Othello

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1. Othello - Noun

2. Othello - Proper noun

Meaning

the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife

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The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon by the hero himself so that, instead of making him better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant, that is, damned. Lear is not a tragic hero, Othello is. W. H. Auden

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello. Tim Roth

I have twice seen Macready act; once in Macbeth and once in Othello. Charlotte Brontë

Throughout my career, even as a very young actor, people have always said to me that they would like to see my Othello. They could see something of him in me, I suppose. Eamonn Walker

I look forward to the day when indigenous actors can play Hamlet and Ophelia and not just Othello and Desdemona. Shari Sebbens

I'd like to do more Shakespeare. I'd like to do Iago in Othello. I look so benign. It would be interesting to see that black evil come out of my soul. Kyle MacLachlan

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