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  2. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) - Wikipedia

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    The second act takes place on the island of Cyprus, within the world of Othello. During the scene where Othello resolves to kill his wife, Constance intervenes and reveals that Iago is tricking Othello. Othello binds Iago and expresses his gratitude to Constance. Desdemona arrives and asks whether Constance may stay with them.

  3. Otello - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Iago - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Othello - Wikipedia

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    The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello (/ ɒ ˈ θ ɛ l oʊ /), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. 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.

  6. Roderigo - Wikipedia

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    Michael Maloney (1995) Deepak Dobriyal (2006) Roderigo is a fictional character in Shakespeare 's 1604 play Othello. Roderigo, a wealthy Venetian, is manipulated into funding the antagonist Iago 's plot against Othello in the hopeless belief that Iago will aid him in courting Othello's wife Desdemona. In the later acts, Iago recruits Roderigo ...

  7. Desdemona - Wikipedia

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    Brabantio, father. Desdemona (/ ˌdɛzdəˈmoʊnə /) 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. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the ...

  8. Bianca (Othello) - Wikipedia

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    Othello. ) Bianca is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's Othello (c. 1601–1604). She is Cassio 's jealous lover. Despite her brief appearance on stage, Bianca plays a significant role in the progress of Iago 's scheme to make Othello believe that his wife Desdemona is cheating on him with Cassio. [1]

  9. Iago's manipulativeness and character - Wikipedia

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    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 ...