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Othello -themes, plot....etc

• Othello is a play written by William Shakespeare.
• Othello is about a general named Othello. he was born in North Africa , however he is the general of the venetian army.
• the play of "Othello" bares a common similarity to the Italian poem "Cinthio"
• "Othello" is about a Moorish general who was manipulated by his best friend and adviser that his wife is being unfaithful to him

Setting

• Othello takes place in the 16th century; primarily in between the raging wars between the Turks and the Greeks
• Othello's origins could've possibly been from islamic cultures or from gypsies living in North Africa

Characters( Othello, Iago, Desdemona)

• Othello
• Othello is a black general who is very admirable and noble into the eyes of the duke, senate, Cassio, and Desdemona
• however, because of his trust towards Iago, led him astray.
• Iago managed to convince Othello, that Desdemona was being unfaithful to him with Cassio
• Othello believed him, since he was a trustworthy friend, as a result Othello grew more jealous, as it was described in the text he grew cuckhold horns, which represents a jealous monster.
• In the end Othello killed Desdemona, realizing his mistake, Othello wounds Iago and finally kills himself
• The audience feels catharsis towards the end of the play, as they see the almost invincible Othello hurting himself internally, and finally killing himself

Character- Iago

• Iago is a character who is very sneaky. In appearance he is honest, trustworthy and noble
• however, in reality he is a jealous being who feeds off of revenge
• in addition, Iago is also religious, as he finds reasons for his bad acts (eg. makes a excuse of getting revenge on Othello, because Iago thinks Othello slept with Emilia)
• Iago is manipulative, as he manipulates almost every character, he is like a puppet master in the background ( he manipulates Rodrigo, Emilia, Desdemona , Othello, Cassio and many more
• Iago seems to be jealous of Cassio and mad at Othello because Othello gave the position of lieutenant to Cassio, instead of Iago; which made Iago furious and is the real reason behind his revenge

Character-Desdemona

• She Desdemona seems to be an innocent being.
• She could not have thought of cheating, as she asks Emilia on why do women cheat?
• Desdemona just ended up as collateral damage as explained by Iago.
• She remained a static character, as throughout the play she did not know what was going on
• Othello killed her in the end because he thought Desdemona was being unfaithful to him
• Desdemona, however forgives Othello, as just before her death, she says that it is not Othello's fault

Symbols

• symbols
• HANKERCHIEF: the hanker chief firstly symbolized the love between Desdemona and Iago, but later on in the play it symbolized the betrayal of Desdemona
• cuckhold horns- symbolized the monster Othello has become
• heaven-a holy place
• hell- a damned place