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En la rica Venecia, el general moro Otelo se enamora y se casa con una noble veneciana llamada Desdémona. El Dux les envía a Chipre para defender la ciudad frente al ataque turco. Ahí Otelo es manipulado y engañado por su alférez Yago para que crea que su esposa tiene una aventura con su lugarteniente, Casio. Los celos y la ira consumen a Otelo, lo que desemboca en una serie de trágicos acontecimientos que culminan con el asesinato de Desdémona...
2) Othello
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Ambrose Video
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1981.
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English
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This production is part of a famous series produced by BBC of all of William Shakespeare's plays. The resulting films, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilized the best theatrical and television directors and brought highly praised performances from leading contemporary actors. Jealousy in love is one of the most common of human emotions. In OTHELLO, Shakespeare combines this universal theme with perfectly structured scenes, a storyline that...
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Along with Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, Othello is one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies. What distinguishes Othello is its bold treatment of racial and gender themes. It is also the only tragedy to feature a main character, Iago, who truly seems evil, betraying and deceiving those that trust him purely for spite and with no political goal. This edition, the first to give full attention to these themes, includes an extensive introduction stresses...
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In Othello, William Shakespeare creates powerful drama from a marriage between the exotic Moor Othello and the Venetian lady Desdemona that begins with elopement and mutual devotion and ends with jealous rage and death. Shakespeare builds many differences into his hero and heroine, including race, age, and cultural background. Yet most readers and audiences believe the couple's strong love would overcome these differences were it not for Iago, who...
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