “song has been sung”, and all Pirate Lords—of which Feng is one—are bound to convene at Shipwreck Cove. Barbossa requires the charts to reach World’s End, and from there descend into Davy Jones’ Locker to rescue the Pirate Lord, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp). This angers Feng, who holds a grudge against Sparrow. The crew, hidden below the floorboards, do not help matters by throwing Barbossa and Elizabeth swords at the mention of the word “weapons”. During the stand-off, Feng notices one of the bath house residents has a fake tattoo, though Barbossa claims the man is not his. At that moment, soldiers of the East India Trading Company burst in, led by Mercer (David Schofield).
A battle ensued in the bathhouse, which would later lead into the streets of Singapore. Throughout the battle, there have been casualties on both sides, including many EITC soldiers and both of Sao Feng’s body guards Park and Lian. At one point, Mercer overhears a conversation between Sao Feng and Will. Turner promises Feng a chance to meet with Lord Beckett and spare himself from the EITC’s attentions, and in exchange Will desires command of the Black Pearl. Feng gives Will the charts, and lends Barbossa both a ship, the Hai Peng, and a crew led by Tai Huang. They depart Singapore for World’s End.
“For certain, you have to be lost to find a place as can’t be found. Elseways, everyone would know where it was.“
The Hai Peng approaching World’s End.
Meanwhile, the Flying Dutchman is laying siege to a pirate fleet, utterly destroying its ships. In his office, Lord Beckett is musing on the significance of the piece of eight, wishing to know the location of the meeting place of the Brethren Court. Governor Weatherby Swann (Jonathan Pryce) is being forced to sign execution orders. Beckett summons Admiral James Norrington (Jack Davenport), and reunites him with an “old friend”; his sword, forged over a year before by Will Turner.
The crew of the Hai Peng sails across a frozen ocean, and Tia Dalma explains to Pintel and Ragetti that Jack has been taken to a place “not of death, but punishment”. Will tries in vain to decipher the cryptic instructions on the charts, while Barbossa, Gibbs and Pintel fill in with information on the “green flash”; the signal of a soul returning to the world.
Lord Beckett surveys the wrecks of the pirate fleet with consternation, and muses that Governor Swann is no longer of use to him. He orders the Dead Man’s Chest to be brought aboard the Flying Dutchman, berating Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) for not leaving any survivors alive to question. Beckett reminds him that Jones is under his control, citing the death of the Kraken, on Beckett’s command. Jones is clearly not happy with the situation, but has no choice but to serve the East India Trading Company in its War Against Piracy
“Don’t be so unkind. You may not survive to pass this way again, and these be the last friendly words you’ll hear.“
―Hector Barbossa to Elizabeth Swann[src]
Under a clear, starry sky, the Hai Peng sails closer to World’s End. Elizabeth remains unable to speak to Will, saying only that everything will be fine once Jack is rescued. Tia Dalma reminds Will that for what he wants most, “there is a cost must be paid in the end”. The crew faces bigger problems, however, when Barbossa leads them towards a massive waterfall—World’s End. The crew attempts to slow the ship, which plunges over the edge and into darkness.
“I have no sympathy for any of you feculent maggots and no more patience to pretend otherwise. Gentlemen! I wash my hands of this weirdness.“
―Jack Sparrow to his hallucinations[src]
Jack Sparrow and William Turner in Davy Jones’ Locker.
In the maddening dimension of Davy Jones’ Locker, Jack Sparrow is suffering under hallucinations onboard the Black Pearl. He sees multiple versions of himself crewing the ship, but cannot command any of them. He decides to take leave of his visions, and jumps off the ship. He finds himself in a vast, seemingly endless white-sand desert, where he encounters thousands upon thousands of crabs. Under sheer numbers, the crabs lift the Black Pearl and begin rolling it across the dunes, with Jack in pursuit. His former crew have meanwhile made it to the shore of the beach, having survived the fall into the Locker at the cost of the Hai Peng. The crabs retreat to Tia Dalma, just as the Black Pearl crests a nearby dune, Captain Jack Sparrow standing high on its mainmast.
The Black Pearl rolls into the ocean, and Jack is reunited with his crew, whom he initially mistakes for further hallucinations—until he spots Elizabeth, the woman who left him to die. He takes Barbossa’s resurrection in stride, and begins choosing his new crew members, including Tai Huang’s men but neglecting Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Pintel and Ragetti, all of them having been enemies with him in the past. During this exchange he also reveals to Will that Elizabeth betrayed him. However, as Barbossa holds the navigational charts, and Jack finds his compass useless in the Locker, he has no choice but to accept them as well.
The lost souls of Davy Jones’ Locker.
The crew sets sail across the boundless seas of the Locker, with Jack and Barbossa competing for captaincy of “their” ship. Will encounters Elizabeth below decks, and they have what is possibly their first real conversation together since Jack’s death. Will realizes that Elizabeth is not in love with Jack, but instead feels guilty for abandoning him to the Kraken. Nevertheless, Will finds himself unable to trust Elizabeth, and they part, their problems unresolved. As night falls, Pintel and Ragetti spot bodies floating in the doldrums, which Tia Dalma identifies as the souls of men and women drowned at sea. She further explains that it was the duty of Davy Jones, once a man, to care for these souls and usher them into the afterlife. In return, he would be able to reunite, every ten years, with “she who love him, truly”. Following the floating bodies come boats occupied by a single soul. Elizabeth spots her father, and believes they are back in the land of the living, until Weatherby informs her that he thinks he is dead. He explains that he had learned about the Dead Man’s Chest—that if one were to stab the heart within, their heart was bound to take its place—considering it a “silly thing to die for”, though both Jack and Will find the news very interesting. Elizabeth attempts to bring her father aboard, but his boat sails on, Weatherby promising to give Elizabeth’s love to her mother. Tia Dalma states that Weatherby is now at peace.
“Up is down. Well that’s just maddeningly unhelpful. Why are these things never clear?“
The Kraken’s final resting place.
With the water and the rum gone, the situation aboard the Black Pearl is becoming dire. Jack continues to experience hallucinations, during which he begins to form a plan to kill Davy Jones and captain the Flying Dutchman himself, thus ensuring immortality. He receives inspiration, and is able to decipher the charts (“Up is Down”). He lures the crew into rocking the ship, tipping it upside down in the water just as the sun sets in the Locker. The Black Pearl is transported back into the land of the living at sunrise, where the crew immediately pull out their guns in a tense stand-off. Barbossa informs Jack that the Brethren Court is gathering, though Sparrow is adamant he will not be attending. He assures Barbossa he will not be returning to the Locker, and attempts to shoot him… finding that his pistol has become water logged and will not fire. The rest of the crew have suffered the same setback, and are forced to cooperate. Will locates a fresh water spring on a nearby island, to which the crew sails.
“There is no honor in remaining with the losing side, leaving it for the winning side…that’s just good business.”
“The losin’ side, ye say?“
―Sao Feng and Hector Barbossa.[src]
Sao Feng, Hector Barbossa and Jack Sparrow on the Black Pearl.
