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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.
Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856). The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello (/ ɒ ˈ θ ɛ l oʊ /), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603.
Iago (/ i ˈ ɑː ɡ oʊ /) is a fictional character in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello's standard-bearer.He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona.
In the tragedy "Othello," the title character faces racist treatment from a number of Venetian characters due to the color of his skin. But in Ohio Shakespeare's production, Valentine has made the ...
Othello is the title character of Othello. A Moorish general in the Venetian army, he is persuaded by Iago that his wife Desdemona is having an affair with Michael Cassio. Some Outlaws, three of which are speaking roles, initially try to rob Valentine, but decide to invite him to be their leader, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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.
According to Dictionary.com, the expression was first seen in William Shakespeare’s “Othello,” when the character Iago said “O, beware my lord of jealousy. / It is the green-eyed monster ...
Michael Cassio, or simply Cassio (/ ˈ k æ s i oʊ /), 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".