Quote in Context
And what's he, then, that says I play the villain?
When this advice is free I give and honest,
Probal to thinking, and, indeed, the course
To win the Moor again
Othello (2.3), Iago
Written during Shakespeare's great tragic period, which also included the composition of Hamlet (1600), King Lear (1604–5), Macbeth (1606), and Antony and Cleopatra (1606–7), Othello is set against the backdrop of the wars between Venice and Turkey that raged in the latter part of the sixteenth century.
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Othello as a tragic hero from Shakespeare online
Othello Character Analysis Othello Characters Analysis features noted Shakespeare scholar William Hazlitt's famous critical essay about characters of Othello. (From Absolute Shakespeare)
Shakespeare Online : Othello study guide (See the bottom of the page for helpful resources and the bottom of each scene for full explanatory notes)