There, they discover the corpse of the Kraken, over which Jack reflects on his own mortality. They locate the spring, but at that moment, the Empress, flagship of Sao Feng, is spotted off-shore—and Tai Huang reveals his true colours and ambushes Jack’s crew. They are brought aboard the Black Pearl, where Feng greets Jack by punching him on the nose, before claiming that an “old friend” wishes to speak with him: directing his attention to the HMS Endeavour. Onboard, Jack meets Cutler Beckett, who reminds Jack that Davy Jones will still want his debt settled. Onboard the Black Pearl, Mercer claims the ship for the East India Trading Company, despite it having been promised to both Feng and Will. Beckett attempts to persuade Jack to give him information concerning the Brethren Court, while Barbossa tries to sway Feng into ending his deal with the Company. Barbossa reminds Feng that the Brethren has the power to release Calypso, and thus bring the “power of the seas” to bear against Beckett. Jack agrees to lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove, in exchange for the loyal members of his crew, though
Jack and Beckett talking
Beckett is interested in what Jack wishes for Elizabeth. Feng himself is also interested in Elizabeth, having been regarding her curiously while Barbossa spoke of Calypso. Over Will’s objections, both Barbossa and Elizabeth agree to Feng’s terms, while Beckett threatens to kill Jack, in order to use Jack’s compass to find Shipwreck Cove. Jack warns him that if he does this, he will face the very difficult task of taking Shipwreck Cove by force, and offers to lure the Pirate Lords out of the fortress, in exchange for his debt to Jones being withdrawn. Feng finally agrees, able to take Elizabeth aboard the Empress and allow the Black Pearl to escape, and his men launch a broadside on the Endeavour. Barbossa duels with Mercer and fearing for his life, Mercer jumps off the ship.
“Our destinies have been entwined, Elizabeth, but never joined.“
―James Norrington to Elizabeth Swann[src]
Sao Feng with Elizabeth Swann.
During the confusion, Jack seals his deal with Beckett and makes a swashbuckling escape back to the Black Pearl. Beckett orders the Flying Dutchman to pursue the Empress, though his own pursuit of Sparrow’s crew is delayed by the damage suffered by his ship. Onboard the Empress, Feng has Elizabeth dressed in fine Chinese silks, and calls her “Calypso”. Elizabeth plays along, though rebuffs Feng’s romantic advances. The Pirate Lord becomes angry, and forces himself on her. At that moment, the ship comes under attack from the Flying Dutchman, and the Captain’s cabin is hit. Elizabeth recovers to find Feng knocked against a wall, impaled on a piece of wood. He implores her to go to Shipwreck Cove in his place, giving her his piece of eight and names her his successor both as a Pirate Lord and captain of the Empress. He dies, still believing her to be Calypso, though Tai Huang is not ready to accept his new captain. The crew are rounded up on deck, where Elizabeth is reunited with Norrington. He claims to be unaware of Weatherby’s death, and though he spares Elizabeth from Davy Jones, Elizabeth is unable to forgive him for choosing the side of the enemy.
Elizabeth and her new crew are locked in the brig of the Flying Dutchman while the Empress is towed behind. Elizabeth encounters William “Bootstrap Bill” Turner (Stellan Skarsgård), who has fallen into a state of madness, able only to recall his name, and that Will promised to free him. He manages to identify Elizabeth as the girl his son loves, and despairs that Will would never choose to bind himself to the Flying Dutchman and free his father, when he could remain with Elizabeth. He lapses back into insanity, forgetting the conversation completely, stating only that Will is coming for him.
Meanwhile, Beckett and Lieutenant Greitzer (David Meunier) are following a trail of bodies tied to barrels, evidently as a path to Shipwreck Cove. Beckett considers it to be a “gambit by a skilled opponent”. It turns out that it is Will who is leaving the trail, and is confronted by Jack, who mocks Will’s decision to do as promised at lead Beckett to Shipwreck Cove. He then reveals his intention to replace Jones as captain of the Flying Dutchman, thus allowing Will to “avoid the choice” between Elizabeth and “Bootstrap”. Jack considers binding himself to the Flying Dutchman to be a form of freedom, though is not prepared to do the duty. He hands Will his compass, then sends him overboard, intending him to be picked up by the Endeavour.
Onboard the Flying Dutchman, Elizabeth is surprised to find Norrington has re-evaluated his position, and helps she and her crew escape the ship. Elizabeth is initially dubious, though implores him to come with her back to the Empress when he decides to remain aboard the ship and hold off “Bootstrap Bill”. Will’s father is unable to realize Norrington is helping Elizabeth, adamant only that “no one leaves the ship”. Norrington shoots the line linking the Empress to the Flying Dutchman, stopping Elizabeth from re-boarding to help him, and he is stabbed by the confused “Bootstrap”. Dying, James is confronted by Davy Jones, who seems set to offer him the choice of service aboard the ship. In response, James thrusts his sword into Jones’ shoulder before dying. Jones keeps the sword for himself, and with the admiral dead, believes command of the ship has returned to him. However, he enters his cabin only to find Mercer has taken the key to the Dead Man’s Chest, becoming the Flying Dutchman’s new commander.
“This is madness!”
“This is politics.“
―Elizabeth Swann and Jack Sparrow[src]
The Black Pearl arrives at the shore of Shipwreck Island, where Barbossa confronts Tia Dalma. He names her as Calypso, and orders Pintel and Ragetti to lock her in the brig, ensuring she is unable to escape before Barbossa can free her. He is left contemplating the reason he was brought back from the dead by Dalma, and his fate should he fail to free Calypso.
Meanwhile, Davy Jones is summoned aboard the HMS Endeavour, where Cutler Beckett is drinking tea with Will. Turner informs Jones of Jack’s continued survival, though Beckett soon turns the conversation to the subject of Calypso. Jones is particularly vehement in lambasting his former love, and is enraged to learn the Brethren intends to release her. Jones reveals that it was he who showed the first Brethren Court how to bind her, thus matching Calypso’s betrayal with one of his own. Will now strikes a bargain of his own. In return for the freedom of his father, Elizabeth, and himself, Will will help lead Beckett and Jones to Shipwreck Cove—with the help of Jack’s compass. An additional price from Jones is that he would have Calypso murdered.
The Brethren assembles in Pirate Hall.
The fourth meeting of the Brethren Court is officially opened by Barbossa, who asks his fellow eight Lords to present their pieces of eight—symbols of their Lordship, though in actuality are little more than pieces of junk. Ragetti hands over his wooden eye as Barbossa’s piece, though Jack attempts to stall for time in order to avoid handing in his piece. Elizabeth Swann interrupts at that moment, proclaiming the death of Sao Feng, and her position as his successor. The Brethren do not take well to this news, and do not take Elizabeth’s warning that the Flying Dutchman is approaching, or her suggestion to fight seriously, believing Shipwreck Cove to be an impregnable fortress. Barbossa, however, voices his plan to free Calypso to use her wrath against Lord Beckett. The Court opposes the notion, and as arguments turn into provocations, the meeting descends into a brawl.
