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Preceded by. Poirot's Early Cases. Curtain: Poirot's Last Case is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1975 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year, selling for $7.95. [2][3] The novel features Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings ...
Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity. Othello is widely considered one of Shakespeare's greatest works and is usually classified among his major tragedies alongside Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet.
There is debate among critics as to Emilia's character nature in Othello, with some deeming her a villain and some as the true hero of the play.This is because her allegiances initially seem to lie with her husband, and she displays the typical “wifely virtues of silence, obedience, and prudence" [2] of the Elizabethan period (as seen in her theft of the handkerchief in 3.1).
Drawing by Ludovico Marchetti. Michael Cassio, or simply Cassio (/ ˈkæsioʊ /), is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's Othello. The source of the character is the 1565 tale "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio; Cassio is unnamed in Cinthio but referred to as "the squadron leader". In the play, Cassio is a young and handsome lieutenant ...
Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604, according to available records. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centers on the despotic and puritan Angelo, a deputy entrusted to rule the city of Vienna in the absence of Duke Vincentio, who ...
Roderigo. Roderigo is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's 1604 play Othello. Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian, is manipulated into funding the antagonist Iago 's machinations in the belief that Iago will aid him in courting Othello 's wife Desdemona. In the later stages of the play, Iago recruits Roderigo in hopes of assassinating Othello's ...
Iago is a major character in William Shakespeare 's 1603 play Othello. His role is one of Othello 's outwardly loyal courtier and friend, who in fact hates him and schemes his downfall. He also manipulates his friends and master into doing his bidding, eventually persuading Othello to believe that his wife, Desdemona, has been having an affair ...
Religion. Catholic; formerly Islam. Origin. Africa or Arabia. Othello (/ ɒˈθɛloʊ /, oh-THELL-oh) is a character in Shakespeare 's Othello (c. 1601–1604). The character's origin is traced to the tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio. There, he is simply referred to as the Moor.