<p>The last event of the play is Othello killing himself as a judgment upon himself. The imagery of a Last Judgment in the play. The difficult paradox in Christianity:  punishment or forgiveness, justice or mercy.  Desdemona refuses to judge Othello: how do we judge him.  Is his final speech an honest judgment of himself?  </p>

The last event of the play is Othello killing himself as a judgment upon himself. The imagery of a Last Judgment in the play. The difficult paradox in Christianity: punishment or forgiveness, justice or mercy. Desdemona refuses to judge Othello: how do we judge him. Is his final speech an honest judgment of himself?

Episode 252: Shakespeare’s Othello: Othello’s Death and the Theme of Judgment.

This podcast is aimed at a non-specialist audience interested in acquiring what Northrop Frye called, in the title of one of his books, an educated imagination. Its materials are drawn from the many courses in literature and mythology that I taught, combined with material from my book The Productions of Time, for which I hope the podcast may provide an accessible introduction, with concrete examples.

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Episode 252: Shakespeare’s Othello: Othello’s Death and the Theme of Judgment.

Episode 252: Shakespeare’s Othello: Othello’s Death and the Theme of Judgment.