Rosamund Mitchell -- Change in Perspective

   Your analysis of the relations between Sanlikol opera and the Shakespeare
   play is excellent.  Saying that the opera is a "mirror image" of the play
   is a nice way to describe the relationship.  You could also say the underlying 
   "maneuver" is one 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 Mustapha is motivated
      for Othello (and Cassio)                   mostly by love for Suzan   

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

   You basically say all of this, of course.  I just think it's interesting to 
   see the extent to which this pattern is carried out at lots of different levels.

   Grade:  (95)  A