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Othello (/ ɒ ˈ θ ɛ l oʊ /, oh-THELL-oh) is the titular protagonist in Shakespeare's Othello (c. 1601–1604). The character's origin is traced to the tale "Un Capitano Moro" in Gli Hecatommithi by Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio .
The theory is that the bad quarto is a memorial reconstruction of Hamlet, made by some of its actors: so where there are unintentional echoes of Othello in the bad quarto (for example "to my vnfolding / Lend thy listning eare" [40] in the bad quarto and "To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear" [41] in Othello—and a number of others) it ...
Othello, a General in the Venetian army, promotes a young officer, Michael Cassio, enraging Iago—the General's ensign—who expected the post himself. Outwardly loyal to Othello and his recently married wife, Desdemona, Iago proceeds to cause dissension within Othello's camp (for instance, tuning Othello's new father-in-law against him, and causing Cassio to fight another officer).
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Iago plots to manipulate Othello into demoting Cassio, and thereafter to bring about the downfall of Othello himself and also others in the play who trusted Iago. He has an ally, Roderigo , who assists him in his plans in the mistaken belief that after Othello is gone, Iago will help Roderigo earn the affection of Othello's wife, Desdemona.
Desdemona (/ ˌ d ɛ z d ə ˈ m oʊ n ə /) is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a Moorish Venetian military prodigy.
In 1997, the computer Othello program Logistello defeated the reigning human champion, Takeshi Murakami, six games to zero. [21] Analysts have estimated the number of legal positions in Othello is at most 10 28, and it has a game-tree complexity of approximately 10 58. [22] Mathematically, Othello is solved up to 8x8 board.
Iago and Othello in an illustration from Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. For Iachimo see Jachimo. Iago is the villain (and the main character, measured by the number of lines spoken) of Othello. Alexander Iden (hist) kills Jack Cade in Henry VI, Part 2. Imogen is the daughter of the king in Cymbeline. Her husband, Posthumus ...