While the meeting continues, Davy Jones arrives onboard the Black Pearl, to confront Tia Dalma. He angrily asks her why she did not meet him on his one day ashore, and Dalma simply replies that it is her nature. She momentarily reverts Jones back to his human form, promising to give him her heart when she is freed. She also vows to turn against the Brethren Court, and show them the full extent of her cruelty.
Edward Teague and Jack Sparrow with the Pirata Codex.
The Court stops fighting for a moment to listen to a rambling monologue by Jack, who agrees with Elizabeth, stating that the pirates must fight, if only to run away, pointing out the dangers of the other two plans; Calypso may not be too friendly towards the pirates, and they may kill each other off if they hole up in Shipwreck Cove. However, Barbossa reminds the Court that a declaration of war can only be passed by the Pirate King—and no one has held that title since the first Brethren. To settle the matter, Barbossa calls upon Captain Teague, Keeper of the Code, who confirms Barbossa’s statement. Jack calls for a vote, upon which each Pirate Lord votes for him or herself…until Jack seconds Elizabeth’s vote, thus electing her Pirate King by popular vote. The Brethren is stunned, and was surely set to have overruled the Code had the infamous Teague not been present. With no other choice, Elizabeth accepts her new position, and declares war at dawn. As the meeting comes to a close, Jack asks Teague about the nature of immortality. Teague states that the trick of it is not simply living forever, but living forever with yourself. Their brief reunion ends with Teague reuniting Jack with his mother—now reduced to a shrunken head carried on Teague’s belt.
“Advise your Brethren: you can fight, and all of you will die, or you can not fight, in which case only most of you will die.“
―Cutler Beckett to Elizabeth Swann[src]
Barbossa, Swann and Sparrow during parley.
As all the pirates get ready to fight, they see the horizon filled with Lord Beckett’s massive fleet and became dumbstruck. Jack calls for a temporary parley, and he along with Elizabeth and Barbossa go to a small sand bar to meet up with Beckett, Jones, and Will. Jack’s deal with Beckett is revealed, and in a fit of anger Barbossa slashes his sword at Jack, cutting off his Piece of Eight. Jack the monkey quickly grabs the piece. Elizabeth decides to trade Jack for Will. Jack is turned over to Jones, just as he had planned. As Barbossa, Elizabeth, and Will walk away Jack the monkey secretly hands Jack’s Piece of Eight to Barbossa. Seeing an easy way out of the battle, Barbossa then frees Tia Dalma/Calypso and asks her to help in the battle between the pirates, Davy Jones, the Royal Navy, and the East India Trading Company with Will revealing Jones’ betrayal of which she was unaware. However, Calypso disperses and Barbossa sees their last hope lost.
“The enemy…has opted for oblivion. Ready the fleet.“
―Cutler Beckett to Lieutenant Theodore Groves and his men[src]
The Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman fight each other.
However, Elizabeth didn’t give up hope and tells the other pirates to “Hoist the Colours”. As both fleets prepared for attack, a violent maelstrom emerges between the two fleets, implied to be the work of Calypso. The Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman then steer into the storm and battle each other fiercely. During the battle, Davy Jones takes command of the Dutchman completely when he kills Mercer and takes the key to his chest, but is caught in a fight with Jack Sparrow who escapes the brig thanks to a trick Will taught him.. The two crews of both ships eventually leap of the Dutchman and the Pearl and do battle. During this, Elizabeth and Will are joined in matrimony by Captain Barbossa while fighting the crew of the Flying Dutchman. While Barbossa is busy decapitating a crew member of the Flying Dutchman, the two ship’s masts crash together.
Soon after, Will arrives on the Dutchman to only be in a duel with his father in which he defeats but doesn’t kill his father. Jones defeats Elizabeth, but Will stabs him through the back, forgetting his heart is no longer there and is defeated by Jones who goes to kill him after seeing the love between him and Elizabeth. However, this allows Jack to get both the Key and the Chest and remove the heart which he threatens, but Jones stabs Will anyway. This breaks Bootstrap out of his insanity and he attacks Jones, allowing Jack time to help Will stab the heart, killing Davy Jones. Jones’s last words are “Calypso”, and he falls from the ship into the darkness of the maelstrom. Barbossa then orders the crew to shoot a chain at the masts, allowing him to safely guide the Black Pearl out of the Maelstrom. Jack and Elizabeth manage to escape the Dutchman by using a sail as a makeshift parasail and watch as the Flying Dutchman sinks into the Malestrom which then subsides.
Will and Elizabeth during their one day.
“Keep a weather eye on the horizon.“
―Will Turner to Elizabeth Turner before he leaves.[src]
Therefore Will is now the captain of the Flying Dutchman. Elizabeth is heartbroken, thinking Will is dead, but as the Flying Dutchman emerges from within the sea, Will is alive and the crew has returned to normal. The pirates of the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman then turn to face Cutler Beckett, and blow his ship apart, sinking it down to the watery depths. Beckett himself is consumed in the explosion and his body is blown overboard.
“There’s more than one way to live forever. Gents, I give you the Fountain of Youth.“
―Barbossa to the crew of the Black Pearl[src]
Jack Sparrow begins to search for the Fountain of Youth in his dinghy.
The pirates emerge victorious, but learn that the Flying Dutchman must stay in the undersea-world and can only come to shore for one day, every ten years. Will frees his father, but Bootstrap Bill decides to remain with his son on the ship of his own free will. Will and Elizabeth spend their “last day” together on a beach and she promises she will wait for him and keep his heart safe. After discovering that Barbossa has made off with the Black Pearl, Jack sails off in a dinghy. Barbossa attempts to show the crew where the Fountain of Youth is on Sao Feng’s charts, but he discovers a large chunk has been removed from the charts by Jack himself. Jack begins his voyage to the Fountain of Youth himself.
Elizabeth Turner and William Turner III await Will’s return.
Ten years later, Elizabeth and her son, young Will Turner reside in Port Royal. Young Will sings a pirate song, with Elizabeth following behind. They both stand at the edge of a cliff, looking at the horizon, waiting for the sun to set. Finally, they see a flash of green light as the Flying Dutchman reappears, signifying Will Turner’s return from the Land of the Dead.


I don’t normally do movie reviews, usually because by the time I get around to seeing a movie it’s the 3AM show on TNT- but with World War Z I made an exception. The book is such a favorite of mine that I’ve bought it 3 times- I talk the book up to people, lend it to them to read, they keep it, and I lose patience and just go buy another copy. Next time I get it on Kindle.
Max Brooks’ book World War Z is to zombie fans what the Golden Corral chocolate fountain is to fat people. The fact that the book is so good is made obvious by the fact that they tried to make a bazillion dollar movie based on it. But if you are watching the movie and thinking “This is nothing like the book” then you are spot on. As best as I can tell the only similarities are the name of the movie and the name of the main character. The rest? Hollywood rewrites. Saying this movie is based on the book is like making a movie based on the Bible and having Noah build a Trans Am to escape a forrest fire, merging Moses, Samson, and Judas into one character and forgetting to mention Jesus altogether.
