This page is about the Shakespeare play, for the board game, see Othello board game. Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Théodore Chassériau ( 1819- 1856) Othello: The Moor of Venice is a play by Shakespeare written about 1603. Othello is a tragedy, like Hamlet, Macbeth and...
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The List of Characters for Othello is as follows:
Persons Represented:
Duke of Venice.
Brabantio is a character in the play Othello by William Shakespeare. Brabantio is a member of the council and father of Desdemona. At the beginning of the play Iago and Rodirigo inform him of Othellos marriage with his daughter. Brabantio accuses Othello of drugging his daughter, however Desdemona tells...
Brabantio, a Senator.
Other Senators.
Gratiano, Brother to Brabantio.
Lodovico, Kinsman to Brabantio.
Othello, a noble Moor, in the service of Venice.
Cassio, his Lieutenant.
Iago is a fictional character in Shakespeares Othello. Iago, one of Othellos best friends, spends most of the play attempting to bring about Othellos downfall out of jealousy. He eventually does destroy Othellos reputation (which leads the Moor to kill himself), but sets the stage to...
Iago, his Ancient.
Roderigo, a Venetian Gentleman.
Montano, Othello's predecessor in the government of Cyprus.
Clown, Servant to Othello.
Herald
Desdemona is a fictional character in the play Othello by William Shakespeare. She is Othellos wife, and the daughter of Senator Brabantonio. She is a lightskinned and innocent and Shakespeare uses her as a symbol of purity to contrast malevolent Iago and his worldly wife, Emilia. Desdemonas love...
Desdemona, Daughter to Brabantio, and Wife to Othello.
Emilia, Wife to Iago.
Bianca, Mistress to Cassio.
Miscellaneous: Officers, Gentlemen, Messenger, Musicians, Herald, Sailor, Attendants, etc.
Othello, a Moor who has just eloped with the fair Desdemona when the play opens, leaves Venice to command the Venetian armies against the Turks on the island of Cyprus, accompanied by his new wife and his lieutenant, Cassio.
"Othello and Desdemona in Venice" by Théodore Chassériau (1819–1856)
Othello is referred to as a "Moor", but for Elizabethan Englishmen, this term could refer either to the Berbers (or Arabs) of North Africa, or to the people we would now call "fl" (that is, people of sub-Saharan African descent).
The plot of Shakespeare'sOthello is largely taken from Giraldi Cinthio's Gli Hecatommithi, a tale of love, jealousy, and betrayal; however, the characters, themes, and attitudes of the works are vastly different, with Shakespeare's play being a more involved study of human nature and psychology.
Othello is considered to be a prime example of Aristotelian drama; it focuses upon a very small cast of characters, one of the smallest used in Shakespeare, has few distractions from the main plot arc, and concentrates on just a few themes, like jealousy.
The character of Iago is a variation on the Vice figure found in earlier morality plays; he deviates from this model because of his lack of a clear motivation, and because of his portrayal as a very malignant figure.
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