Othello

Summary: Othello has just married Desdemona, and Iago, who hates Othello and knows that Desdemona’s father will not be happy about his daughter’s marriage to a Black man, decides to tell Desdemona’s father what has happened. Soon after he does, however, Othello, a skilled soldier, is called upon to protect Venice. Iago follows Othello and continues to antagonize him, but to do so in such a way that Othello does not realize that it is Iago who is the cause of all the trouble that he is experiencing.

This tragedy is both frustrating and heartbreaking, and it features one of Shakespeare’s most dislikeable villains.