Shakespeare's Othello!

Shakespeare wrote Othello about in 1603.
It’s a famous tragedy which was set in Venice and Cyprus and the main characters are: Othello the Moor, Desdemona, Cassio Iago and Emilia.

This tragedy starts with the war between Venice and Turkey. Othello, a valiant soldier, left for the war with his wife Desdemona and the lieutenant Cassio. When they arrived in Cyprus, they discovered the Turkish fleet had been destroyed by a tempest. Iago wanted Othello to remove Cassio from his rank so he set up a secret plan to achieve his goal.

With the unsuspecting complicity of his wife Emilia, he used Desdemona’s handkerchief to convince Othello she was Cassio’s secret lover.
Iago artfully stirred up Othello’s anger by defending Cassio and highlighting Desdemona’s unfaithfulness to his eyes, so in the end Othello, mad with jealousy, killed Desdemona.

Immediately Emilia explained that she was innocent and everything had been planned by evil Iago. So she was killed coldly by her husband and Othello, devastated by remorse, killed himself. Iago was condemned to torture and Cassio replaced Othello in his office.

When I went to see “Othello” with my class it was my first time at the theatre. Initially my attention was caught by the beauty of theatre: the hall, the chandeliers and all its furniture were striking.
Also the performance itself was amazing. It’s different from the cinema, where I often go. The actors, who acted live on stage, the scenery and all the special effects turned the whole performance into a breath-taking show.
“Othello”, tragedy of love and jealousy, made me understand that It’s important to rule our own emotions without being destroyed by them.
Unfortunately it seems that nowadays, there are a lot of Othello among us as the daily news tragically show!!!

.Greta.