Othello

[ oh-thel-oh, uh-thel-oh ]

noun

1. a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.

Othello

1. A tragedy by William Shakespeare . The title character , a Moor, or dark-skinned Muslim , is a general commanding the forces of Venice . The villain Iago convinces Othello that Desdemona, the general's beautiful and faithful wife, has been guilty of adultery; at the end of the play, Othello smothers Desdemona. A famous line from the play is Othello's description of himself as “ one that loved not wisely but too well .”

Example Sentences

“It is clear that thorough due diligence including cost comparison analyses was not done when the Othello property was first identified as a potential solution for the City’s fleet challenges,” Graham wrote in an email.

From Voice of San Diego

To understand Palmer’s experience, I went to San Quentin State Prison to watch a group of inmate-actors rehearse “Othello.”

From Washington Post

For instance, Iago declares in Othello that, “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.”

From The Daily Beast

He was a performing arts student at South Thames College, where he played the lead in Othello in 2010.

From The Daily Beast

She is helplessly oblivious to what is going on between Iago and Othello.

From The Daily Beast

Maggie Smith was Desdemona, the victim of circumstance, in the 1965 Othello adaptation.

From The Daily Beast

Laurence Fishburne is the titular character in the 1995 film of Othello.

From The Daily Beast

The choice of the subject—Othello—emanated from Tchaikovsky himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Probably the real reason why he lost his interest in the libretto of Othello is to be found in his entire devotion to this work.

From Project Gutenberg

We mingled with a cosmopolitan crowd and developed the complexions (not only in our faces) of an Othello family.

From Project Gutenberg

In that romance the reasons for Othello's jealousy are represented more naturally than in Shakespeare.

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Shakespeare has not got this, and yet this casual incident explains Othello's jealousy more than anything else.

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