Othello

William Shakespeare · c. 1604 CE · Play · English · Renaissance

A Moorish general in Venetian service marries a senator's daughter in secret and is sent to Cyprus to meet a Turkish fleet. His ensign, passed over for promotion, begins supplying him with evidence that she has been unfaithful. Jealousy poured drop by drop into a noble ear.

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Lineage

• influenced by ↑ Titus Andronicus
  William Shakespeare · c. 1592 CE · Play
• parallels ↑ Measure for Measure
  William Shakespeare · c. 1604 CE · Play
• ↓ Money
  Martin Amis · 1984 CE · Novel — alludes to this
• ↓ Season of Migration to the North
  Tayeb Salih · 1966 CE · Novel — alludes to this
• ↓ Dom Casmurro
  Machado de Assis · 1899 CE · Novel — alludes to this
• ↓ Othello
  Stuart Burge · 1965 CE · Film — adapts this
• ↓ Zaïre
  Voltaire · 1732 CE · Play — influenced by this

Attributes

Closest analogues

• Hamlet
  William Shakespeare · c. 1601 CE · Play

  64% · 15 shared
  PlayTragedyPsychologicalJustice & RevengeAppearance vs RealityGuilt & ConscienceRenaissanceTragic HeroTragic ReversalFall (Tragedy)Poisonvs Selfvs PersonTragicEnglish
• The Ring and the Book
  Robert Browning · 1869 CE · Poem

  57% · 11 shared
  TragedyPsychologicalJustice & RevengeForbidden LoveAppearance vs RealityGuilt & ConscienceVillain / TyrantFall (Tragedy)vs PersonTragicEnglish
• Othello
  Stuart Burge · 1965 CE · Film

  55% · 12 shared
  TragedyPsychologicalRace & IdentityTragic HeroShadowVillain / TyrantTragic ReversalLight & Darkvs Selfvs PersonTragicEnglish
• Masquerade
  Mikhail Lermontov · 1835 CE · Play

  52% · 12 shared
  PlayTragedyPsychologicalJustice & RevengeAppearance vs RealityVillain / TyrantTragic ReversalFall (Tragedy)Poisonvs Selfvs PersonTragic
• Hamlet
  Laurence Olivier · 1948 CE · Film

  52% · 11 shared
  TragedyPsychologicalJustice & RevengeGuilt & ConscienceTragic HeroTragic ReversalPoisonvs Selfvs PersonTragicEnglish
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
  Tennessee Williams · 1955 CE · Play

  52% · 11 shared
  PlayTragedyPsychologicalForbidden LoveAppearance vs RealityGuilt & ConscienceTragic HeroTragic Reversalvs Selfvs PersonTragic