0703 班 虞丹 Tel ：

Writer Characters Summary Theme My opinion

William Shakespeare ( ） English playwright and poet whose works are considered the greatest in English literature. His plays, many of which were performed at the Globe Theatre in London, including historical works, comedies, tragedies. He also composed 154 sonnets. He is considered the greatest playwright who ever lived

William Shakespeare’ hometown

William Shakespeare’ gravestone He had a curse engraved on this stone which threatened to bring misfortune on anyone who might remove his body from his grave,so it seems impossible that his remains could have been disturbed after his death

William Shakespeare’ tragedies Othello Hamlet King Lear Macbeth Back!

Othello: A noble Moor in the service of the Venice state Cassio: Othello's lieutenant Iago: Othello's ancient(?) Roderigo: A Venetian gentleman Brabantio: A senator of Venice Desdemona: Daughter to Brabantio, and wife to Othello Emilia: Wife to Iago Back

Iago complained to Roderigo that Othello, the Moor chose Cassio to be his lieutenant, rather than him. They informed Barbantio his daughter, Desdemona,was sleeping with Othello, which led their marriage(?). At that time, the Turkish fleet was sailing towards Cypress,and Othello was asked to go(?to) defend them. Desdemona asked to come with. When they arrived in Cypress, Iago told Roderigo that he believed Desdemona was in love with Cassio and convinced him to pick a fight with Cassio to get Cassio into trouble. He also wanted to make Othello jealous of Cassio.

After supper,Othello and Desdemona headed to bed. While Iago arrived with wine, hoping to get Cassio drunk and he did. Then Roderiago came and explained to Othello the reason for pulling Montano into the melee 混战, 搏斗,. Othello got angry and said Cassio was no longer his lieutenant. Privately,Iago convinced Cassio to entreat Desdemona to ask Othello to reinstate him,and he would use their private meetings to convince Othello that Desdemona was disloyal.

Iago asked his wife, Emillia, to steal the handkerchief, which was given to Desdemona by Othello. Then, privately, he put the handkerchief at Cassio’ room to fuel Othello’ suspicion. Iago told Othello many things about Desdemona and Cassio: he had heard Cassio talked of his love for Desdemona in his sleep; he had seen Cassio wipe his beard by Desdemona’ handkerchief. The last straw was that Cassio had admitted sleeping with Desdemona

E N D Othello asked Iago to kill Cassio and as for Desdemona, He wished her death, too. Iago asked Roderigo to kill Cassio, but he was killed by Cassio and Cassio disappeared. As for Desdemona, Othello smothered her with a pillow. At last, when Othello knew the fact, he regretted what he had done. He killed himself by a dragger. back

《 Othello 》 is a work which contains many themes, such as: the theme of love and jealousy, credulity and perfidy （轻信与背信）,exogamy( 异 族通婚） and so on. Back!

Power may cause contention; Love may cause jealousy; When the rumor come,the blind intellect will flame the fire of crime; Once, the purity which is blemished by enmity, is exposed will be a sharp sword!