SUMMARY OF

OTHELLO, THE DOLL’S HOUSE AND MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Lecturers: 1. Andriamella Elfarissyah, S.Pd., M.Pd.

2. Sri Hartati, S.Pd., M.Pd.
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01 Della Meyliza Pitri
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02 Reni Intan Sari

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03 Santri Fatimah
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04 Riana Yuliansari
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05 Murniyati
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 Table of Contents

Characters list Theme

1 2 3 4 5

Key facts Major Conflicts Symbols

 Othello The Doll’s Much Ado about
Key Author William Shakespears
House
Hendrik Ibsen
Nothing
William Shakespears

Facts Type of work Play

Tragedy
Play
Realistic,
Drama
Comedy
Genre modern prose
drama
Language English Norwegian English
Time and Between 1601 and 1604, 1879, Rome and 1598, England
Place Written England Amalfi, Italy
Date of First 1622 1879 1600
Publication
Shakespeare clearly Serious, Shakespeare’s attitude
views the events of the intense, somber toward courtship and
play as tragic. He seems romance combines
Tone to view the marriage mature cynicism with
between Desdemona an awareness that the
and Othello as noble and social realities
heroic, for the most part. surrounding courtship.

Setting Late the 16th centuries 1870s The 16th century

- Time Venice, the island of Norway Messina, Sicily, around
CHARACTER LIST
Protagonists

Othello
Othello Much ado Othello
The doll’s house
Desdemona about nothing
Nora Beatrice The doll’s
Iago Torvald Helmer Benedick house
Michael Krogstad Claudio Nora
Cassio Mrs. Linde Hero Much ado Helmer
Emilia Dr. Rank Don Pedro about Claudio
Roderigo Bob, Emmy, and Leonato
nothing Hero
Bianca Don John
Ivar Benedick
Brabanzio Margaret beatrice
Anne-Marie Borachio
Duke of Nora’s Father Conrad
Venice Dogberry
Montano Verges
Lodovico Antonio
Graziano Balthasar
Clown Ursula
MAJOR CONFLICT
Othello
Othello and Desdemona
marry and attempt to build a
life together, despite their
differences in age, race, and
experience. Their marriage is
sabotaged by the envious
Iago, who convinces Othello
that Desdemona is unfaithful.
The Doll’s House
Nora’s struggle with
Krogstad, who threatens to
tell her husband about her
pas tcrime, incites Nora’s
journey of self-discovery and
provides much of the play’s
dramatic suspense. Nora’s
primary struggle, however, is
against the selfish, stifling,
and oppressive attitudes of
her husband, Torvald, and of
the society that he
represents.
Much Ado about Nothing
Don John creates the
appearance that Hero is
unfaithful to Claudio, and
Claudio and Don Pedro
come to believe this lie. The
real conflict that underlies all
of this “ado about nothing”
may be that Claudio, Don
Pedro, and Benedick share a
suspicion of marriage as a
trap in which husbands are
bound to be controlled and
deceived, but they also
deeply desire to be married.
 Theme
Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a
literary work.

Much Ado about

Othello The Doll’s House
Nothing
1 The incompatibility of The sacrificial role of The ideal of social
military heroism and women. grace
love.
2 The danger of isolation Parental and filial Deception as a means
obligations to an end.
3 Jealousy The unreliability of The importance of
appearances. honor
 Symbols
Symbols are objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent abstract ideas or concepts

Othello
The handkerchief : since handkerchief was the first gift
Desdemona received from Othello, she keeps it about
her constantly as a symbol of Othello’s love.

The Doll’s House

New year’s day : In the new year, Torvald will start his
new job, and he anticipates with excitement the extra
money and admiration the job will bring him.

Much Ado about Nothing

Hero’s death: Hero’s false death is less a charade aimed
to induce remorse in Claudio than it is a social ritual
designed to cleanse her name and person of infamy.
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