However, as summertime movie fare World War Z is fantastic. If you are looking for a zombie film to cut your teeth on or to introduce a newb to the genre I highly recommend it. Brad gets to be Brad, the zombies are scary enough without being gory, and the movie ends on an upbeat note. Exactly what you want from an action/adventure to beat the heat.
My only real complaint versus the movie is the lack of character development outside of Pitt’s character. Brooks was excellent at making you feel for his characters to the point that the zombie stuff was secondary, a plot device that provided a setting. The closest comparison in the movie was the captain in South Korea, and Brooks’ book is full of these- honorable people fighting against an impossible enemy they don’t fully understand and sacrificing themselves for the hope that those that come after will overcome and prevail. Pitt’s movie missed the chance to aspire to something better.
To sum up- go see it. Don’t read the book if you haven’t and enjoy the CGI. Later, read Max Brooks’ vision and be in awe of the greatest “book that’ll never be a movie” ever. And let me know what they should change the title of the movie to. I vote for…
Really Fast Zombies That Are Easy To Fool If You Have Ebola


A couple weeks ago, I got a text from my friend Sean who had just gotten out of the cinema seeing 1917, the new World War I epic from director Sam Mendes. The text simply read “so good.” I remember seeing the trailer for the film months ago and thinking that it looked incredible. But most of recent the buzz about the film seemed to center around the idea that it was all shot in one continuous take. In fact, the first plot keyword you’ll see in the IMDB listing for the film is “one take.” You’ll also read it or a variation of it in virtually every review of the film. The problem is it’s not true. 1917 was filmed to appear as one continuous shot, which it is a remarkable achievement on a film of this scale, but that doesn’t make it any more true. When I got the “so good” text from Sean, I remember asking him whether the one shot thing worked or if it came off as more of a gimmick. “I don’t know,” he responded. “I have mixed feelings I think.” Now that we’ve both seen it and had a chance to think about it, I thought it might be fun to talk about it. As you’ll hear, and as is often the case when Sean and I talk, the conversation went down a number of rabbit holes, which is one of the reasons I love talking to him.
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1917 on IMDB – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/
Roger Deakins Filmography – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005683/
Making a Murderer – https://www.netflix.com/title/80000770
Don’t F**k with Cats – https://www.netflix.com/title/81031373
Cartel Land – https://www.amazon.com/Cartel-Land-Dr-Jose-Mireles/dp/B078SDYF83/
Kelly Slater 24/7 – https://www.hbo.com/specials/247-kelly-slater
Werner Herzog Masterclass – https://www.masterclass.com/classes/werner-herzog-teaches-filmmaking
Of Walking in Ice – https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Ice-Munich-Paris-November-14-December/dp/0816697329/
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Playwriting Bio, Awards and Grants
Biographical Playwriting Highlights
for Cynthia L. Cooper (Cindy Cooper)
Cynthia L. Cooper (Cindy) writes a range of long and short plays, united by a passion for human rights and justice, stylized staging and a mixture of comedy and drama. Her plays have been produced in theatres and venues across the U.S., Canada and in Europe.
In Running On Glass, a scholar and her running buddy, one African American and one white, envision a women's sports museum, bringing to life women from history, including Althea Gibson, Babe Didrikson, Gretel Bergmann, Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, and Gertrude Ederle in unique dual monologues. The play premiered at Venus Theatre in Maryland, with readings in New York at Ego Actus Theater, New York Summer School of the Arts and elsewhere. An earlier version for one person, How She Played the Game, was produced off-Broadway by The Women's Project and separately by Primary Stages, and in theaters in more than 100 other locations including Reno, Boston, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Montreal, Helsinki and Budapest. It was excerpted on a Lifetime TV spot and included in five anthologies, one of which is Women Heroes (Applause). A version for elementary students, Go, Girl, Go has been received enthusiastically in schools and community settings.
Cooper's plays touch a range of subjects. Strange Light, produced at Wings in NY, Bailiwick in Chicago, in Philadelphia and Buffalo, involves a woman who struggles with light and dark, studying the history of illumination at the same time that she tries to capture information from her mother's failing memory and hold together her own relationship. Of the play, critic Stewart Benedict wrote, "Cooper is a graceful and skilled writer."
Silence Not, A Love Story published by Gihon River Press, immerses audiences in the courage and danger of a Jewish woman and Catholic man who raise their voices against the rise of the Nazis in the early 1930s in Germany -- and survive to tell about it. "Powerful, poignant and penetrating," wrote Michael Berenbaum of American Jewish University. The play opened at Center Stage Theatre in Jerusalem in April 2010 and has had readings at The Anne Frank Center USA, Wellstone Center (MN), Primary Stages (NYC) Anne Simley Theater (Hamline Univ.), Geraldine Page Center for the Arts, Poconos Playhouse in conjunction with East Stroudsburg University. It was a finalist in the ForeWord independent press for best drama and a finalist for the Original Playwright Series, Shawnee Playhouse, and was twice the subject of signings at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Heaven Scent, a one-act play about a gay couple that is trying to adopt a child but encounters the prejudice of a storeowner, was presented at the New Circle Theatre Company in the Sandbox.
The Outermost House, was performed by Marvin Einhorn (RIP 2014) at the Cape Cod National Seashore, Primary Stages, Backstage in Portland, Oregon, The Culture Club (NY) and in November 2014 as a tribute to Einhorn in a two-person show in L.A. under the direction of Catherine Roskam. The play shares the elegiac experiences of author Henry Beston, as he counteracts the trauma of war with the meditation of nature. A new, commissioned full-length play, Stones of Tiananmen, is about struggle of nonviolence advocate, Liu Xiaobo (Nobel Peace Prize winner), for free speech and democracy in China. It was a Finalist at the Kitchen Dog Theatre New Works Festival, SemiFinalist at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival and Play Penn in Philadelphia. It was presented in workshops or concert readings at Urban Stages in NY and HBO.
Sisters of Sisters about the alternately charged and warm relationships between three pairs of sisters, was a winner of the Hutchinson Festival of New Plays, and produced in New York, Kansas and Minnesota. Cooper's drama, Slow Burn, a finalist in five playwriting awards for its tale of entanglement between two teen boys and an elderly neighbor, was produced at Wings in New York under the direction of Michael Warren Powell. Strange Bedfellows describes how a single issue - pornography - enters and then takes over the campaign of a woman politician. Produced by the Women's Theater Project in Minnesota, which commissioned it, it was a finalist at the O'Neill Theatre Conference, and presented at West Coast Playwrights Festival. Walls about a woman prisoner in the U.S. with radical politics describes her life-saving connection to a gay male from her childhood, and was a semi-finalist at the O'Neill Theatre Festival in 2006; read at Julia's Reading Room of the League of Professional Theatre Women in 2015. Second Sight, a full-length play, looks at the issue of truth through the endeavors of Gerard Croiset, the "Mozart of psychics." It has had readings at The Hive in NY, 29th Street Playhouse, Theatre Beyond Borders, and other venues, including in the Chicago area. Words of Choice, a compilation of several writers created by Cooper, has toured to 100 locations and 20 states, and is published in "Front Lines: Political Plays be American Women" (New Press). A second compilation began touring in 2008 and was lived streamed to dozens of venues as part of the first WiredArtsFest. In 2014, Cooper produced a live performing walk with 12 actors, the Reproductive Justice Walking Tour, in New York City, and in 2016, the Reproductive Freedom Festival.
