![]() ![]() Iago is Othello's ensign, and though trusted by Othello, he is jealous and spiteful as well. Roderigo had asked Desdemona'sįather for her hand in marriage, but Othello's secretly married her, leaving Roderigo alone and upset. ![]() The play begins with a jealous complaint, as Roderigo, a rich Venetian gentleman laments to his friend Iago about the secret marriage of Othello and Desdemona. Was attributed to Arabs, Berbers, North Africans and Muslim Europeans. ![]() The term "moors" refers to Muslim inhabitants of the Arab west but Shakespeare based his play on the story Un Capitano Moro (A Moorish Captain,) written by the Italian novelist and poet Cinthio. Of racism, betrayal, love, revenge, and forgiveness, and has spawned multiple film, literary, and operatic adaptations. One of Shakespeare's most tightly woven works, it explores themes William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice,or simply Othello, is a tragedy written in approximately 1603. ![]()
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