How far would you agree that Desdemons's fate adds to the play's tragic value in Othello?

What is a list of five tragedy plays?

Shakespeare's tragic plays include Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, and Hamlet. Other classical tragedies include Euripides' Alcestis, The Medea, Hippolytus and The Heracleidae.

Who of Shakespeare's plays featured black characters?

There are three Shakespearean characters who are African and are called Moors. Some if not all of them were intended to be North African types, not sub-saharan. They are: Aaron in Titus Andronicus who is a villain of the melodrama type, The Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice who is somewhat comic, and Othello in Othello who is a tragic hero.

Who of Shakespeare's plays feature black characters?

There are three black (or African at any rate) characters in Shakespeare: Aaron in Titus Andronicus (he's an evil villain), The Prince of Morocco in The Merchant of Venice (he's somewhat comical), and Othello, the main character in Othello (he's a hero and a tragic victim).

Who is the black main character in a shakespearean play?

Othello, the Moor of Venice, is the tragic hero of Shakespeare's play of the same name. In the twentieth century, some theaters refused to stage the play because it showed a Black man married to a White woman.

What plays have only one black actor?

Othello

What plays did Richard Burbage perform?

hamlet, othello and king lear

Would the novel of Othello be different if Othello was white?

There is no novel of Othello, actually. The famous Othello is a play by Shakespeare. Plays are not novels. If Othello was white, Othello wouldn't have been insecure, his relationship with Desdemona wouldn't be disapproved of and Iago might have hated Othello less. That is, of course assuming that Othello is white and so is everybody else. If Othello were white and everyone else was black, the story would be much the same because Othello's insecurity stems from his feeling of otherness, his feeling that he was different from everyone else. Othello has in fact been staged in this way, with a black cast and a white Othello. It has also been staged with actors playing Othello who are not black but are different from the rest in some other way.

Who is desdomona?

she is a character in one of shakespeares plays called othello and shes a bit of a hoe

Why is Othello called a domestic tragedy?

The classification of Shakespeare's plays as "Histories" "Comedies" and "Tragedies" was done by the publishers of the compilation known as The First Folio. In this edition, the full title of the play is "The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice", and it is classed among the tragedies.Some people will want to discuss whether this play falls within the conventions and definitions of tragedy drawn from Aristotle by later critics. It is important to know that this is a highly artificial and academic definition which Shakespeare himself does not use, and which hinges on whether there is a "tragic hero" as described by Aristotle (Basically, Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex).Some will say Othello is not a tragedy. Othello is not a tragic hero, Iago manipulates him. Othello falls for it because essentially he has to, he is an outsider. Also, Iago has about 200 more lines than Othello. If Iago is considered the central character, then he can in no way be considered a tragic hero.Others will say that 'Othello' is a tragedy as he follows the conventions of a 'tragic hero'. A tragic hero is someone who has a flaw, and that flaw leads to his downfall. Othello's flaw is that he is naive and believes "honest Iago" to be exactly that, honest. Becuase of his trusting nature he declines and he ends his life realising he has nothing to live for. Iago does maniplulate Othello. But just because Iago has more control over the characters before the final scene in Act 5, doesn't mean he is the main character.Another point of view is that the definition of 'hero' in literature has changed, and there may be better ways of deciding whether something is a tragedy than seeing how close the main character comes to Oedipus. Keep in mind that Shakespeare was a man who was beyond his time. He wrote in a very modern way. He isn't called the father of literature for no reason. In short, do we not feel like our guts are kicked out when we see this man, torn between his brain and his heart, who destroys the one he loves and who truly loves him only to find out minutes later that it was all a con job? I think so, and if that's not tragedy I don't know what is.To conclude, 'Othello' is in fact, a tragedy. It is known as "Shakespeare's greatest tragedy".

What plays were written before and after Romeo and Juliet?

Othello, Hamlet, a midsummer night's dream, Macbeth

What two examples of plays did Shakespeare wrote?

Hamlet, Juluis Caeser, Othello, Romeo and Juliet.

Whom do iago and cassio discuss while Othello is hiding?

While Othello is hiding, Iago and Cassio discuss Desdemona. Iago uses this opportunity to manipulate Cassio into speaking favorably about Desdemona, knowing that Othello is eavesdropping. This conversation plays a crucial role in Iago's scheme to incite jealousy in Othello regarding Desdemona's loyalty.