Quinn Suydam -- Othello This is very good, but in fact the basic "maneuver" of substitutions or reversals goes even deeper than the examples you have mentioned. These involve several different aspects of the Venice-Turkey relationship, or the basic traits of characters or the relationships between characters. To me, these 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 a few mechanical slips or typos here (e.g. top of page 2 "... but there love ..." should be "... but their love ... ") Grade: 92 (A-)