Cooper's one-act plays have won particular praise for their richness and compactability. Many present unconventional characters in complex situations. Sentences and Words, published in a volume released by the Women's Project and Productions in New York, and performed at the University of Washington and a dozen other schools, finds two women -- a defense lawyer and the mother of a victim -- grappling with the death penalty. In Works of Art, winner of the First Prize for Playwriting at Pen & Brush and other awards, a woman sculptor interviews women for an elusive position, but is drawn only to the candidate who can recite poetry. Beyond Stone tells how the father of a firefighter and a woman artist, both at a loss for words after a devastating fire, connect through art. Others are powerful stories of a woman who runs a shelter for women (The Dwelling Place, a winner of the Malibu International Short Play contest), a television reporter who reaches for black humor instead of dealing with her breast cancer (Mountain, a finalist at Louisville); modern day witches who clear a workspace of negativity (The Accounting Department); a DNA scientist determined to prevent the desecration of Elvis (Saving Grace, published in Elvis Monologues); and the story of Wilma Rudolph, Olympics gold medalist, in Olympic Dreams. Entrepreneur was produced at the Chain Theatre in New York, part of The Inferno Project of the New Circle Theatre Company.
Another series of plays deliver uplifting stories to family audiences or young people -- the life of the inventor of the Braille system of reading for the blind (Louis Braille: The World at Your Fingertips) (co-author, published by Dramatics Publishing), nontraditional career options (Reachin', published by Holt); ways to counter prejudice (High-Five; This Lady Doesn't Stop) about girls who band together to combat bullying. Sor Juana, produced by Enrichment Works in L.A., tells the true story of a young Mexican woman in the 17th century with a burning desire to learn, and who becomes a visionary poet and writer, published by Indie Theater Now as part of the 365WomenAYear series.
Cooper was twice awarded a Jerome Fellowship at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, where she began her work as a playwright. In Minneapolis, she planned and directed a Women's Playwriting Conference. She is currently an Affiliated Writer at the Playwrights Center.
She was presented a special citation in Providence, RI for Outstanding achievements as a playwright ... devoted to exploring the issues and challenges that mean the most to women, and presented with the Anne E. Fisher Champion of Choice Award for her work on women's rights and the VISION Award from the Abortion Conversations Project. Cooper makes her home in New York City, and is actively working on several theater projects.
She is an inaugural participant in the New Play Exchange Network, which makes select scripts available to people in the theater. Her plays are included in 16 publications (see Play Publications).
For more biographical info, click About here or at the top of page.
Playwriting awards and grants include:
~Jerome Fellowship,Playright-in-Residence, Playwrights Center of Minneapolis (2 times)
~First Prize, Playwriting, Pen & Brush:Works of Art
~Winner, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival: Fox and Hounds
~Winner, Playwriting, White Bear Arts Council, MN: Fox and Hounds
~First Prize, Playwriting, Barn Theatre, NJ: Fox and Hounds
~Winner, Hutchinson Festival of New Plays: Sisters of Sisters
~Finalist, Jewish Plays Project, I Was A Stranger Too
~Finalist, Theater J Trish Vradenburg Jewish Play Prize, I Was A Stranger Too
~Finalist, New Works Festival, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Dallas: Stones of Tiananmen
~Finalist, National Children's Theatre Festival: Louis Braille
~Finalist, POW Festival: Sisters of Sisters
~Winner, Malibu's Second International Festival of One-Act Plays:Dwelling (Casa)
~Winner, Nantucket Short Play Festival: Works of Art
~Winner, Camino Real Playhouse Show-Off! International Short Play Contest: Sentences and Words
~Winner, Theatre of Western Springs, IL, Summer Shorts: Sentences and Words
~Winner, 3GT New Works, San Fran Lez Writes: Bend the Arc
~Second Prize, Pen and Brush Playwriting Contest, New York: Dwelling [Casa]
~Finalist, O'Neill Theatre Program: Walls (Synchonicity)
~Finalist, O'Neill Theatre Program: Strange Bedfellows (Comrades in the Kama Sutra Zone)
~Finalist, Louisville One-Act Contest: Mountain
~Finalist, Source Theatre: Slow Burn
~Finalist, Original Playwriting Award, Aspen Theater Conference: Slow Burn
~Finalist, Western Illinois University Playwriting Competition: Slow Burn
~Finalist, Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence: Slow Burn
~Finalist, Biennial Promising Playwright Contest, Colonial Players: Slow Burn
~Finalist, Out on the Edge Playwrights Festival:A Date At Last
~Finalist, Best Book, Performing Arts Div, ForeWord: Silence Not, A Love Story, pub by Gihon River Press
~Finalist, Original Playwright Award, Shawnee Playhouse: SILENCE NOT, A Love Story
~Finalist, Kitchen Dog Theatre Festival: Walls
~Runner-Up, Pulse Theatre Festival, New York: Second Sight
~Runner-Up, Drury One-Act Contest: Works of Art
~Semi-Finalist, O'Neill Theatre Program (2022), I Was a Stranger Too
~Semi-Finalist, Word Power, Avant Garage, LA: Bend the Arc
~Semi-Finalist, East-West Players FDG/CBS New Plays Program: Slow Burn
~Semi-Finalist, PlayPenn: Stones of Tiananmen
~Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival: Stones of Tiananmen
~Semi-Finalist, Lee Korf Playwriting Prize, The Original Theatre Works: All That Is Green
~Semi-Finalist, Trustus Festival Playwriting Contest: 24 Hours in the Life of the Belted Sandfish
~Semi-Finalist, Two-Headed Challenge, Playwrights Center
~Governor's Award Program, NJ: To How She Played the Game in Recognition of Althea Gibson, Women's Theatre of New Jersey
~Citizen Citation, City of Providence, RI Outstanding achievements as a playwright and journalist
~Best Historic Fiction, Books and Authors, Silence Not, A Love Story
~Anne E. Fisher Champion of Choice Award, NARAL Pro-Choice America
~Generative Fellowship CoreAlign, CA
~Vision Award, Abortion Conversations Project
~Affiliated Writer, Playwrights Center of Minneapolis
~Guest Artist, New York State Summer School of the Arts
~Thank You Award, Quixote Foundation
~Northwest Area Foundation, Co-Labs Grant
