| Othello | “Moor”, main character, respected general, easy prey to insecurities, Iago twists this person’s love for their wife into powerful and destructive jealousy |
| Desdemona | daughter of Brabantio, determined and self-possessed, pure, can’t prove to her husband she didn’t cheat and is strangled |
| Iago | villain of the play, motives are murky, hates women, manipulates almost every character |
| Cassio (Michael) | Othello’s second in command, after a drunked brawl loses his position and Othello’s respect/trust, Iago uses Cassio’s good characteristics to play on Othello’s insecurities |
| Emelia | Iago’s wife, Desdemona’s best friend, distrustful of Iago |
| Roderigo | jealous and in love with Desdemona, Iago promises him to get Desdemona and him together, agrees to kill Cassio when he begins to see him as more competition |
| Bianca | prospitute in Cyprus, actually likes Cassio but he teases he with the idea of marraige then laughs at her behind her back |
| Brabantio | Desdemona’s father, Venetain senator |
| Duke of Venice | get’s Othello to tell how he wooed Desdemona, official authority in Venice |
| Montano | governor of Cyprus before Othello |
| Lodovico | messenger from Venice to Cyprus |
| Graziano | Brabatio’s kinsman who goes with Lodovico to Cyprus |
| Clown | Othello’s servant, comic relief |
Othello Characters
July 28, 2019