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OTHELLO - EMC Publishing

OTHELLOTHEMOOR OFVENICEW illiam ShakespeareWITHRELATEDREADINGSTHE EMC MASTERPIECE SERIESA ccess EditionsEMC/Paradigm PublishingSt. Paul, MinnesotaOthello 1/14/05 9:25 AM Page iStaff CreditsLaurie SkibaManaging EditorBrenda OwensEditorJennifer J. AndersonAssociate EditorNichola TorbettAssociate EditorPaul Spencer Art and Photo ResearcherValerie MurphyEditorial AssistantShelley ClubbProduction ManagerLisa BellerDesign and Production SpecialistPetrina NyhanElectronic Production SpecialistLeslie AndersonCover DesignerParkwood CompositionCompositorCheryl DrivdahlProofreaderCover image: Paul Robeson as OTHELLO and Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona ina stage production of OTHELLO , London, 1930. Bettmann/Corbis. [back cover] Engraving of William Shakespeare from the First Folio, courtesyof the Library of of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataShakespeare, William, 1564 : the Moor of Venice / by William Shakespeare ; with cm.

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1 OTHELLOTHEMOOR OFVENICEW illiam ShakespeareWITHRELATEDREADINGSTHE EMC MASTERPIECE SERIESA ccess EditionsEMC/Paradigm PublishingSt. Paul, MinnesotaOthello 1/14/05 9:25 AM Page iStaff CreditsLaurie SkibaManaging EditorBrenda OwensEditorJennifer J. AndersonAssociate EditorNichola TorbettAssociate EditorPaul Spencer Art and Photo ResearcherValerie MurphyEditorial AssistantShelley ClubbProduction ManagerLisa BellerDesign and Production SpecialistPetrina NyhanElectronic Production SpecialistLeslie AndersonCover DesignerParkwood CompositionCompositorCheryl DrivdahlProofreaderCover image: Paul Robeson as OTHELLO and Peggy Ashcroft as Desdemona ina stage production of OTHELLO , London, 1930. Bettmann/Corbis. [back cover] Engraving of William Shakespeare from the First Folio, courtesyof the Library of of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataShakespeare, William, 1564 : the Moor of Venice / by William Shakespeare ; with cm.

2 (The EMC masterpiece series access editions)ISBN 0-8219-2956-91. OTHELLO (Fictitious character) Drama. 2. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. OTHELLO . 3. OTHELLO (Fictitious character) 4. Venice (Italy) Drama. Drama. 6. Muslims Drama. 7. Cyprus Drama. I. Title. II. 3 dc222004053207 ISBN 0-8219-2956-9 Copyright 2005 by EMC CorporationAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be adapted, reproduced,stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise withoutpermission from the by EMC/Paradigm Publishing875 Montreal WaySt. Paul, Minnesota : in the United States of 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 xxx 10 09 08 07 06 05 OTHELLO 1/21/05 12:09 PM Page iiTable of ContentsThe Life and Works of William Shakespeare.

3 IvTime Line of Shakespeare s Life.. xBackground and Historical Context forShakespeare s Plays .. xiiBackground and Historical Context for OTHELLO , the Moor of Venice.. xviEchoes: Famous Lines from OTHELLO .. xxiIllustrations: Performances of OTHELLO .. xxiiiOthello, the Moor of Venice.. 1 Dramatis Personae .. 3 Act I .. 5 Respond to the Selection .. 44 Act II .. 47 Respond to the Selection .. 86 Act III .. 89 Respond to the Selection .. 134 Act IV.. 137 Respond to the Selection .. 176 Act V .. 179 Respond to the Selection .. 212 Plot Analysis of OTHELLO , the Moor of Venice.. 214 Related ReadingsSource Materialfrom Gli Hecatommithi by Giraldi Cinthio (1565) .. 218from The History and Description of Africa by LeoAfricanus (1526) .. 231 Criticismfrom OTHELLO : A Bloody Farce by Thomas Rymer (1693).

4 238 Notes on Othelloby Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 39) .. 245from Shakespearean Tragedy by A. C. Bradley (1904) .. 250 Contemporary Poetry Against Jealousy by Ben Jonson (pub. 1640) .. 258 Creative Writing Activities .. 260 Critical Writing Activities .. 261 Projects.. 264 Glossary of Words for Everyday Use .. 266 Glossary of Literary Terms.. 273 OTHELLO 1/14/05 9:25 AM Page iiiTHE LIFE AND WORKS OFWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare (1564 1616) may well be the greatestdramatist the world has ever known. Certainly he is the mostfamous writer in all of English literature. Today, nearly fourhundred years after his death, Shakespeare s plays are stillbeing performed for audiences all over the world. As fellowpoet Ben Jonson famously put it, Shakespeare s art is not ofan age, but for all time.

