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Othello. Othello is a Moor and a mercenary retained by the Venetian state. Widely travelled and experienced, he considers himself of no country until he binds himself to Desdemona. Read more ….
About Shakespeare’s Othello. In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona), with elopement, and with intense mutual devotion and that ends precipitately with jealous rage and violent deaths. Shakespeare sets this story in the ...
Play Othello Reversi online. Reversi is an old strategy board game invented in 1883. The game became popular again in the 1970’s as Othello. In this online version you can play against the computer or versus a friend: This free game opens as a web page. No installation. No flash player.
Jul 25, 2020 · Analysis of William Shakespeare’s Othello. Of all Shakespeare’s tragedies . . . Othello is the most painfully exciting and the most terrible. From the moment when the temptation of the hero begins, the reader’s heart and mind are held in a vice, experiencing the extremes of pity and fear, sympathy and repulsion, sickening hope and ...
When Emilia demands why Othello has killed Desdemona, Othello explains how Iago proved to him that Desdemona slept with Cassio. As Montano, Iago, and Gratiano, a relative of Brabantio's all arrive, Emilia accuses Iago of lying and explains that she stole this from Desdemona at her husband's behest. Othello attacks Iago.
Themes are central to understanding Othello as a play and identifying Shakespeare's social and political commentary. In Othello, the major themes reflect the values and the motivations of characters. Love. In Othello, love is a force that overcomes large obstacles and is tripped up by small ones. It is eternal, yet derail-able.
Othello by William Shakespeare is a tragic play of jealousy and deceit set in Venice. The villainous Iago plans and executes his elaborate revenge on Othello. Othello is a respected Moorish ...
