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Othello (Folger Shakespeare Library)
by William Shakespeare
from Washington Square Press

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Excellent copy of Othello
  I've been using the Folger library series for years now, and although the Norton Critical edition has its place, the Folger edition cannot be beat for clarity and accessibility. Pay the extra couple of bucks for the 5.5 x 8
  paperback rather than the smaller mass market paperback. The paper quality and illustrations are far superior in the larger version.

• Villainy as art
  The most beautiful aspect of the play is Iago's ingenious deception of Othello. In every phrase, Iago knows just what to say to swing his Moor closer to the belief in Desdemona's infidelity. The subtle strategist to his general (and the puppeteer to Roderigo and Cassio), Iago is in full glory practicing his art of insinuation.
  Iago is the master of duplicity: "Divinity of hell! When devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows". Here he echoes Banquo in Macbeth:... more info

• Great Read
  The New Folger edition give a much better insight than other publishers of this Shakespearian Play.

• Shakespeare's tragic play between Othello and Desdemona
  Definitely Shakespeare stays true to his form and creates another literary masterpiece. Just like that of Romeo and Juliet, this is another tragic play. It is set around the early 1600s in England and tells the story of the marriage of Othello, a black man of high standings, and Desdemona, a white lady.
  Iago acts as the catalyst for the conflict, trying to disassemble the marriage and Othello and Desdemona. In Shakespeare's dialogue, he uses rather explicit imagery in describing the pair to others to... more info

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