Jack Katarincic -- The Maneuver
 
   This is mostly good and I think you have caught the idea of "inversion" pretty
   well.  But it even goes deeper than the examples you discuss.  The Sanlikol opera's
   plot is related to the Shakespeare plot by a whole series of substitutions or 
   reversals in the Venice-Turkey relationship, or in the basic traits of 
   characters or the relationships between characters, that all have the effect 
   of shining a light on those relationships "from the other side," so to speak.  
   For instance:

      Shakespeare                                Sanlikol

      Venice's "colony" on Cyprus is             Turkey's "colony" on Cyprus
      potentially under attack by Turkey         is potentially under attack by Venice

      Othello is a black Moorish warrior         Sumbul is a black eunuch 
      for Venice                                 who tries to negotiate peace for 
                                                 Turkey
   
      Desdemona is daughter of a senator         Suzan is a slave
 
      Iago is motivated mostly by hate           Frenk Mustafa is motivated
      for Othello (and Cassio)                   mostly by love for Suzan   

   There are several other substitutions or reversals of this type too.    

   There are also a few details you got wrong here.  First, Suzan is not supposed
   to be a black woman.  She is actually supposed to be Italian.  So the reversals
   between the pairs Othello-Desdemona and Sumbul-Suzan are more about the status
   of the woman in the pair, and also about the arena in which the power of the 
   man is expressed:  Othello is a super-manly warrior, while Sumbul is a 
   eunuch--probably a rather effeminate man.  But he is also a courtier who has
   has a lot of trust and influence (he can be trusted around the sultan's harem, 
   for instance, because he cannot have normal sexual relations with the sultan's 
   wives) and gets sent on diplomatic missions for the sultan.  Second, the action
   of the Shakespeare play does not take place only in Venice.  That is only Act 
   I.  Remember that the rest of the action after that takes place on the island
   of Cyprus.

   Finally, please spend a bit more time proofreading your papers in the future.
   Sentences like "But what I think is most important is the fact that the 
   Otheelo in the Seraglion story is the opposite of Othello." (on page 3) detract
   from the impression your writing could make.

   Grade:  88 (B+)