Othello

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

/ oʊˈθɛl oʊ, əˈθɛl oʊ /

noun

a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.

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Examples from the Web for othello

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
I make no doubt Othello was quite right, and Desdemona was no better than she should be.
Ernest Maltravers, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Because they, the Islanders, have given a series of splendid entertainments to Othello and his Bride.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
The character of the captain in Othello is never deeply realized.
The Man Shakespeare|Frank Harris
The immense breadth and clearness of his intellect would have saved him from the fate of Othello, Troilus, or Antony.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry|Andrew Cecil Bradley
Othello answers that Cassio has confessed the truth—has confessed the adultery.
Shakespearean Tragedy|A. C. Bradley

Culture 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.”