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The name was coined from Shakespeare's play Othello, which provides an "excellent and famous example" [1] of what can happen when fear and distress upon confrontation do not signal deception. In the play, [5] Othello falsely believes that his wife, Desdemona, has been cheating on him with another man. When confronted, she cries and denies it ...
Othello, a General in the Venetian army, promotes a young officer, Michael Cassio, enraging Iago—the General's ensign—who expected the post himself. Outwardly loyal to Othello and his recently married wife, Desdemona, Iago proceeds to cause dissension within Othello's camp (for instance, tuning Othello's new father-in-law against him, and causing Cassio to fight another officer).
In his absence, Iago gets Cassio drunk, and then persuades Roderigo to draw Cassio into a fight. Montano tries to calm down an angry and drunk Cassio. This leads to their fighting one another and Montano's being injured. Othello arrives and questions the men as to what happened. Othello blames Cassio for the disturbance and strips him of his rank.
Desdemona (/ ˌ d ɛ z d ə ˈ m oʊ n ə /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy.
Othello (/ ɒ ˈ θ ɛ l oʊ /, oh-THELL-oh) is the titular protagonist 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 .
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Josh Brolin documents his life on and off screen in his new memoirFrom Under the Truck. Now, the actor, 56, is a doting father of four and 11 years sober. But he's traveled quite a road to get ...