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Othello
Please see the bottom of this page for helpful Othello resources. Please see the bottom of each scene for full explanatory notes. Dramatis Personae.

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And what's he, then, that says I play the villain? When this advice is free I give and honest, Probal to thinking, and, indeed, the course To win the Moor again Othello (2.3), Iago "Iago is the perfect villain. He neither respects moral beauty as seen in Desdemona, nor the grand nobleness of the mighty-souled Othello. All things pure and noble in their nature are looked upon as far beneath his "learned spirit." As Mr. Hudson says, Iago is "severely introversive," and is only satisfied by dipping what is good into his own vileness and bringing it forth reeking in the filth of his own evil nature. The purest of all sentiments is, in his mind, a mere "lust of the blood and a permission of the will." It is utterly foreign to his nature; indeed, we cannot even conceive of lago's loving anything." [Fanny Ragland] Read on... _______

Act 1
Scene 1. Venice. A street. Scene 2. Another street. Scene 3. A council-chamber.

Act 2
Scene 1. A Sea-port in Cyprus. An open place near the quay. Scene 2. A street. Scene 3. A hall in the castle.

Act 3
Scene 1. Before the castle. Scene 2. A room in the castle. Scene 3. The garden of the castle. Scene 4. Before the castle.

Othello Stage History

Come on, come on; you are pictures out of doors, Bells in your parlors, wild-cats in your kitchens, Saints m your injuries, devils being offended, Players in your housewifery, and housewives' in your beds. Othello (2.1), Iago, on women One performance of Othello, produced in 1660, starred an actress by the name of Margaret Hughes in the role of Desdemona. This production is of particular importance because it marked the first time a woman was accepted on the English stage. Before this, all the characters, whether male or female, were played exclusively by men. Read on... _______

Act 4
Scene 1. Cyprus. Before the castle. Scene 2. A room in the castle. Scene 3. Another room In the castle.

Act 5
Scene 1. Cyprus. A street. Scene 2. A bedchamber in the castle: DESDEMONA in bed asleep;

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Othello Othello: Q & A Quotes from Othello

How to Pronounce the Names in Othello Iago Character Introduction Othello Character Introduction Desdemona Character Introduction Othello's Suicide and Morality The Relationship Between Iago and Emilia Iago and Roderigo Roderigo, Emilia and Shakespeare's Secondary Characters Shakespeare's Use of Introductory Scenes The Play of Othello as a Whole: Its Rank Among Shakespeare's Plays Iago's Motives: The Relationship Between Othello and Iago Shakespeare and Race: The Relationship Between Othello and Desdemona

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Othello: Essay Topics

Shakespeare's Sources for Othello The Problem of Time in Othello What is Tragic Irony? Seneca's Tragedies and the Elizabethan Drama Characteristics of Elizabethan Drama Shakespeare Quotations (by Play and Theme) Why Shakespeare is so Important Shakespeare's Language Shakespeare's Boss: The Master of Revels

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