Othello
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- proper noun
- /oʊˈθɛloʊ/
- Literature
- To me, Shakespeare doesn't get any greater than Othello.
- Othello, Iago
- Desdemona in Othello
- Othello's wooing
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Watch on YouTubeAnd Donald Sinden, the great white actor, was playing Othello but blacked up.
- And Donald Sinden, the great white actor, was playing Othello but blacked up.
- Iago's motivations in Othello are not always clearly provided by the writer, which was obviously a choice.
- But I, when I think of Othello, he, he, he was saying is when I think of Othello, I think of Paul Robeson and Robeson's voice and his stature.
- No Oracle Night, no Onyx and Craig, No Othello, Yes.
Examples
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Many critics have argued that Othello is very easily and rapidly "seduced" by Iago.
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In Act 1, Desdemona is not present when Othello provides his narrative to the senators of Venice.
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Shakespeare wrote this play called Othello.
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All of you, I'm sure, are readers of Othello, right?
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Iago is interested in seeing how far he can push Othello, even to madness.
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What is ironic about this line is that Othello has just denied Desdemona the privilege of speaking.
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When Desdemona continues to speak despite his directive not to, Othello repeats: "I will deny thee nothing!"
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Most of Shakespeare's tragic heroes are military aristocrats: Othello, Macbeth, Coriolanus, and Mark Antony, for example.
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Shakespeare wrote this play called Othello.
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All of you, I'm sure, are readers of Othello, right?
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name Othello comes from the Italian Otello, which Shakespeare borrowed from an earlier Italian story. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Otto with an extra ending, so Othello is the man's name for the Moorish general whose jealousy and tragic fate drive the play.