Othello

Othello
noun
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character

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/oh thel"oh, euh thel"oh/, n.
a tragedy (1604) by Shakespeare.

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Othello [Othello]
a play (c. 1603) by William Shakespeare. The story is about a great man who is destroyed by ↑jealousy. Othello is a Moor (= North African) who is a powerful and respected ↑commander in the navy of Venice. He is gradually persuaded by the evil officer Iago that his wife, Desdemona, and another officer, Cassio, are lovers. Othello kills his wife but then discovers that she was innocent and kills himself. O! beware, my lord of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. Shakespeare Othello

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