The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice (or just Othello for short) was a tragedy play written by William Shakespeare. Othello was first published in 1565; The play starts out in Venice, Italy, which features the first two character, Largo, and Rodrigo. ... When Rodrigo goes to ambush and kill Cassio he misses so Lago sneaks up and stabs him in the leg and runs away,as Cassio screams in pain two Venetian soldiers go to see what the problem was and a few seconds later Lago appears pretending to be shocked and angered by the scene leaving the blame on Rodrigo who in retaliation is stabbed t...

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In the play, Othello is a general in the army of Venice. ... He is also held in the greatest regard by the Duke of Venice. ... This is derived from his decision to marry the daughter of a powerful senator of Venice. ... He is forced to go off to war, leaving the comfort of Venice and his wife behind him. ... He tells all that he knows, and condemns himself to death in order to save the child. ...

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In the play, Othello is a general in the army of Venice. ... He is also held in the greatest regard by the Duke of Venice. ... This is derived from his decision to marry the daughter of a powerful senator of Venice. ... He is forced to go off to war, leaving the comfort of Venice and his wife behind him. ... He tells all that he knows, and condemns himself to death in order to save the child. ...

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A Shakespearean Stage History: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice Considered by many to be Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, Othello, the Moore of Venice, was first recorded as having been performed in 1604. ... Acclaimed Shakespearean actor of the day Richard Burbage seemed to occupy the leading role in the play until his death in 1619, when the role was remembered as one of his best... In October 1660 writer Samuel Pepys saw Othello performed and had this to say about the play: "1660, October 11. - To the Cockpitt to see "The Moore of Venice", which was well done. ... Pep...

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There are many examples of this situation in Shakespearean plays; in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Claudius commits his evil acts because of his greed for the throne; in Macbeth, Lady Macbeth is so moved by her greed for wealth and power that she forces her husband to commit murder, and in Othello, Moor of Venice, Iago rips apart the lives of innocent people because of his greed for power and attention. ... This inherent greed pushes Claudius to the very extreme limit of murdering his own brother simply to gain control of the throne, and the amount of greed and evil acts continue to occur th...

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It is clear that he is in torment because of her death, and because he himself did the deed. ... His goal is to tell the emissaries from Venice what has happened, but he lacks insight in his articulation. ...

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When Othello is "straight employed- (I,iii) to Venice, Shakespeare is using the Duke as a way of allowing Othello to be accepted into society - it stands out that such a senior member of the society represented in the play is so accepting someone who strongly contradicts the social norm. ... Desdemona maintains these qualities up until her death, where she immediately becomes passive and obedient to Othello as he tries to suffocate her. ... It is arguable that Emelia does not ever become a true representation of the dominant stereotype as she dies so that all may hear the truth about Desdemo...

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The death of Cassio and Desdemona was foreshadowed earlier in the play and the audience knew of Othello and Iago's plan to kill Cassio and Desdemona but nobody else did. ... I know our country disposition well: In Venice they do let God see the pranks they dare no show their husbands: their best conscience is not to leave't undone, but keep't unknown." ...

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