SHAKESPEARE'S
OTHELLO
is
a
timeless
about
race
(
competizione
)
,
love
,
jealousy
and
betrayal
(
tradimento
)
racism
.
But
where
Shakespeare
get
the
idea
for
story
and
its
background
?
The
basic
background
to
the
plot
is
thought
to
have
come
from
Geraldi
Cinthio's
book
,
Hundred
Stories
.
The
story
of
William
Shakespeare's
Othello
is
set
(
ambientata
)
in
16th
-
Venice
and
Cyprus
.
Othello
the
Moor
,
a
noble
warrior
in
the
Venetian
army
,
has
secretly
married
a
beautiful
white
called
Desdemona
,
the
daughter
of
a
prominent
(
importante
)
senator
,
Brabantio
.
When
Brabantio
finds
out
,
he
is
outraged
,
and
promptly
disowns
(
rinnega
)
her
.
Othello's
ensign
(
alfiere
)
,
Iago
,
harbours
(
custodisce
)
a
secret
and
resentment
towards
the
Moor
,
partly
because
another
soldier
,
lieutenant
Cassio
,
has
been
promoted
ahead
of
(
davanti
)
him
,
and
also
he
suspects
that
Othello
has
had
an
affair
with
his
wife
Emilia
.
Intent
on
revenge
,
Iago
hatches
(
macchina
)
a
devious
(
tortuoso
)
plan
plant
suspicions
in
Othello's
that
Desdemona
has
been
unfaithful
to
him
with
Cassio
.
He
orchestrates
a
street
fight
,
for
which
Cassio
is
wrongly
blamed
,
and
is
then
dismissed
from
his
post
by
Othello
.
Desdemona
takes
up
(
appoggia
)
Cassio's
case
with
her
,
which
only
inflames
his
suspicions
that
the
pair
are
.
In
the
meantime
,
Iago
manages
to
procure
a
(
affezionato
)
handkerchief
from
Desdemona
that
was
given
to
her
by
Othello
.
He
plants
it
on
Cassio
so
that
Othello
sees
it
,
then
concludes
it
is
proof
of
their
affair
.
Maddened
by
,
he
orders
Iago
to
Cassio
,
and
then
he
Desdemona
.
Immediately
afterwards
?
.
her
innocence
is
revealed
and
Iago's
treachery
exposed
.
In
a
fit
of
grief
(
in
un
impeto
di
dolore
)
and
remorse
Othello
kills
.
Iago
is
into
custody
by
the
Venetian
authorities
.