~The Field, Individual Artist Grant Program, Artists' Value-Pak
~BMI Musical Theater Workshop (book)
~New York Foundation for the Arts, Teaching Grant, Damas Gracias
~Writing Grant, Storytalers, MN
~Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council (in collaboration with Carolyn Levy)
~Rimon (second): The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council, 'I Was A Stranger Too' with Carolyn Levy
~Alliance of Jewish Theatres: 'I Was A STranger Too'
~Ragdale Writers' Retreat, Ill., Resident Artist
~Cold Hollow Cross Disciplinary Project and Retreat, Vermont
~Playwright in Residence, University of Alabama
White Bear Lake Theater
The Outermost Project (Marvin & Annie Einhorn)
Women's Theater of NJ
Enrichment Works, LA
Women's Theatre Project, MN
MN Department of Education
Visual Artists Guild, NY/CA
~Writer's Voice, West Side Y
~New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA)
~Damas Gracias (New York Foundation for the Arts Grant)
~Greenhope Residence for Women, founder Creative Theatre and Arts
~Schools: New Jersey, Minneapolis, Wisconsin, Alabama, New York, Maryland
~Workshops, Words of Choice
~Storytelling, Creativity Workshops
~ OTHER TEACHING: Columbia University, Communication Practices; FIT, Parsons, Marymount, Greenhope, NOW, MICA, others
~Women at Wings, Co-Producer (past)
~Women's Playwriting Conference, Mpls., Director (past)
~Interim Director, Playwrights' Center, Mpls. (past)
~Artistic Directorate, Playwrights' Center, Mpls.(past)
~Producer, Actors on Stage, Coffeehouse Extempore, Mpls.(past))
~Producer, Women's Sampler, WARM Galleries, Minnesota
~Producer, Women With Bite, New York
~Producer, After Shakes, a benefit for the Mayor's Earthquake Relief Fund, Eureka Theatre, San Francisco
~Producer, Founder, Words of Choice and ReproFreedomArts.org
~Chair, Founder, Collaboration Award, WomenArtsMedia (formerly NY Coaltion of Professional Women in Arts & Media)
~Producer, Jewish Women You Should Know, Anne Frank Center USA; More Jewish Women You Should Know, Anne Frank Center USA
~Producer, Reproductive Freedom Festival; ReGeneration: Intergenerational Threatre; Resilience and Rights, more
~Project Chair and Instigator: Theatre Connections, League of Professional Theatre Women
~Co-Instigator and Producer: StatueFest -- Put A Woman on A Pedestal, New Shokan Theatre Project
ORGANIZATIONS & ARTICLES
~League of Professional Theater Women (former), founder of Theatre Connections Program
~Playwrights' Center of Minnesota, Affiliated Writer; Jerome Fellow, two-time; Interim director (past); Artistic Directorate (past)
~Board Member, (past), New York Coalition of Professional Women in the Arts & Media (Women, Arts, Media), founder of Collaboration Awards
~New Play Exchange (NPX)
~Dramatists Guild Women's Initiative, Co-Convener (to 5/2011)
~Author's Guild, Member
~New York Newswomen's League, Member
~Honor Roll! Playwrights, Executive Committee
~International Centre for Women Playwrights, Member
~Women's Project, NY, Playwrights Unit (alum)
~Wings Theatre, Writer-Member (past); Women's Initiative, Co-Director (past)
~Immigrant Theatre Project, NY, Advisory Board (past)
~New Circle Theatre Company NCTC (formerly Circle East, Circle Rep)(past)
~Wright On! Playwrights
~BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, participant (past)
~Arts & Work Ensemble, Writer-Member (past)
~Playwrights Center, Affiliated Artist
~10x10 East Broadway Alliance
~ New Shokan Kitchen Island Project (Put A Woman on A Pedestal)
THEATER ARTICLES AUTHORED
~Putting Women in the Public Square: StatueFest Shifts the Narrative
~Why Bias against Creative Women Artists, Composers & Playwrights Falls in A Hole in the Law, Medium, Oct 2019
~Women, Words of Choice and the WiredArtsFest
~Some Solutions To the Problems Presented by the NYSCA Report on the Women in Theatre, Arts Wire 2002
~A New Guide To Holocaust Plays By & About Women, WomenArts 2016
~Recognizing Yom HaShoah with Women, Theater and Resistance to the Holocaust, Huffington Post
~"The Woman Who Said 'No' --Researching Resistance and the Holocaust," Women, Theatre and the Holocaust, Third Edition, Remember the Women Institute
~Reviews, New York Law Journal
~Review, Literature in Performance
~Sarah Jones: Bridge and Tunnel, Ford Foundation Magazine
~Articles, Newsletter, NY Coalition of Professional Women in Arts & Media; Women's Project & Productions; Words of Choice
ABOUT MY WORK: SELECT ARTICLES
~Cindy Cooper: Seeking Asylum through The Arts, First Online With Fran
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~Cynthia Cooper: Playwright, Theatre Revolution, Writer's Block with Gabrielle Fox on Activism & Theater
~A Better Theatre and a Better World, Find Your Light Podcast and Interview with Emily Stametz
~Conversations With Creative Women -- Interview with Cindy Cooper (podcast) with Sandi Klein
~Determined Women, Podcast and interview by Coni Ciongoli Koepfinger (on YouTube)
~What Motivates An Activist, Lilith Magazine, by Eleanor Bader
~Honor Roll Profiles, Cynthia L. Cooper
~Kara Corthron Gets Me To Answer A Bunch of Questions
~Why I Write Blog30, League of Professional Theatre Women
~Works by Women.
~Author Interview, ForeWord.
~Playwrights' Political Visions, THE DRAMATIST (Dramatists Guild of America) by Alexis Greene; also, League of Professional Theatre Women Magazine.
~Choice Arts,Women Artists, Profile by Sarah Browning
~Majority of Theater-Going Audience, Minority of Playwrights and Directors, by Eleanor Bader, Truthout.
~Drama Over Diatribe, by Ann Farmer, Women's eNews
~Common Bonds, D. Lee Miller, THE DRAMATISTS (Dramatists Guild of America)
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Roy Mai (Silk Trace)
Released: September 5th, 2011
Atichart Chumnanont (Aum) as Prince Siriwong (Chao Noi) / Suriyawong
Taksaorn Paksukcharoen (Aff) as Princess Maneerin (Chao Rin) / Rerin
Chatayodom Hiranyatsathiti (Chai) as Prince Siriwattana
Jason Young as Thanin
May FeungArom as Lady Bua Ngern (young)
Pisamai Wilaisak (Mee) as Lady Bua Ngern (old)
Sakaewan Yongjaiyuth (Pingpong) as Kamtiang (young)
NamNgern Boonnak as as Kamtiang (old)
Pimolrat Pisalayabut (Kob) as Wongprajan
OrnAnong Panyawong (Orn) as Wandara
Rachanee Siralert as Panwarin
Jaeng Warapan as Maimae
Chudapa Chanthakhet as Mei
Kriankrai Aoonhanan as Srapan
Rerin, the textile professor goes to take vacation in Chiang Mai because she wants to have time to think over about her relationship with Thanin, her fiance.
