Shakespeare’s Tragedy

The audience knows that Iago is deceptive, while Othello trusts him as an “honest” man. This gap between what the […]

A comparison can shape judgment before evidence appears in Othello. Iago turns marriage into an animal image, describes jealousy as

Othello is not destroyed by jealousy alone. Shakespeare gives jealousy objects, images, colors, songs, and settings through which it can

The most important monologues in Othello include major speeches by Othello, Iago, Desdemona, and Emilia that reveal identity, jealousy, deception,

Imagine watching a villain destroy a marriage while knowing every plan before the victims do. That is the uncomfortable power

When I teach Othello, I always pause and ask my students a simple question: What if we watched this tragedy

In Othello, four major characters die: Roderigo, Desdemona, Emilia, and Othello. Most deaths happen in Act 5, and Othello ends

Othello is a respected Venetian general, yet the play repeatedly identifies him through a loaded phrase: “the Moor.” Why return

Racism in Othello shapes how the hero is treated and, eventually, how he sees himself. Othello is a respected military

What changes when a tragedy moves from a powerful city to a military island? The setting of Othello is shaped