BRITAIN IN THE 1980'S
by Allyson Campbell
1. LAW/POLITICS
1.1. lack of faith in the law
1.2. time of lawlessness
1.3. Margaret Thatcher was a conservative
1.4. police brutality was an issue
2. OTHELLO VS. SAX'S
2.1. similarities
2.1.1. share conflict
2.1.2. love stories
2.1.3. importance of class
2.2. differences
2.2.1. Othello - external threat of war
2.2.2. Sax's - civil unrest - internal
2.2.3. class
2.2.3.1. Sax's - poverty
2.2.3.2. Othello - nobility
2.2.4. setting
2.2.4.1. Sax's - exotic - "moorish" - considered a luxury
2.2.4.2. Othello -
2.2.5. connection between Des. and Lulu
2.2.5.1. similar class in Sax's vs. seperated in Othello
2.2.5.2. lulu in film was ineffectual
2.2.6. Othello and Iago
2.2.6.1. closer relationship explored in Sax's