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Othello smothers wife, Desdemona, in paroxysm of rage over her suspected adultery. [Br. Lit.: Othello] See : Anger Othello “thinks men honest that but seem to be so.” [Br. Lit.: Othello] See : Gullibility Othello smothers Desdemona out of jealousy. [Br. Lit.: Othello] See : Jealousy Othello believing false evidence of Desdemona’s infidelity, he strangles her. [Br. Lit.: Shakespeare Othello] See : Murder Othello commits suicide from guilt for wife’s murder. [Br. Lit.: Othello] See : Remorse How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This good woman was, no more than Othello, of a disposition Neither Hamlet, nor Macbeth, nor Othello, nor Douglas, nor The Gamester, presented anything that could satisfy even the tragedians; and The Rivals, The School for Scandal, Wheel of Fortune, Heir at Law, and a long et cetera, were successively dismissed with yet warmer objections. I had shared the conscience of Macbeth, the passion of Othello, the doubt of Hamlet; many times, in my natural affinity for villains, I had mocked and suffered with Richard III. |
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