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Full Play Summary. Othello begins on a street in Venice, in the midst of an argument between Roderigo, a rich man, and Iago. Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him win Desdemona 's hand in marriage. But Roderigo has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello, a general whom Iago begrudgingly serves as ensign.
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- Act V: Scenes I & II
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Full title The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice....
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Othello is the story of a noble military general who has...
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Critics and audiences alike find comfort and nobility in...
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As a friend of Othello, Brabanzio feels betrayed when the...
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The Shakescleare modern English translation helps illuminate some of Othello’s key lines, such as “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition” and “one that loved not wisely, but too well.”
In front of the Duke, Brabantio accuses Othello of having used magic to seduce Desdemona. Othello responds that it was stories of his exciting life history and military bravery that won Desdemona. When summoned, Desdemona supports Othello's story. Brabantio grudgingly blesses the newlyweds.
19 Αυγ 2020 · Othello: plot summary. The main action of the play takes place in Venice, as the play’s subtitle, The Moor of Venice, makes clear. Iago is ensign or flag-bearer to the great military general, Othello, who is a Moor (i.e. a north African Muslim).
The story of an African general in the Venetian army who is tricked into suspecting his wife of adultery, Othello is a tragedy of sexual jealousy. First performed around 1604, the play is also a pioneering exploration of racial prejudice.
Othello is the story of a noble military general who has enjoyed many successes on the battlefield, but because of mistakes of judgment and his outsider status in his society, sabotages his most intimate relationship and himself. The play begins on the grand scale of a military romance unfolding on the Mediterranean Sea.
The Othello story became the rock opera Catch My Soul in 1968, depicting Othello as a charismatic religious cult leader, Desdemona as a naive convert, and Iago as a malcontent cult member who thinks himself to be Satan.
