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During the course of his exposition of the plot, Professor Kittredge presented the salient features involved in the makeup of the characters. Of Othello he said. "He is often throught to have brought down destruction on his head by jealousy. It is not so. Othello's trouble is with his head not his heart, for he means well but has not the ability to choose". In the same manner the speaker discredited the popular impression of Iago as a smooth sly man by pointing out the absolute trust which was place on him by Othello, and the honesty with which...
...Kittredge '82 last night treated the first of a series of five tragedies of Shakspere in his inimitably pleasant style before a large audience in Sanders Theatre. The series is under the auspices of the Dowse Institute. Compendious as the speech was, it included a dissertation on the general plot and characterization of the tragedy as, well as interesting sidelights acquired by the speaker's careful study...
...speaker then sketched the relations of Macbeth and his wife, interlinked with the plot. Carrying them through the murder of Duncan, he showed the hero becoming more resolute as fate tightened its grip. "Lady Macbeth", went on Professor Kittredge, "is an indispensable support to her courageous, but none too steady, husband. Following the scene with Banquo's ghost, the heroine instills renewed vitality into Macbeth's flagging spirits...
...over their audiences (all their plays are in the original Slavic); worst of all, they have pledged a fraction of their proceeds as a tax to the Russian Government--and they are charging five dollars a seat. It is no wonder that the American Defense Society sees here a plot to subsidize sedition. At the end of their eight weeks' engagement, they will be ready to overthrow the Constitution...
...plot is a little unusual, in spite of the fact that the eternal triangle plays an important part. In the ordinary drama one would expect the dashing opera singer to be the wily and passionate vampire who steals the affections of the married and conservative hero and breaks up his peaceful home, until his quiet and domestic wife finally wins her husband back by her constant faith and love. But not so in "Enter Madame". Here we have just the reverse situation...