Othello opens in the stately city of Venice, a worldwide hub for trade and commerce. The first characters introduced are Iago, an ensign denied promotion by Othello, and Roderigo, a jealous ex- suitor of Desdemona. The two are in route to describing to Senator Brabantio the elopement of Othello and Desdemona, Brabantio’s daughter. Quickly revealing Iago’s deceitful nature, the matter is breached to Brabantio and soon afterward brought before the Duke of Venice to be discussed. Othello and Desdemona plead their love to the Duke, refuting the Senator’s claims that Othello bewitched his daughter, and that their marriage was true
„Othello” tegelased Othello (tenor)- mauride väepealik Desdemona (sopran)- Othello naine Jago (bariton)- algul Othello sõber, tahab Cassio'le kättemaksta Emilia (metsosopran)- Jago naine Cassio (tenor)- kapten, vihatud Jago poolt auastme pärast I vaatus Othello saavutas võidu Türgi laevastiku üle Othello määrab Cassio kapteniks. Jago vihastab, sest teda ei edutatud Jago võtab appi Roderigo, kes armastab Desdemonat. Jago ajab Cassio Roderigoga tülli. Otello kuuleb kära ja tuleb võitluskohale. Pidades Cassiot süüdlaseks, võtab ta temalt auastme. II vaatus Jago saadab Cassioti Otellolt armu paluma. Jago näitab Cassio ja Desdemona süüta suhet halvas valguses ja Otello saab armukadedaks. Jago lasi varastada taskurätiku, mille Othello oma naisele kinkis.
TV in these familiar lines from Romeo and Juliet: But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It speaks, and yet says nothing. In Othello, which, as much as King Lear, is concerned with the torment of people transformed by illusions, there are these lines that bespeak Shakespeare's intuition of the transforming powers of new media: Is there not charms By which the property of youth and maidhood May be abus'd? Have you not read Roderigo, Of some such thing? In Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, which is almost completely devoted to both a psychic and social study of communication, Shakespeare states his awareness that true social and political navigation depend upon anticipating the consequences of innovation: The providence that's in a watchful state Knows almost every grain of Plutus' gold, Finds bottom in the uncomprehensive deeps, Keeps place with thought, and almost like the gods
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