I would like to talk about the main characters in Othello. My teacher wants us to put the titles of plays in quotation marks. If I am using the possessive form, do I write
"Othello"'s characters
or
"Othello's" characters
The second seems misleading as the possessive form is not part of the title, but the first one sure looks funny. What should I do?
2006-11-23 13:48:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
The first is the technically correct answer as you only put the Proper Titlle in parenthesis. I would go with the characters in "Othello" or more simply the play's characters.
2006-11-23 15:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by fancyname 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 07:31:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To avoid the problem, I would simply say " The characters of 'Othello' "....... (obviously, you would only need the one set of quotation marks, since you wouldn't be quoting yourself...). Anyways, that's what I always did when I encountered an awkward sentence like that.
Best of luck!
2006-11-23 14:05:58 · answer #3 · answered by flstgrl26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, a play such as "Othello" cannot possess anything (only people can really possess something--to be correct, technically).
You should say characters in/of/within "Othello."
2006-11-23 14:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use "characters of Othello" to avoid the problem.
I hate to tell you this, but your teacher is wrong. According to style manuals, plays are italicized (or underlined), not quoted. If it were quoted (which it shouldn't be), it would be "Othello"'s.
2006-11-23 14:35:37 · answer #5 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