Publisher: Oxford University Press   Publication Year: 2007   First Edition: No

Book Type: Used   Format: Softcover   Condition: Very Good

Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senator’s daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the horrifyingly envious villain Iago methodically to promote the “green-eyed monster” jealousy. Othello earns the enmity of his ensign Iago when he passes him over for a promotion. Othello is tricked by Iago into thinking that he has been betrayed by Desdemona. In one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history, the noble Moor destroys the woman he loves–only to discover too late that she was innocent.

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