Othello

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

/ oʊˈθɛl oʊ, əˈθɛl oʊ /

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noun

a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.

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How to use Othello in a sentence

“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.
Morning Report: Another Bad City Real Estate Deal Gets Worse|Voice of San Diego|October 13, 2021|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.”
The American parole system is an endless trap — and a moral outrage|Jennifer Miller|May 24, 2021|Washington Post
For instance, Iago declares in Othello that, “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.”
Is That a Bottle of Wine I See Before Me? The Delights of Drunk Shakespeare|Tom Teodorczuk|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a performing arts student at South Thames College, where he played the lead in Othello in 2010.
John Boyega, the Hero of ‘Star Wars: Episode VII,’ Has the Force|Amy Zimmerman|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She is helplessly oblivious to what is going on between Iago and Othello.
Shakespeare’s Movie Magic|Marina Watts, Malcolm Jones|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Maggie Smith was Desdemona, the victim of circumstance, in the 1965 Othello adaptation.
Shakespeare’s Movie Magic|Marina Watts, Malcolm Jones|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Laurence Fishburne is the titular character in the 1995 film of Othello.
Shakespeare’s Movie Magic|Marina Watts, Malcolm Jones|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The choice of the subject—Othello—emanated from Tchaikovsky himself.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
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.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
We mingled with a cosmopolitan crowd and developed the complexions (not only in our faces) of an Othello family.
Jaffery|William J. Locke
In that romance the reasons for Othello's jealousy are represented more naturally than in Shakespeare.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy
Shakespeare has not got this, and yet this casual incident explains Othello's jealousy more than anything else.
Tolstoy on Shakespeare|Leo Tolstoy

Cultural definitions for Othello

Othello

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.”