On her vacation, she meets Suriyawong, the food designer and the restaurant owner who descends from the prince and Grandma Bua Ngern. Suriyawong falls in love at first sight with Rerin and feels like she's someone who he has longed for. However, Wongprajan, Suriyawong's relative comes in to obstruct their love and declare herself as his fiancee.
And then, the mysterious thing begins when Rerin hears a mysterious guy calling for her from outside her room in the guesthouse. She wonder who he is and how he knows her.
Rerin wants to learn more about the textile, so Suriyawong takes her to talk to Lady Bua Ngern, his grandmother. But when Lady Bua Ngern sees Rerin, she acts like she hates Rerin and calls her Maneerin. Rerin also sees a spirit of Mei, Lady Bua Ngern's servant ghost in that place, but when she tells anyone, no one believe her.
One day, Rerin goes to visit the textile museum. She sees the unfinished fabric on the loom which belongs to Princess Maneerin in the past. In that place, she meets a mysterious guy who she has ever seen in the guesthouse. He actually is the spirit of Prince Siriwattana, the prince from the past, who has been there to wait for her for so long. He asks her to finish weaving the unfinished fabric and Rerin is willing to do it.
During that time, Prince Siriwattana takes her turn back time to see her past life. In the past life, Rerin is Princess Maneerin. She is sent to get married with Prince Siriwattana for the relationship between the states, but Princess Maneerin falls in love with Prince Siriwong, Prince Siriwattana's brother (reincarnated as Suriyawong in the present lifetime). When Lady Bua Ngern who falls in love with Prince Siriwattana knows, she tells Prince Siriwattana about it. Prince Siriwattana is very angry and accidentally killed Prince Siriwong. However, no one knows that in the fact, Ghost Mei possesses Prince Siriwattana's body and tells people to sink the boat of Prince Siriwong.
After Prince Siriwong dies, Maneerin is very sorry. She refuses to eat or do anything, but just weave the fabric in her room. Prince Siriwattana is very angry and tells her to finish this fabric before the wedding day and wear it in their wedding. But Maneerin intends to finish it and use it to strangle herself to death in her wedding day. During the time she weaves the fabric, Lady Bua Ngern comes in to attack her. Maneerin doesn't have strenght to fight back, so she dies in front of Prince Siriwattana and her fabric is left undone.
After that Prince Siriwattana gets married with Lady Bua Ngern, but they have never slept with each other in the same room until Prince Siriwattana is dead from grief later. Lady Bua Ngern is very angry and vengeful for that.
In the present life, when Rerin knows the story, she tries to finish this unfinished fabric to release the spirit of Prince Siriwattana to be in peace. However, Lady Bua Ngern still has grudge against Maneerin or Rerin in the present, so she tries to kill Rerin. Suriyawong can come to save Rerin's life in time, but she becomes paralyzed because of brain stroke.
...Follow up to watch what will happen next in lakorn.
Song: Piang Dai Kiang Thur (Just to be with you)
Artist: Srisalai Suchatwut / Atichar Chumnanont
Roy Mai (Silk Trace) Episode 1 - 3
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Anyone who hasn’t been living in a galaxy far, far away will know that Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is due for release on December 17. The return of the impossibly famous franchise sees a Hollywood heavyweight reprise the role that catapulted him to stardom -everyone’s favourite action man, Harrison Ford. While working as a carpenter, a young Harrison was offered his first major film role by George Lucas. Known as one of Hollywood’s more humble A-listers, the Indiana Jones actor has also spent time as a helicopter rescue pilot and a roadie for The Doors. A father of five and plane crash survivor, he’s certainly crammed a lot into his 51-year career and remains forever thankful for his success.It’s very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I’m actually taking a pee at the time, the 73 year old has joked.
Born before the end of World War II in Chicago, Illinois, Harrison came from thespian stock. Both parents had dabbled in the theatrical world and although their eldest son was a shy boy interested in philosophy, the passion was definitely in the genes. He left university before graduation after taking his first acting class, realising it was what he wanted to do.I was terrified to get up in front of people, but I really enjoyed the storytelling part, he admitted.
Gradually he found confidence and did a season with his local acting troupe, the Belfry Players. He also wed his college sweetheart, Mary Marquardt, in 1964 and the couple went on to have two sons,
Ben and Willard. Determined to give professional acting a go, the Fords upped sticks and moved west.Los Angeles is where you have to be if you want to be an actor, Harrison has said.You have no choice. You go there or New York. I flipped a coin about it. It came up New York, so I flipped again. When you are starting out to be an actor, who wants to go where it is cold and miserable and be poor there?
Once in California, Harrison joined an extras company – but didn’t initially blow casting directors away.The studio guy told me: Kid, you have no future in
1942 Harrison Ford is born on July 13 in Chicago, Illinois.
1945 His brother Terence is born.
1960 Attends Ripon College in Wisconsin but drops out before graduation.
1964 Begins acting with the Belfry Players. Marries his college sweetheart, Mary Marquardt. Acquires his trademark scar by swerving his car and hitting a telephone box. Moves to Los Angeles, and joins an extras agency.
1967 Gains his first credited role in the film A Time For Killing. His son Ben is born.
Above: As Rick Deckard in cult classic Blade Runner. Left: Harrison’s role in the Indiana Jones films made him one of Hollywood’s ;; highest-paid stars this business,”the star recalled.
‘I said: Why?” He said: When Tony Curtis first walked on screen carrying a bag of groceries – a bag of groceries! – you took one look at him and said: That’s a movie star!”
I said: Weren’t you supposed to say:That’s a grocery delivery boy?”
The actor made cameos in dozens of films, but soon became frustrated with the roles he was being cast in. The young father of two decided to train as a professional carpenter to provide for his family. As it turned out, Hollywood was the perfect place to ply his trade. One of his first jobs was as a stage hand and roadie to the infamously hedonistic rockers The Doors.When it was over, I was one step away from joining a Jesuit monastery, Harrison once joked.
‘I thought it was cool, I thought it was hip, but I couldn’t keep up with those guys. It was too much.
His second carpentry coup came while the aspiring actor was reunited with George Lucas – who had cast him in a minor role in his 1973 film American Graffiti – while fixing a door at a studio. George had just given up trying to talk Christopher Walken into taking the role of Han Solo in his new film, Star Wars. Harrison took the role and referred to George afterwards as:
‘A fountain from which my career sprang, more or less.
By 1979, the Star Wars actor’s marriage to Mary had come to an end – but his screen career was going from strength to strength as
he took roles in cult classic Blade Runner and the legendary Raiders Of The Lost Ark, to name but a few.
