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Othello Contents

  • Introduction
  • Timeline
  • Images
  • Author(s)
    • Shakespeare, William
      • 1564 - 1582: William Shakespeare's Stratford Beginnings
      • 1582 - 1592: William Shakespeare's Marriage, Parenthood and Early Occupation
      • 1592 - 1594: William Shakespeare's Life In London, part 1
      • 1594 - 1611: William Shakespeare's Life In London, part 2
      • 1594 - 1611: William Shakespeare's Life In London, part 3
      • 1611 - 1616: William Shakespeare - Back to Stratford
  • Social / political context
    • Impact of global exploration
  • The context of Othello
    • Religious/ philosophical context Show more
      • The exercise of authority
      • The faith setting of Shakespeare’s plays
      • The nature of humanity
      • Astronomy and astrology
        • More on Astronomy
      • The Renaissance
    • Theatrical context Show more
      • Mystery and morality plays
      • Permanent theatres
      • Design of theatres
        • More on the arrival / exit of actors
      • Revenge tragedy
      • The malcontent
  • Othello synopsis and commentaries
    • Act 1 Show more
      • Act 1 Scene 1
      • Act 1 Scene 2
      • Act 1 Scene 3
    • Act 2 Show more
      • Act 2 Scene 1
      • Act 2 Scene 2
      • Act 2 Scene 3
    • Act 3 Show more
      • Act 3 Scenes 1 and 2
      • Act 3 Scene 3
      • Act 3 Scene 4
    • Act 4 Show more
      • Act 4 Scene 1
      • Act 4 Scene 2
      • Act 4 Scene 3
    • Act 5 Show more
      • Act 5 Scene 1
      • Act 5 Scene 2
  • The language of Othello
    • Verse and prose in Othello
    • Language and social status in Othello
    • Language and character
    • Language and structure
  • Othello: Characterisation
    • Iago, the villain
    • Othello, the hero
    • Desdemona, the innocent
    • Cassio, the true friend
    • Roderigo, the fool
    • Ill-treated women - Emilia
    • Ill-treated women - Bianca
    • Figures of authority
  • Themes in Othello
    • Jealousy
    • Honesty and duplicity
    • Appearance and deception
    • Prejudice
    • Passion and self-control
    • Honour and reputation
    • Men and women
    • Order and chaos/disintegration
  • Imagery and symbolism in Othello
    • Heaven and hell
    • Seas and shipping
    • Purity and impurity
    • Creatures and beasts
    • Black and white
    • Magic and Witchcraft
  • The structure of Othello
    • The shape of tragedy
    • Othello as revenge drama
    • Plots and sub-plots
    • Changes of location and pace
    • An exploration of society
    • Symbolic structure – order and rebellion
  • Critical approaches to Othello
    • Marxist interpretation
    • Feminist interpretation
    • Post-colonial interpretation
    • A psychoanalytical approach to Othello
  • Approaching essays and exams
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Othello Images

Janus image available through Creative Commons Seascape Study with Rain Cloud by John Constable Lucifer Othello and Iago Painting of Venice by Titian 1520 The Four Temperaments by Lavater Cuckold St Peter by Peter Paul Rubens Weeping Willow by Claude Monet Parable of the Good Samaritan Eclipse Last Judgement by Michelangelo Great Chain of Being Othello 16th century map of Cyprus Four studies of a Head of a Moor by Peter Paul Rubens Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Chasseriau Iago played by Edwin Booth Bianca by William Holman Hunt Desdemona by Frederic Leighton 1888 Spices Conquistadors Last Judgement by Fra Angelico Moses with the ten commandments by Rembrandt Hierarchy of Angels - the Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini Ptolemaic universe Decameron Othello, Desdemona and Brabantio Chester Mystery Play Globe theatre Northeaster by Winslow Homer 1895 Geocentric cosmological model 1539
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Janus image available through Creative Commons
Seascape Study with Rain Cloud by John Constable
Lucifer
Othello and Iago
Painting of Venice by Titian 1520
The Four Temperaments by Lavater
Cuckold
St Peter by Peter Paul Rubens
Weeping Willow by Claude Monet
Parable of the Good Samaritan
Eclipse
Last Judgement by Michelangelo
Great Chain of Being
Othello
16th century map of Cyprus
Four studies of a Head of a Moor by Peter Paul Rubens
Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Chasseriau
Iago played by Edwin Booth
Bianca by William Holman Hunt
Desdemona by Frederic Leighton 1888
Spices
Conquistadors
Last Judgement by Fra Angelico
Moses with the ten commandments by Rembrandt
Hierarchy of Angels - the Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini
Ptolemaic universe
Decameron
Othello, Desdemona and Brabantio
Chester Mystery Play
Globe theatre
Northeaster by Winslow Homer 1895
Geocentric cosmological model 1539