Othello was just out of earshot when Iago talks to Cassio. He has told Othello that he is talking to Cassio about Desdemona but he is really talking about the woman that Cassio is really having an affair with, Bianca.

The story takes place in Venice and in Cyprus.

Oversimplifying greatly ... Othello is a dark-skinned African Muslim (a "Moor") who is a high-ranking and hot-tempered general in the army of Venice, Italy. Cassio is Othello's trusted lieutenant. Desdemona is Othello's girlfriend, whom he marries early in the story. Iago (ee-ah-go) is a deviously sly soldier in Othello's army; he is jealous and bitter and wants to destroy Othello, because Othello has chosen Cassio to be his lieutenant instead of choosing Iago. Roderigo is another soldier who Iago easily manipulates to do his bidding. Everyone else in the story takes part in action that revolves around these 5 main characters. Iago tries to get Desdemona's father and the Duke of Venice to believe that Othello engaged in sorcery and kidnapping to get Desdemona to marry him, but that doesn't work. Fortunately for Iago, Othello doesn't realize that Iago is out to get him. Iago gets Cassio drunk, gets Roderigo to pick a fight with Cassio, and then convinces Othello that Cassio started the fight. Othello strips Cassio of his rank. Iago convinces Cassio that Othello's wife Desdemona can help convince Othello to give Cassio his rank back. Iago helps Cassio arrange a secret meeting with Desdemona. Then Iago convinces Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are having a love affair behind his back. Iago convinces Roderigo to kill Cassio, but Cassio is only wounded. Iago kills Roderigo so he can't tell anyone that Iago put him up to the murder attempt. In a fit of jealous rage, Othello smothers Desdemona who he believes has been having sex with Cassio. Cassio, Iago and others arrive at the scene of Desdemona's murder. Othello repents of his fit of temper that has caused him to kill his beloved wife. Desdemona's maid reveals that Iago made her set up false evidence that led Othello to his tragic incorrect conclusion. Iago kills the maid. Othello stabs Iago but only wounds him. Othello begs Cassio to forgive him for his unfounded jealousy, which he does. OMG, the dead Roderigo has left a letter fully incriminating the villainous Iago, who is led away to what we assume is torture and a gruesome death. Othello, crushed by having allowed Iago to lead him to ruin, gives a final speech and commits suicide with his dagger. Everyone comes back to life and bows to the audience, who are weeping and applauding.

Because of the way the term "tragic hero" has been treated by AC Bradley and those who followed him, it has almost become a term of art, with an arcane meaning quite divorced from the actual way that Shakespeare's tragedies work. But really a tragic hero is the main character in a play which ends with the destruction of that main character, which usually means his death. If the play is well-written, we feel a sense of regret and sadness that someone for whom we had some sympathy has come to a sticky end. This is certainly the case with Othello.

Othello is a General that lives in Italy(Venice), but is a Moor. Traditionally that means he is black while everyone else is white. He is very respected and marries on of the leading families daughters. Iago is one of his most trusted lieutenants, but after great victories Othello decides to promote someone else. Iago then begins a scheme to get power. First he brings down his other rivals for power. Then he seeks revenge on Othello. To do so he starts scandals almost on a whim and makes everyone distrust one another. Including Othello and his wife. Side note: Othello has epilepsy and no one must know or they will think him weak or possesed. Iago forces Othello to smother his wife and all of his rivals to die, yet in the end He loses his own life in his web of lies. One of the most Ironic things about Othello is Iago the most wicked liar coins the term (I wear my heart upon my sleeve.) Meaning he does not decieve.

Iago makes the top ten most evil fictional villains ever.

She says that what's sauce for the gander's sauce for the goose.

In Act IV Scene 3 Desdemona is protesting that she cannot imagine that any woman would commit adultery "for the whole world."

Emilia is a practical soul, and says, "Marry, I would not do such a thing for a joint-ring, nor a measure of lawn, nor for gowns, petticoats, nor caps, nor any pretty exhibition; but for the whole world, why, who would not make her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch?" But she realizes that this is not a situation that realistically occurs.

