If you haven't read The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare yet, you are in for a crazy soap opera of lies and suspicion! In Othello, racism, jealousy, and prejudice all culminate with sorrow and murder. Captivate your students and keep them on track with this tricky plot!
Iago tries to kill Cassio, motivated by anger over a promotion which Cassio received instead of Iago.
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Has Desdemona cheated on me? She keeps asking me to reinstate Cassio... could this be a connection?
Othello questions Desdemona's devotion, and eventually loses his battle to keep this jealousy in check.
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Othello is a Moor. The prejudice and racism of his society makes others suspicious of him. They do not understand how he is a general, and how he won the love of Desdemona.