5 Little is known about Shakespeare s early life. His mother,Mary Arden Shakespeare, was from a well-to-do, well-con-nected family. His father, John Shakespeare, was a prosperousglove maker and local politician. William s exact birthdate isunknown, but he was baptized in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564, and tradition has assigned hima birthdate of April 23, which was also the day of his deathand the feast day of Saint George, England s patron , THE MOOR OF VENICEE ngraving of WilliamShakespeare from theFirst Folio. Image courtesy of theLibrary of s birthplace inStratford-upon-Avon. Photo by Melissa 1/14/05 9:25 AM Page ivShakespeare attended the Stratford grammar school,where he likely studied classical literature in Latin andGreek, as was typical for students of that era.

6 However, hedid not go on to a university. At the age of eighteen, hemarried Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior. At the timeof their marriage, Anne was pregnant with their first child,a daughter whom they named Susanna. Several years later,in 1585, the couple had twins, Hamnet and Judith. There isno record of what Shakespeare did in the years after thetwins were born. He may have worked for a while as aschoolteacher, as there are many references to teaching inhis plays. However, it is clear that by 1592 he had moved toLondon, leaving his family behind while he pursued a lifein the theater. Shakespeare continued to provide for hisfamily and to expand his holdings in Stratford while livingin London. Shakespeare s Professional CareerOnce in London, Shakespeare soon made himself knownas a successful actor and playwright.

7 His history plays Henrythe Sixth, Parts 1, 2, and 3 and The Tragedy of Richard theThird established him as a significant force in London the-ater. In 1593, however, all London theaters were forced toclose due to an outbreak of the plague. During this time,Shakespeare turned to narrative poetry, producing Venusand Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, both dedicated to awealthy patron, the Earl of the theaters reopened the following year,Shakespeare became a partner in a theater companyknown as the Lord Chamberlain s Men. The group soonbecame the most popular acting troupe in London andperformed regularly at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. In1599, they were wealthy enough to build their own play-house, which they called The Globe.

8 When QueenElizabeth died in 1603, Shakespeare s company found anew patron in her successor King James I, and their namewas changed to the King s Men. While Shakespeare acted in the troupe, writing thematerial soon became his primary vocation. In the span oftwenty years he penned at least thirty-seven plays, includ-ing comedies such as The Taming of the Shrew, A MidsummerNight s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, andAll s Well That Ends Well; tragedies such as Romeo and Juliet,Julius Caesar, hamlet , OTHELLO , Macbeth, andKing Lear;romances such as The Winter s Tale and The Tempest; andhistories such asThe Tragedy of King Richard the LIFE AND WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREvOthello 1/14/05 9:25 AM Page vThe last play Shakespeare wrote on his own was TheFamous History of the Life of Henry the Eighth, which wasperformed in London in 1613.

9 Later that same year, he col-laborated with John Fletcher on the romance The TwoNoble Kinsmen. At that time Shakespeare was probably liv-ing again in Stratford, in a large house called New Placethat he had bought in 1597. When he died at age 52, sur-vived by his wife and his two daughters, Shakespeare wasa wealthy man. He was buried April 25, 1616 in the HolyTrinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. The stone over hisgrave reads: Good frend for Jesus sake forbeare,To digg the dust encloased heare:Blest be the man that spares thes stonesAnd curst be he that moves my Publication of Shakespeare s PlaysShakespeare himself never sought to have his plays pub-lished; however, many individual plays were publishedduring his lifetime in unauthorized editions known asquartos.

10 These quartos are quite unreliable. Althoughsome may have been based on final manuscript versionsproduced by the author, others were probably put togetherfrom actors memories of the scripts, or reprinted from so-called prompter s copies used in production of the plays. In 1623, seven years after Shakespeare s death, hisfriends and fellow actors John Heminge and HenryCondell published a collected edition of thirty-five ofShakespeare s plays. This collection is known to literaryhistorians as the First Folio. In the centuries since 1623,and especially during the last century and a half, editorshave worked diligently to compare the various earlyprinted versions of Shakespeare s works to determinewhich version or versions of each play best represent whatShakespeare intended.


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