Othello (play)

E247902
play tragedy

Othello is a tragedy by William Shakespeare that explores themes of jealousy, manipulation, and racial prejudice through the downfall of its Moorish general protagonist.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Othello 17
Othello (play) canonical 3
Otello 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
television production ⓘ
antagonist Iago ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate 1603 ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
basedOn Un Capitano Moro ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Giovanni Battista Giraldi (Cinthio) ⓘ
centralConflict Iago’s manipulation of Othello ⓘ
climaxEvent Othello murders Desdemona ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
dramaticForm prose ⓘ
verse ⓘ
dramaticStructure five-act structure ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1604 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Palace of Whitehall ⓘ
surface form: Whitehall Palace
frequentPerformance yes ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacterType Moorish general ⓘ
literaryCanonStatus one of Shakespeare’s four major tragedies ⓘ
literaryDevice dramatic irony ⓘ
foreshadowing ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan era
mainCharacter Brabantio ⓘ
Cassio (character) ⓘ
surface form: Cassio

Desdemona (character) ⓘ
surface form: Desdemona

Emilia (Othello character) ⓘ
surface form: Emilia

Iago ⓘ
Othello (character) ⓘ
surface form: Othello

Roderigo (character) ⓘ
surface form: Roderigo
notableMotive the handkerchief ⓘ
numberOfActs 5 ⓘ
originalLanguage Early Modern English ⓘ
otherMajorTragedy Hamlet ⓘ
King Lear ⓘ
Macbeth ⓘ
protagonist Othello (character) ⓘ
surface form: Othello
resolutionEvent Othello commits suicide ⓘ
setting Cyprus ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
theme appearance versus reality ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
honor ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
manipulation ⓘ
racial prejudice ⓘ
trust and betrayal ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cassio (character) → partOf → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Cassio
Shakespeare quartos → includesEditionOf → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Desdemona (character) → appearsIn → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Desdemona
this entity surface form: Othello
Desdemona (character) → firstAppearance → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Desdemona
this entity surface form: Othello, Act 1
Shane Omen in O → inspiredByWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Shane Omen
this entity surface form: Othello
Shane Omen in O → characterInAdaptationOf → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Shane Omen
this entity surface form: William Shakespeare's Othello
Othello (1995 film) → basedOn → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
First Folio of Shakespeare → containsWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays → containsWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
works of William Shakespeare → includesWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Works of William Shakespeare
this entity surface form: Othello
King's Men → performedWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
The Globe Theatre → notableWorkPerformed → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Giuseppe Verdi → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otello
Ralph Richardson → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Pomp and Circumstance Marches → titleInspiredBy → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s Othello, Act III, Scene 3
Gioachino Rossini → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Otello
A Double Life → basedOn → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Indira Varma → theatreWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Moscow Art Theatre → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Otello in Verdi's "Otello" → associatedWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Otello (character)
handkerchief plot → partOf → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
handkerchief plot → occursIn → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: tragedy Othello
Bianca → fictionalUniverse → Othello (play) ⓘ
subject surface form: Bianca (Othello)
Brabantio → appearsInAct → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act 3 of Othello
Saskia Reeves → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello (stage production)
Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human → includesAnalysisOf → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Sybil Thorndike → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Raul Julia → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello (stage performance)
Donmar Warehouse → notableProduction → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello
Godfrey Tearle → notableWork → Othello (play) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Othello (stage performances)