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Iago (/ iˈɑːɡoʊ /) is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's Othello (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello 's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago hates Othello and devises a plan to destroy him by making him believe that Desdemona is having ...
Otello (Italian pronunciation: [oˈtɛllo]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887. The composer was reluctant to write anything new after the success of Aida in ...
Iago is a major character in William Shakespeare 's 1603 play Othello. His role is one of Othello 's outwardly loyal courtier and friend, who in fact hates him and schemes his downfall. He also manipulates his friends and master into doing his bidding, eventually persuading Othello to believe that his wife, Desdemona, has been having an affair ...
Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity. Othello is widely considered one of Shakespeare's greatest works and is usually classified among his major tragedies alongside Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet.
Roderigo is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's 1604 play Othello. Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian, is manipulated into funding the antagonist Iago 's machinations in the belief that Iago will aid him in courting Othello 's wife Desdemona. In the later stages of the play, Iago recruits Roderigo in hopes of assassinating Othello's former ...
To be, or not to be. Comparison of the "To be, or not to be" speech in the first three editions of Hamlet, showing the varying quality of the text in the Bad Quarto, the Good Quarto and the First Folio. " To be, or not to be " is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1).
Act One (1970) Waters of Change (1971) Act One is the debut album of the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera. Overview. Variously classified as symphonic rock, ...
Act 1.2–1.4 (153–195): mixed metres (mostly ia8, but also tr8, tr7, ia4, tr4) (43 lines) The next scene is a duet between the two cousins, Antipho terrified of what his father will say when he returns and finds out about the marriage, while Phaedria envies Antipho for having a girl available at all times.