OTHELLO   -  WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
                                                 -by sreeraj t.k 
 Othello is one of the greatest and one of the best  play that William Shakespeare has written. It is undoubtedly one of the tragedies ever written.  Although it is an original short story , it was made to the versions of his own. The genre of the play is drama and this play portrays a lot of human emotions like jealousy, love , betrayal, racism, revenge and repentance as the theme. It is based on the story Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish Captain") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565. The story revolves around its two central characters: Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army and his treacherous ensign, Lago.

Othello is general in the service of Venice. Lago is Othello's closest friend but promotes Michael Cassio to the position of personal lieutenant and Lago was incredibly jealous. So, he starts an evil and malicious campaign against the hero, Othello. Meanwhile Othello elopes with Desdemona but Lago starts to plot against them. This eventually led to made Othello very suspicious  about Desdemona. He confides in Lago and decides to poison his wife. Plots and murders ensue and Othello returns to the palace to kill his innocent wife, eventually smothering her to death. Latter, Emilia informs Othello about the scheming of Lago. Othello injures Lago, then kill himself. Lago killed Emilia.

I like that Othello is brave and quite competent, even if towards the end his decisions aren't quite so rational and he acts on impulse. It is a great example of a text that was written hundreds of years ago, but with themes that can be applied to modern day situations.

It is a difficult read and take a lot of time of time to get through. So, I would recommend it to the people who love classics and have a lot of patience. I really love classics so I thoroughly enjoyed it.