O Comments

I think that the movie O does a great job of making a modern day Othello. The characters' names in O, first of all, parallel so well with the names of the characters in Othello that it is really easy to know who the characters are supposed to be. For example, Dessy in O is Desdemona in and Hugo in O is Iago in Othello. It also was easy to note that Hugo's plan was to destroy the goodness of Odin (Othello); his success in basketball, his girlfriend, and possibly his life. This plan was obvious in the first words of the film, when Josh Hartnett's character says that he wants to rise above others like a hawk does.

The hawk in the film is an interesting theme throughout the movie. I cannot quite figure out the full meaning, but it is obvious that it means something because the opening scene began with birds gathering and the mascot of the basketball team is the hawk. I think that it might represent Hugo and his plan to "rise above" Odin and take away his happiness.

I am excited to continue watching O and find out more parallels between the movie and Othello as well as expand my ideas of what I think the hawk means.