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Othello by William Shakespeare

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Othello: LitPlan Teacher Pack
42,600 words, approx. 142 pages
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40,200 words, approx. 134 pages
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Othello
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Othello Study Guide
14,400 words, approx. 48 pages
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Othello Quotes
1,245 words, approx. 4 pages
is a play (ca. 1603) by William Shakespeare . The play is a concentrated, tightly constructed domestic tragedy, with almost no subplot for relief, centered on five or six central characters. Othello is commonly considered one of Shakespeare's great...


Author Biography

Name: William Shakespeare
Birth Date: April 23, 1564
Death Date: April 23, 1616
Place of Birth: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Place of Death: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of William Shakespeare
35385 words, approx. 118 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
30474 words, approx. 101.6 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake...
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Biography of William Shakespeare
10254 words, approx. 34.2 pages
William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditio...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Othello Summary
3,606 words, approx. 12 pages
Othello by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare adapted the tragic Italian tale of Othello to appeal to a British audience and, in particular, to the new king, James I. Shakespeare was a child at the time of the Cyprus Wars and was familiar with the...
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Othello Information
4,143 words, approx. 14 pages
The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor Of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, written around the year 1603. The work revolves around four central characters: Othello, his wife Desdemona, his lieutenant Cassio, and his ensign Iago. Unlike most tragedies,...


News and Journals
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The Village Voice
Othello
10/13/2004: 483 words, approx. 2 pages
Donnellan's frenetic Othello lets you see its actors sweat OTHELLO BAM HarveyTheater 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn 718.636.4100 FOOLSFORLOVE Daring choices have become routine for director Declan Donnellan, whose bold productions have revivified classics both rarefied (Le Cid) and...
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Variety
Othello.
10/20/2003: 752 words, approx. 3 pages
(EMILY K. ASPLUNA CONCERT HALL, WEST CHESTER U.; 1,200 SEATS; $20 TOP) WEST CHESTER, Pa. An Aquila Theater Co. presentation of the play by William Shakespeare in one act. Directed by Robert Richmond; sets and costumes, Peter Meineck, Richmond; lighting, Meineck; music,...
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AP News
Koufos leads Ohio State past Syracuse
11/22/2007: 319 words, approx. 1 pages
Freshman Kosta Koufos scored a career-high 24 points to help Ohio State beat No. 21 Syracuse 79-65 on Wednesday night in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals.The Buckeyes (3-0) will play No. 16 Texas A&M on Friday night in the championship game. The Aggies beat Washington...
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The New York Observer
Cerfs Out, Sheiks In on East 62nd Street
11/14/2007: 278 words, approx. 1 pages
It’s official—the era of the Cerf family on East 62nd Street has come to an end. The Capote, Faulkner and Sinatra dinner parties from the family’s first generation, the impromptu meetings for the National Lampoon projects from the second, are all memories of the...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Valerie Wayne
12,833 words, approx. 43 pages
In the following essay, Wayne contends that Othello depicts an array of ideologies concerning women and marriage, and argues that the misogyny in Othello, for which Iago serves as the primary mouthpiece, represents just one of the prevailing views of the Renaissance.
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Critical Essay by Janet Adelman
12,641 words, approx. 42 pages
In the following essay, Adelman discusses Iago's role in corrupting Othello's views on race and sexuality.
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Critical Essay by Martin Orkin
12,378 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, Orkin considers attitudes toward race in England at the time Othello was written, focusing on the way that Shakespeare treated the subject and concluding that the playwright opposed racism. Orkin also offers a survey of other critics' opinions of the play's treatment of race and pays particular attention to the way Othello has been received in South Africa.
 
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Essay Grade: 96%
Othell-oh No!
3,637 words, approx. 12 pages
Forces leading to tragedy in Shakespeare's Othello.
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Othello: A Critical Perspective
2,767 words, approx. 9 pages
Takes the perspective of director of a production of Shakespeare's play Othello. Submits a proposal to the theatre's Board of Directors that outlines a critical perspective of Othello and details how it will successfully shape the production.
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Othello: the Noble Savage
2,497 words, approx. 8 pages
From Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, some suggest that Othello is a savage "Moor," and at no point is he the noble "Venetian" he attempts to portray himself as. Others suggest that Othello is the noble "Venetian" he portrays himself as, and his ultimate demise stems directly from Iago being a savage. Yet some agree that Othello is both the noble "Venetian" and the savage "Moor," unable to fully interpolate himself into the "Venetian" paradigm
 


Othello Study Pack

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