give me a summary of Othello?

Question

it should be as short as possible,please

Answer 1

Othello loves Desdemona... Iago makes Othello think Des has been unfaithful. O kills Des. O finds out Des never was unfaithful and that Iago set it up. O kills self. Iago gets taken off (or arrested).

(There is a great movie that was made a few years back with Josh Harnett and Julie Stiles called "O". Its the modern day version. Good movie.)

Answer 2

I've got one for you. The Reduced Shakespeare Company came up with Othello - The Rap Version in something like 1992/93/94. Warning: it is very, very silly!

Here's the story of a brother by the name of Othello.
He liked white women and he liked green Jell-O.
And a punk named Iago who made himself a menace
Because he didn't like Othello, the Moor of Venice.
Now Othello got married to a chick named Desdemona.
But he went off to the wars and he left her alona.
It was a mona--
A groana--
He left her alona.
He didn't write a letter and didn't telefona.
Desdemona she was fearful, she was chastity-tight.
She was the daughter of the Duke. Yeah, she was totally white.
Now Othello loved Desi like Adonis loved Venus.
And Desi loved Othello --
'Cuz he had a big sword.
He said, I'm gonna shaft the Moor.
How're you gonna do it? Tell us.
Well, I know his tragic flaw: He's too damn jealous.
I need a dupe, I need a dope, I need a kind of a schmo.
So he found himself a chump sucker by the name of Cassio.
So he plants on him Desdemona's handkerchiefs.
So Othello starts to wondering just maybe if
while he's been out fighting, Commanding an army.
Desi and Cass were playing hide the salami.
Salami, salami, s-s-salami.
So he comes back home and stuck a pillow on her face.
Kills her and soliloquizes 'bout his disgrace.
But there's Amelia at the door who we met in Act IV.
Who says, "You big dummy. She weren't no ho."
She was pure, clean, virginal too.
So why'd you have to go and make her face turn blue?
It's true.
It's you.
Now what you gonna do?
And Othello says, Damn, this is getting pretty scary.
So he pulled out a blade and committed hara-kiri.
Do that funky Moor thing, white boy.
Iago got caught but he probably copped a plea.
Loaded up his bags
And moved to Beverly.
Hills, that is.
We have been the Reduced Shakespeare Company.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/ei_shortest_lyrics.html

Answer 3

Along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, Othello is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies and thus a pillar of what most critics take to be the apex of Shakespeare's dramatic art. More than anything else, what distinguishes Othello from its great tragedies peers is the role of its villain, Iago. While the usurper King Claudius of Hamlet, the faithless daughters of Lear, and the unnatural villains of Macbeth (Macbeth, his Lady and the Weird Sister witches) are all impressively evil in their own way, none of them enjoys the same diabolical role as Iago.

Iago is a character who essentially writes the play's main plot, takes a key part in it, and gives first-hand direction to the others, most notably to the noble Moor, Othello. The play presents us with two remarkable characters, Iago and his victim, with Iago as the dominant force that causes Othello to see the infidelity of his young and beautiful wife, Desdemona, with his favorite lieutenant, Michael Cassio. Indeed, not only is "seeing" and the gap between appearance and reality a central theme of the play, it overlaps with other major thematic strands (trust, honor, and reputation) and sheds light on still others, including the theme of patriarchy and the political state

Answer 4

Othello is a black bloke lives in venice. He holds a high rank in the army. In love with a white chick desdamona. Iago is an evil genius, uses roderigo who is also in love with des to convince Othello that des is having an affair. Iago pretends to be Othello friend ends on winding him up so much that Othello kills des.

Answer 5

Othello is games look like IQ games. In other words, Othello is commonly considered one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, and one of his finest works.

Answer 6

A lttle politeness goes a long way. The question should read:- Could anyone please give me a short summary of Othello? Thank you all in advance for all your kind replies.

Answer 7

Othello is lead to believe his wife or gf or what ever is cheating on him....and threw rage and jealousy he kills her...even though she wasnt really cheating on him

Answer 8

try looking at spark notes on the web it always summarises the works of shakespeare.

Answer 9

Fat bloke in tights