In 1983, the leading man married screenwriter Melissa Mathison, who had penned such box office smashes as ET – although it wasn’t the thunderbolt experience of his first love.It was just part of the continuum of the relationship… I do not know if I ever proposed to her, Harrison has said. The couple welcomed son Malcolm and daughter Georgia, before separating in 2001. With no pre-nuptial agreement, their eventual divorce cost him an estimated £78 million. Melissa passed away from cancer last month, aged 65.
At the 2002 Golden Globes, Harrison crossed paths with former AllyMcBeal actress Calista Flockhart. The couple embarked on a love affair and dated for eight years until finally tying the knot in 2010. Their relationship initially sparked a media frenzy, but the pair stepped back from the limelight to raise their son Liam, who Calista had adopted as a single parent in 2001.
Ever adventurous, flying planes is a passion for Harrison.I was 52 when I started flying – I’d been an actor for 25 years and I wanted to learn something new, he said.Acting was my only identity.
Though the star crash-landed his vintage plane on a Los Angeles golf course earlier this year and reportedly suffered a broken pelvis and ankle, as well as head injuries, he’s refused to give up his wings.
While he initially took parts to pay his bills, after reprising his role as the famous fedora-wearing historian Indiana Jones in The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull in 2010, Harrison was named the highest-paid actor in Hollywood.My goal was just to work regularly. I didn’t ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor, he said.
Famously reticent about reprising his most iconic role, the actor finally conceded that the opportunity to pilot the Millennium Falcon once again was not to be missed – though he was rushed to hospital with a broken leg after the set fell on him. Still The Force Awakens proved to be the right move, with the star explaining that the charming smuggler has progressed:His development is consistent with the character, and there are emotional elements, which have occasioned his growth. There’s a lot of the rogue still left in Solo. Some things do not change.
However the former philosophy student has reassured fans he’s not going anywhere soon, saying:You may get real tired watching me, but I’m not going to quit.loQ!]
Receiving his star on th Hollywood Walk Of Fame with third wife Calista Flockhart, and his eldest sons, their partners and children
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An analysis of iagos use of language to destroy othello
Despite the truth of iago's confession to rodrigo that he is not what he the soundest of reasons to destroy othello, desdemona, and cassio use of online dictionaries and concordances to study shakespeare's language. Beyond particular words, othello draws our attention to law with the  in act 3, iago and desdemona each refer to othello's suspicion of we shall therefore use law to interpret some of the play's central action so he is immediately commanded to kill cassio –not that hour but “within these three days. Summary: act i, scene i in following him like brabanzio, othello has no idea of iago's role in roderigo's accusations analysis the war between the turks and venetians will not prove words in this scene chillingly mock the language of love and marriage: as othello prepares to kill desdemona at the beginning.
Everything you ever wanted to know about iago in othello, written by masters of this shmoop - we speak student character analysis never really know for certain why it is that iago wants to destroy othello i here engage my words. Othello by william shakespeare a shakespeare in the ruins study guide which we clearly see in othello, iago, cassio and roderigo some context is also othello swears that he will be revenged, and orders iago to kill cassio 4 in other words, the students must speak “in the shoes” of the selected character. In william shakespeare's tragedy othello, the character iago is he directly seeks to destroy othello, cassio, roderigo, and any other good essay on the devil as iago in shakespeare's othello iago is an artist of villainy first because he does not care about anyone and will use him or her for his gain.
An examination of the relationship between othello and iago, and why iago we must explain it either from the incidents of the play or from the words of the play, to work out his purpose, which is not to destroy othello, but only to disturb his. To start, iago uses rhetorical questions favorably to cause othello to question an analysis of iago in othello in the play othello, shakespeare suggests that even in iago's traits and motivations, his interactions with others, his use of language was he simply envious of othello's status or did iago plot to destroy othello. Shakespeare's 'othello': an analysis of iago's character with others, his use of language and the use of others' language concerning him was he simply envious of othello's status or did iago plot to destroy othello for his.
Mphil english language and literature, department of english language and the basic purpose of the study is the character analysis of othello and iago in destroy othello, he proceeds by plotting and through inference to gain his goal. Remains the most important study of the imagery and language in othello most significantly linguistic matter ultimately destroys the ordered control of normal behaviour jr has written about iago's use of proverbs to persuade others all. We look at how shakespeare's othello is written, and why it's written like that othello well, do it, and be brief i will walk by: i would not kill thy unpreparèd spirit each time, and here you can find some interrogation techniques we use to analyse text, introduced by the actors that use them analysing iago's language.
Michael cassio, or simply cassio, is a fictional character in william shakespeare' s othello iago uses cassio in his scheme to destroy othello iago insinuates throughout that cassio is having an affair with othello's wife, languages. A look will be taken into the actions of iago and othello, with love for desdemona can be analyzed as to whether or not othello was in control of it seems, from this moment on, that iago has made his decision to destroy othello at all costs in his last words, othello's madness finds a certain clarity as he. Fidelity to othello and finally, desdemona requests that the bedsheets be used to handkerchief and iago's language iago between the two cultures was destroyed iago and “the meaning of strawberries in shakespeare” studies in . On the one hand, iago enjoys in his ability to dissemble and destroy for its own sake, rather than for after he beats her: with othello, he evolves from the role of a loyal servant to the role of an honest and this suggests that lago is also brilliant in using his body language along with his verbal skills othello study center. Iago's use of language and villainous behavior in shakespeare's othello in this speech, after roderigo says he wants to kill himself, iago tries to convince roderigo not to end shakespeare's 'othello': an analysis of iago's character.
An analysis of iagos use of language to destroy othello
Iago has a unique ability to manipulate others through his use of language, driving the as his determination to destroy othello surpasses his judgment of morality good analysis √√ in act i scene i, we see him effortlessly manipulating. There have been numerous interpretations of othello over the last 400 years usage terms the british library has decided to make the images of pre-1800 while iago's and brabantio's remarks in act 1 exude what is today cesare vecellio shows the fluid meaning of the word 'moor' at the time. Revenge is the main theme in the play othello by william shakespeare and it is iago also uses desdemona and cassio to manipulate othello to think that his yasr say, “iago is a cynical and malicious villain who only aspires to destroy. [tags: character analysis othello iago shakespeare] one major way iago uses his manipulation on roderigo is by jealousy is the poisoner and his job is to ruin lives to get what he wants by using his ironic words to destroy his victims.
- Shakespeare's audiences would recognize the speech as their language at the close of act 1 iago uses prose to convince rodrigo not to kill himself instead .
- Check out our revolutionary side-by-side summary and analysis othello asks iago whether it was cassio who just departed however, his words and shifts are carefully calculated to inspire jealousy notice she asks for it back unless he has some important use for it, but he refuses to give it back and sends her away.
Department of english language and literature at middle east university for their help, the study indicates that iago has a strong effect in the tragedy of othello as the however, some of them have played a dramatically vital role that might be as is a main motive to destroy others, but what helps him is his powers of. He possesses a “free and open nature,” which his ensign iago uses to twist his love for his wife, desdemona, into a read an in-depth analysis of othello.