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Othello
Summary
Othello (full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago.
Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defence of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks. He has recently married Desdemona, a beautiful and wealthy Venetian lady younger than himself, without the knowledge of and despite the later objection of her father. Iago is Othello's malevolent ensign, who maliciously stokes his master's jealousy until the usually stoic Moor kills his beloved wife in a fit of blind rage. Due to its enduring themes of passion, jealousy, and race, Othello is still topical and popular and is widely performed, with numerous adaptations.
Othello – General in the Venetian military, a noble Moor
Desdemona – Othello's wife; daughter of Brabantio
Iago – Othello's trusted, but jealous and traitorous ensign
Cassio – Othello's loyal and most beloved captain
Emilia – Iago's wife and Desdemona's maidservant
Bianca – Cassio's lover
Brabantio – Venetian senator and Desdemona's father (can also be called Brabanzio)
Roderigo – dissolute Venetian, in love with Desdemona
Duke of Venice
Gratiano – Brabantio's brother
Lodovico – Brabantio's kinsman and Desdemona's cousin
Montano – Othello's Venetian predecessor in the government of Cyprus
Clown – servant
Senators
Sailor
Officers, Gentlemen, Messenger, Herald, Attendants, Musicians, etc.
Roderigo, a wealthy and dissolute gentleman, complains to his friend Iago, an ensign, that Iago has not told him about the recent secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of Brabantio, a senator, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Roderigo is upset because he loves Desdemona and had asked her father, Brabantio, for her hand in marriage, which Brabantio denied him.
Iago hates Othello for promoting an aristocrat named Cassio above him, whom Iago considers a less capable soldier than himself.
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