Othello (play)

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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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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

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subject surface form: Desdemona
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Desdemona (character) firstAppearance Othello (play)
subject surface form: Desdemona
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Shane Omen in O inspiredByWork Othello (play)
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Shane Omen in O characterInAdaptationOf Othello (play)
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Othello (1995 film) basedOn Othello (play)
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First Folio of Shakespeare containsWork Othello (play)
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Folger Shakespeare Library editions of Shakespeare’s plays containsWork Othello (play)
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works of William Shakespeare includesWork Othello (play)
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The Globe Theatre notableWorkPerformed Othello (play)
this entity surface form: Othello
Giuseppe Verdi notableWork Othello (play)
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Ralph Richardson notableWork Othello (play)
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Pomp and Circumstance Marches titleInspiredBy Othello (play)
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Gioachino Rossini notableWork Othello (play)
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human includesAnalysisOf Othello (play)
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Godfrey Tearle notableWork Othello (play)
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