What's Othello about?

Question

Romance, action, tragedy....

Answer 1

It's classified as a tragedy.
A decorated war hero,skilled only in the art of war,tries to woo a woman with the help of an untrustworthy,lying troublemaker,who uses his place as go -between between various people to create mayhem,because of an imagined slight against himself.
He plays on each of the characters weaknesses to bring out the worst in each of them.
Suggest you give it a quick read to find out their names!
M :)

Answer 2

Othello is a tragedy. One of the greatest in Shakespeares cannon.

Tragedy as defined by English literature, is the unfortuante events which transpire as a direct result of a hero's flaw or mistake.

In other words, though Iago is indeed a fantastic villian, misguided to the core - the tragedy actually lies in the fact that Othello is so inanately jealous that he takes the word of Iago over that of his wife. It is Othello's jealousy that makes it a tragedy. As a soldier he takes murderous action, instead of acting like a lover and talking to his wife.

And as with all tragedys, there are wonderful moments of comedy, romance and action. The reason why Shakespeare was such a brilliant playwright - there was always something for everyone.

Answer 3

Othello is not only about the content of the play but the fact that a black man was the leading role, this was way ahead of the society that it was written in !

Its amazing also that so much destruction could be caused by one man and such a human defualt as Jealousy. Its almost aggravating that Othello just didn't TALK to Desdemona to discover the truth, it showed that with jealousy comes selfishness. I love this play also for its setting, but you have to admit that they were both a wrong fit from the start, Desdemona was a bit of a sap and i sometimes felt that she was just as responsible for Othello's demise as Iago was, she was so thoughtless in some of here actions, it showed how the bonds of marriage and love break down so much if there is no communication. Protecting one another from things you think will only hurt them always ends up the other way around. Ok i could ramble for years about this so i'll bow out now!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare written around 1603.

The play is a concentrated, tightly-constructed domestic tragedy with almost no subplot relief, revolving around five or six central characters. Othello's ill-placed trust in the villain Iago, resulting in his growing suspicion in his wife Desdemona's infidelity with his lieutenant Cassio, led to the ultimate tragedy. Othello is commonly considered one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, and one of his finest works.


[edit] Performance and Publication
Othello possesses an unusually detailed performance record. The first certainly-known performance occurred on November 1, 1604, at Whitehall Palace in London. Subsequent performances took place on Monday, April 30, 1610 at the Globe Theatre; on Nov. 22, 1629; and on May 6, 1635 at the Blackfriars Theatre. Othello was also one of the twenty plays performed by the King's Men during the winter of 1612-13, in celebration of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V, Elector Palatine.

The play was entered into the Register of the Stationers Company on Oct. 6, 1621 by the bookseller Thomas Walkley, and was first published in quarto format by him in 1622, printed by Nicholas Okes. Its appearance in the First Folio (1623) quickly followed. Later quartos followed in 1630, 1655, 1681, 1695, and 1705; on stage and in print, it was a popular play.

At the start of the Restoration era, on Oct. 11, 1660, Samuel Pepys saw the play at the Cockpit Theatre. Nicholas Burt played the lead. Soon after, on Dec. 8, Thomas Killigrew's new King's Company acted the play at their Vere Street theatre, with Margaret Hughes as Desdemona—probably the first time a professional actress appeared on a public stage in England.

It may be one index of the play's power that Othello was one of the very few Shakespearean plays that was never adapted and changed during the Restoration and the eighteenth century.[1]

Answer 5

Othello is possibly the greatest tragedy ever written. It involves a Moore, Othello, and the greatest villian to ever be conceived, Iago.

Answer 6

It's Jungle Fever to the tune of W.Shakespeare!

Answer 7

Everyone else has said it: but if you want more help with it and other Shakespeare plays then the following web site is really helpful.

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/

Answer 8

must be forbidden romance between 'black' guy and 'white' girl...... that why othello game come about lol

Answer 9

Tragic story of male sexual jealousy, pride and low self esteem

Answer 10

it's a game. Black and white chips on a green board.