Iago convinces Othello, The Moor of Venice that his wife, Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago is an evil, manipulative character with his own agenda. A plot of jealousy and rage transpires in this ...

Shakespeare’s original 1603 drama — titled “The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice” — did not specify the lead character’s race, although the term Moor was used to describe someone dark-skinned of ...