Othello Themes and Context Lesson | Shakespeare Today | Schooling Online

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Like many of Shakespeare's other plays, Ortho was based on an earlier text. Shakespeare borrowed from Cynthio's 1565 tale of a Moorish general who is deceived by his ensign into thinking that his wife is unfaithful. He did what most successful writers do, borrow an idea and transform it to hold a mirror up to his own society. Unlike some of his oth... Read More