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Could you summarise the plot of othello?

 

baptiste b #188295
Jun 13, 2011 9:02 AM

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Could you summarise the plot of othello?

Can you do it in 10 to 20 bullet points, and with some quotes?

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Aslan
Jun 13, 2011 9:43 AM

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Best Answer: Here goes:

- Othello is a moor (black) general in the Greek army.
-Othello falls in love with Desdemona (she's white)and they both want to get married.
-Iago (Othello’s right hand man) is pure evil. He gets his friends to tell Desi's father that she is "making the beast with two backs". (Sory,That's the quote I recall!)
-Iago is determined to destroy pretty much all the important characters.
-Iago manufactures a lie around a handkerchief meaning that Desi is cheating on Othello.
-Being a cuckold (especially Othello) is worse than having your eyes gouged out with a tin can.
=Othello ends up murdering poor Desi (Desdemona)
-Finding out the truth Othello kills himself.
-others die/ mass carnage in Othello's bedroom.
 

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