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    Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. His ensign, Iago, harbors jealousy against Othello and hatches a plan to make Othello believe Desdemona is unfaithful with Iago's lieutenant, Cassio. Through manipulation, Iago plants seeds of doubt that lead Othello to strangle Desdemona in a fit of jealous rage before realizing she was innocent, at which point Othello takes his own life.

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    Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. His ensign, Iago, harbors jealousy against Othello and hatches a plan to make Othello believe Desdemona is unfaithful with Iago's lieutenant, Cassio. Through manipulation, Iago plants seeds of doubt that lead Othello to strangle Desdemona in a fit of jealous rage before realizing she was innocent, at which point Othello takes his own life.

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    Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. His ensign, Iago, harbors jealousy against Othello and hatches a plan to make Othello believe Desdemona is unfaithful with Iago's lieutenant, Cassio. Through manipulation, Iago plants seeds of doubt that lead Othello to strangle Desdemona in a fit of jealous rage before realizing she was innocent, at which point Othello takes his own life.

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    Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. His ensign, Iago, harbors jealousy against Othello and hatches a plan to make Othello believe Desdemona is unfaithful with Iago's lieutenant, Cassio. Through manipulation, Iago plants seeds of doubt that lead Othello to strangle Desdemona in a fit of jealous rage before realizing she was innocent, at which point Othello takes his own life.

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    OTHELLO: SHORT PLOT SUMMARY

    The story of William Shakespeare's Othello is set in


    16th-century Venice and Cyprus. Othello the Moor, a
    noble black warrior in the Venetian army, has secretly
    married a beautiful white woman called Desdemona,
    the daughter of a prominent senator, Brabantio. When
    he finds out, he is outraged, and promptly disowns her.

    Othellos ensign, Iago, harbours a secret jealousy and


    resentment towards the Moor, partly because another
    soldier, lieutenant Cassio, has been promoted ahead of
    him, and also because he suspects that Othello has had
    an affair with his wife. Intent on revenge, Iago hatches
    a devious plan to plant suspicions in Othellos mind that
    Desdemona has been unfaithful to him with Cassio. He
    orchestrates a street fight, for which Cassio is wrongly
    blamed, and is then dismissed from his post by Othello.
    Desdemona takes up Cassios case with her husband,
    which only further inflames his suspicions that the pair
    are lovers.

    In the meantime, Iago manages to procure a treasured


    handkerchief from Desdemona that was given to her by
    Othello. He plants it on Cassio so that Othello sees it,
    then concludes that it is proof of their affair. Maddened
    by jealousy, he orders Iago to murder Cassio, and then
    he strangles Desdemona. Immediately afterwards her
    innocence is revealed, and Iagos treachery exposed. In
    a fit of grief and remorse Othello kills himself. Iago is
    taken into custody by the Venetian authorities.

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