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Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello (/ ɒˈθɛloʊ /), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into ...
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Aug 5, 2024 · 1 Othello. Othello – William Shakespeare – So You Haven’t Read. With its compelling exploration of such topics as love, jealousy, revenge, and interracial marriage, it’s no wonder the five-act tragedy Othello, written in 1603, remains one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays.
May 2, 2018 · Desdemona’s devotion is total; and while Othello’s love may be based in part on her mirroring back to him his best self (“She loved me for the dangers I had passed, / And I loved her that she did pity them” [1.3.193–94]), he has clearly invested his life in their new relationship. Each is dependent on the other, yet each is necessarily separated in isolated selfhood.
Othello is thought to have been based on an Italian story by an Italian writer named Cinthio. Since the play was written in 1603, this would have been after the invasion of Cyprus but during the ...
Sep 27, 2024 · Othello, tragedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written in 1603–04 and published in 1622 in a quarto edition from a transcript of an authorial manuscript.The text published in the First Folio of 1623 seems to have been based on a version revised by Shakespeare himself that sticks close to the original almost line by line but introduces numerous substitutions of words and phrases, as ...
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Feb 1, 2024 · William Shakespeare’s “Othello” is a dramatic tragedy that delves into the themes of jealousy, love, betrayal, and racism. Set against the backdrop of Venice and Cyprus during the Ottoman-Venetian war, the story revolves around Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Othello secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a nobleman ...
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The antithesis of Othello, Aaron is lecherous, cunning, and vicious; his final words are: “If one good deed in all my life I did / I do repent it to my very soul” (Titus Andronicus, V.iii.188–189). Othello, by contrast, is a noble figure of great authority, respected and admired by the duke and senate of Venice as well as by those who serve him, such as Cassio, Montano, and Lodovico.
