Othello

A trusted officer poisons a general's mind against his own wife, one insinuation at a time.

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27INT. A BEDCHAMBER IN THE CITADEL — NIGHT3 pgDesdemona prepares for bed. Emilia has thoughts about husbands.

Monologues in this work2

EMILIA

But I do think it is their husbands' faults

1:24DramaticIntermediate

IAGO

Thus do I ever make my fool my purse;

1:22DramaticAdvanced

Writer	William Shakespeare
Written	c. 1603
Pages	120
Reading time	~3.5 hrs
Monologues	2 indexed
Themes	jealousy, trust, race, manipulation
Principals	Othello, Iago, Desdemona, Emilia, Cassio

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