Read this on Kindle without notes; then read Harold Bloom's helpful musings in Shakespeare - The Invention of the Human.
Othello - warrior type, perhaps not flexible to handle other challenges.
Iago as driving the action. More soliloquies, for example. See Bloom.
Iago is one of Shakespeare's most compelling characters? I think I'd agree based on limited knowledge.
Undone by his wife - she had a virtue he didn't anticipate.
Desdemona as ideal lover in all of Shakespeare (see Bloom).
Almost no humor in this one.
Much enjoyed.
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