To explain unfaithful wives, she says, "But I do think it is their husbands' fault if wives do fall."

And she explains: "Let husbands know their wives have sense like them; they see and smell, and have their palates both for sweet and sour, as husbands have. What is it that they do when they change us for others? Is it sport? I think it is; and doth affection breed it? I think it doth; is't frailty that thus errs? It is so too, and have we not affections, desires for sport and frailty, as men have? Then let them use us well, else let them know, the ills we do, their ills instruct us so."

It's almost the same speech as Shylock's "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech, but with a feminist twist.

There were many themes discussed and portrayed in the tale of Othello. They include the topics of a patriarchal society, where men dictate and rule, the ideas of a misogynist ( a person who hates women), rights and values of wife in society and in a relationship itself. It discusses the rights and morals of women in a relationship towards their "noble lord". There are many more.

Do you mean to ask if there's literally a green-eyed monster in Othello? If that's what you're asking, then no.

The "green-eyed monster" refers to the popular saying which says a persons eyes "turn green" when filled with the feeling of jealousy. One of the main themes in Othello is jealousy, along with deceit and betrayal. There is no physical green-eyed monster in Othello.

I don't know what you where expecting but the answer is simply an emotion, jealousy used in the term as " i see the green eyed monster" green being a negative colour to other people

Act 3 scene 3 when Othello finally breaks down and asks Iago for proof of Desdemona's betrayal.

Well considering that he is a character in a play, he wasn't exactly 'born'.

However, due to the use of the description of 'Moor' we know that he is of African descent and might have been born in Africa.

his name is Greek in origin

There is only one Moor in Othello, and that is Othello himself. To Shakespeare's contemporaries a Moor was an African person. The word was used indiscriminately of North African and sub-saharan Africans. The story Othello tells of his life is perhaps more consistent with his being a North African.

Othello was an European noble, from a line of royal men, and a christian. He is a person and a symbol. In western art there are a lot of Blackamoors, classical Africans, who symbolize blue blood (1100-1848). In the play Othello is the highest ranking person by birth and merit. The objections against him are those of the middling trading classes against the nobility. The Venetians cannot be considered mere racists as for one, human races were only invented in 1760, and they made The Moor their military leader. He was not lynched for marrying Desdemona, but was given a fair trial. I urge people to look farther than conventional opinions. This paragraph was written by Egmond Codfried (see attached link)

His expressions "brave Othello" and "noble moor" indicate the high opinion in which he holds Othello.

Why does anyone fall in love? Othello has many fine qualities which a young woman might admire: he is brave, apparently confident, kind and loving. But Desdemona's love is not hero-worship, as Othello supposes. She sees that he feels out-of-place in Venetian society, and that his apparent confidence masks humility and vulnerability about his own worth, and loves him the more for it. It is this humility which makes him a better leader and a better lover. It is also this trait which makes him vulnerable to the designs of someone like Iago.

Perspective in plays is different from perspective in novels or plays, because there is no narrator. When Iago talks, he is talking from Iago's perspective; when Othello talks, he is talking from Othello's perspective; when Desdemona talks, she is talking from her perspective. We see it all from the perspective of a bystander and sometimes (when a character gives a soliloquy) of a confidant. Except in plays where there is a chorus, such as Henry V, Shakespeare does not give us an "objective" perspective. As far as Shakespeare's perspective goes, it was basically to write a successful play and make money for himself and his partners.

There is a terrible storm which delays Othello but also destroys the Turkish fleet so he doesn't have to.

We hear about Desdemona in the first scene when Iago tells Brabantio that she has eloped with Othello. She makes her first entrance in Act 1 Scene 3 and her first line is "My lord, I do perceive here a divided duty."

He will persuade Othello that his wife is unfaithful, thus wrecking their happy marriage, making Othello miserable, and inducing him to become a murderer.

Othello was a moor and a general in the Venetian Military.

about the respect from the duke , if I remember correctly it was because of his

success as a general