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Shakespeare's birth year

1564

Year Othello was written

1603-1604

Genre of Othello

Tragedy (and domestic tragedy)

Source material for Othello

'Un Capitano Moro' by Cinthio (1565)

Settings of Othello

Venice and Cyprus

Blank verse definition

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Character using animal imagery

Iago

Handkerchief symbolism

Othello's love, later false proof of infidelity

Structure of Othello

Five-act structure

Location of play's climax

Act III, Scene 3

Dramatic irony in Othello

Audience knows Iago's deceit; Othello doesn't

Ironic epithet for Iago

'Honest'

Othello's tragic flaw

Jealousy & vulnerability to manipulation

First performance of Othello

1 Nov 1604, Whitehall Palace

Character showing Machiavellian influence

Iago

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