A rich and well-born Moor, General Othello, was invited to serve in Venice. He often visited the Venetian senator and told him and his daughter Desdemona about his life’s trials, about military battles. The senator’s daughter listened attentively to the general and did not notice how sympathy turned into a deeper feeling.
The Venetian nobleman Rodrigo was in love with Desdemona, but the girl’s father considered him an unworthy contender for his daughter’s hand. Lieutenant Iago, having met Rodrigo, decided with his help to take revenge on Othello for appointing Lieutenant Cassio as his assistant. The first thing Iago did was inform the senator about his daughter’s escape from the house and the place where she could be found. But Othello and Desdemona were already married, and the senator had to put up with it.
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To protect Cyprus from the Turkish fleet, the Senate of Venice sent General Othello there. Together with him, only on another ship, Desdemona set off. The general entrusted her life to Iago, considering him an honest and decent person. Rodrigo was on the same ship. On the way, they were caught by a storm, and the ship on which Desdemona sailed reached Cyprus faster than other ships. Later, the general’s ship appeared. The Turkish fleet was less fortunate. It was wrecked during a storm, most of the crew died.
While the island was celebrating an unexpected victory, Iago continued his “dirty” work. He ordered his wife, who served Desdemona, to take some thing from her mistress and hand it over to him. So the handkerchief, a gift from Othello, ended up with Iago, who later tossed it to Lieutenant Cassio. That same evening, the lieutenant got drunk and provoked a fight with Rodrigo. The senator’s brother, who arrived from Venice, witnessed this quarrel and tried to separate the fighting men. As a result, he himself was injured. The angry general ordered Cassio to be removed from his post.
Desdemona learned about the incident from Iago. The lieutenant offered her to help the lieutenant. Believing in his sincerity, the woman went to her husband to ask for Cassio. The general already knew about the lost handkerchief, and about the secret meetings of his wife, about which Iago hinted to him. Even the day before, Othello witnessed a scene of jealousy between Cassio and his mistress, who accused the lieutenant of treason. She threw a handkerchief in his face, which the general had given his wife as a wedding present. Desdemona could not find words for her justification, she only swore to her husband in eternal love. But Othello did not believe her. He ordered the lieutenant to kill Lieutenant Cassio, and decided to simply strangle his wife. Iago triumphed.
Desdemona felt that intrigues were woven around her, but she could not figure it all out. She asked her maid to lay down silk linen that night. It reminded the woman of her happy wedding day. Desdemona decided: if she is destined to die, then let her be wrapped in this silk, like in a shroud.
At night, Othello, tormented by jealousy, first strangled and then stabbed his wife with a knife. In the morning, having learned about the tragedy, Iago’s wife spoke about her husband’s crimes. The lieutenant, trying to silence her, kills her and tries to hide. But he didn’t get far. They grabbed him and brought him back. Only then Othello realized what evil he had done by not believing his wife. He grabbed the knife he had killed the woman he loved with and plunged it into his heart.
- “Love is born in the conversation of soul with soul.”
- “In suffering, the only way out is To the best of your ability not to notice adversity.”
- “Did you pray at night, Desdemona?”
- “Jealousy is a monster that both conceives and gives birth to itself.”
- “Jealous not because there is a reason, But only in order to be jealous.”
- “What has passed, it’s time to forget, And a mountain will immediately fall from the heart. All the time to remember past misfortunes, Perhaps worse than fresh misfortune.”
