Copia di Copia di Othello

Othello

Settings

Venice (first act)

Places

Main characters

Characters

Othello

Iago

Cyprus' island (majiority of the play)

Insecure

Antagonist

protagonist

Hypocrite

Round character

Greatness and weakness

Main themes

Devil himself

The characters are

Othello

Iago

Cassio (lieutant of Othello)

Desdemona (wife of Othello)

Emilia (wife of Iago)

Bianca (lover of Cassio)

Roderigo (a man in love with Desdemona )

General in the venetian army

Ancient of Othello

Time

Late 16th century

Jealousy

Jealousy is the force that controls

Othello’s mind and makes him take a decision he would never give birth to. Iago’s mind is

controlled by jealousy too. In fact, he is jealous of Othello, because he thinks that he had

had an affair with his wife and also of Cassio because he is the Lieutenant of Othello. Due to

this, Iago creates his plots against Othello.

The play

Plot

The play it's a tragedy written by othello in 1603

Personal opinion

Hard reading

Distant from my way of thinking

Sheakspere

The story tells about the jealousy of Othello towards his wife Desdemona.

Caused by his Ancient Iago.

Throughout various expedients, Iago manages to convince Othello about Desdemona's infidelity, so Othello decides to kill her.

Immediately after themurder, Othello finds out that he has been deceived, so he kills himself in despair.

The extract

Sheakspere was born in 1564 from a middle-class family.

Shakespeare wrote his earliest sonnets and two long narrative poems, between 1592 and 1594: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece.

In 1598 Sheakspere built the globe theatre with is company: the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

Iago: Look where he comes!

Not poppy, nor mandragora,

Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,

Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep

Which thou owed'st yesterday.

[...]

Othello: Avaunt! Be gone!

Thou hast set me on the rack.

I swear 'tis to be much abused,

Than but to know a litttle

Iago: How now, my lord!

Othello: What sense had I of her stolen hours of lust?

I saw't not, thought it not, it harmed not me.

I slept the next night well, was free and marry;

I found not Cassio's kisses on her lips.

He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen,

Let him know't. and he's not robbed at all

[...]

Othello: I had been happy if the general camp,

Pioners and all, had tasted her sweet body,

So I had nothing to know. [...]

Iago: Eccolo che viene!

Nè il papavero, nè la mandragora

Né tutti i sonniferi del mondo ti potranno

Guarire e ridarti quel dolce sonno

Che avevi ieri.

[...]

Othello: Via! Vattene!

Mi hai messo alla tortura.

Giuro che è molto meglio essere ingannati

Che sapere soltanto un poco.

Iago: Ma come, mio signore!

Othello: Che senso avevo delle sue ore rubate di lussuria?

Non le vedevo, non ci pensavo, non mi facevano male.

La notte dormivo bene, ero libero e allegro;

sulle sue labbra non trovavo i baci di Cassio.

Chi è derubato, senza sapere cosa gli rubano

E' come se non fosse derubato affatto.

[...]

Othello: Sarei stato felice se l'intero accampamento,

Zappatori e tuttti, avessero gustato il suo dolce corpo

Purchè io non lo sapessi. [...]