CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Othello" by William Shakespeare
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 10-12) to pair with the drama "Othello" by William Shakespeare. Othello, a revered general of the Venetian army, has his newlywed wife meet him in Cyprus where he's stationed. But while there his...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Othello
Read an overview of the play "Othello" by William Shakespeare and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Deception, Drama, and Misunderstanding
Investigate how Shakespeare and Renaissance writers explore miscommunication, dishonesty, trickery, and the nature of theatre.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Power, Politics, and Religion
A murdered king, a homeless ruler, a man who sells his soul to the Devil: discover how Shakespeare and other Renaissance writers represented power and powerlessness.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Tragedies
From Hamlet's melancholy to Juliet's eloquence; and from Othello's misunderstanding to Doctor Faustus's damnation, discover the richness of Shakespearean and Renaissance tragedies.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Ethnicity and Identity
From Othello and Shylock to depictions of the 'New World' and anti-immigration riots, explore Shakespeare's fascination with ethnic identity.
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Othello in Context: A Summary of Sources
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Othello - from sex in early modern Venice and race in Shakespeare's London, to Coleridge's critique of the play and Ira Aldridge's ground-breaking performance....
British Library
British Library: Teaching Resources: Othello: Critical Approaches
This activity allows students to consider how different critical approaches can influence a reading of the play. Students will work in groups to explore different attitudes to Othello by looking at a range of texts from the past,...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Shakespeare and Love: A Look at How the Bard Takes and Breaks Hearts
In William Shakespeare's plays, characters fight battles and face witches, lead kingdoms and hunt murderers, spend and squander money and friendship. Just as often, though, they focus on what can be an equally difficult struggle: the...
Absolute Shakespeare
Absolute Shakespeare: Othello Commentary
There's commentary here about each act and explication for quite a number of important passages.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The University of Victoria: Shakespeare's Actors
This overview of Shakespeare's actors, principally Richard Burbage and his company, includes a list of plays in which the playwright acted as well.
Other
Self knowlege.com: Works of Shakespeare
Listing of links from SelfKnowlege.com to texts of selected Shakespeare works including "Romeo and Juliet", "Macbeth", "Sonnet to Sundry Notes of Music", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and many more. Over 40 titles. Also contains...
Other
Saint Xavier U:"othello" Race and Jealousy Questions
Use these questions for springboards to discussion, act by act, of race and jealousy in the play.
Emory University
Emory University: Othello
Illustrations from various editions of Shakespeare's "Othello" provided for by the Emory University.
New York University
Nyu: William Shakespeare Literature Annotations
Helpful but concise literature annotations on some of Williams Shakespeare's (1564-1616 CE) works.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Othello
Shakespeare's tragedy Othello was written around 1603. This interesting site analyses the major characters, the themes and talks about important quotations in the play.
