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               Othello

               William Shakespeare 

154 sonnet 

39 plays 

Author-Giambattista giral di

Written -1565

Book-Quareo Italian Book 

Published -1622.     Published -1603

Collections frist folio 

De gli Hecatommithi 

                  Characters 

Major character 

1.Othello-Protagonist 

2.Desdemona-Othello's wife 

3.Iago-Villian

4.cassio-lequtananet 

5.Emilia-Iago's wife

6.Roderigo-Desdemona's lover

7.Bianca

 

              Minor characters 

1.Brabantio-Desdemona's father 

2.The Duke of Venice -Leades 

3.montano-Governer of village 

4.lodovico and Graziano -Related to Brabantio 

5.The clown-Servant of othello 

         Othello play summary 

About the Author William Shakespeare 

William Shakespeare April 1564-23 April 1616)was an English playwright,poet and actor.Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.

Introduction 

Othello is a play written by William Shakespeare.It is a tragedy, which it tells sad and serious story.Shakespeare wrote it in the year 1603-1604, and it was first published in 1622 in a small book called a "quarto". 

A second version of the play was published in 1623 in a collection of Shakespeare's works called the First Folio. This version seems to have been revised by Shakespeare himself.It is almost the same as the earlier version but has some small changes in words and phrases,as if Shakespeare was rethinking and rewriting it as he went.

The story of Othello is based on a tale from an Italian book called De gli Hecatommithi by Giambattist Giraldi, written in 1565.Shakespeare likely read the story in its original Italian,even though it was also available in French.At that time,It had not been translated into English.