'Othello' and Shakespeare's conventions of tragedy
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Shakespeare's tragedies, like many Jacobean tragedies, focus on the consequences of the disruption of social order
Elizabethan social order was based on ideas about creation from Genesis, where God gave everything a place in the world
Order, disorder and chaos are key themes and motifs. As civil order is disrupted, the natural world responds with chaos
The five-act structure tracks the downfall of a noble tragic hero, causing disorder and finally restoring order
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