Place and Symbolism in Two Plays
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In William ShakespeareÆs (1954) Othello and in Ann-Marie MacDonaldÆs (1998) Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet, one of the devices used by the playwright is the transference of the action from one geographic locale to another. This occurs despite the literary requirement of ôunity of place,ö which is designed to confine action in a drama to one place in order to ensure that the action is sufficiently focused to allow for adequate development of character, plot and theme. The choices made by both Shakespeare (1954) and MacDonald (1998) with respect to essentially ômovingÆ or ôrelocatingö the action in their plays reflects their individual reco
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