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The play Othello is set in Venice during the end of the 16th century. It is also set in Cyprus  with what’s presumed to be a reference to the war with the Ottoman Empire that took place from 1570-1573.

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In the play Othello the character Iago is Emilia's husband and plays the 'villain' role. He is the antagonist and is a powerful manipulative individual. In doing so, he seeks for the insecurities and doubts in people. Iago is a very likable character despite being deceptive and misogynistic because he murdered Emilia. He often prevented Othello from enjoying his marriage because he constantly expressed his love for him.

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The play we've chosen is Romeo and Juliet. The central theme is love, and what it drives us to do. The plot revolves around two star-crossed lovers who are forbidden from loving each other. The characters are very dramatic and passionate about one another, as seen by their double suicide at the end of the play.

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Shakespeare allowed the English language to become advanced due to venturing out new words and phrases. Additionally, Shakespeare contributed to the different grammar structures that are used within writings today.

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Iago is enraged that he was passed over for advancement and looks to take vengeance on his General, Othello, the Moor of Venice. Iago tricks Othello into believing his wife Desdemona is unfaithful, causing Othello to become envious. Othello is consumed by jealously, murders Desdemona, and then commits suicide.

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Felix: The theme of Othello is that negative emotions can play a huge factor in your decisions, and can prevent you from making the right judgement and thinking clearly. The play also portrays the struggle of a powerful leader dealing with his insecurities.

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Shakespeare died at the age of 52 on April 23, 1616. He was buried at the Holy Trinity Church. His writing didn't become wildly popular until after his death. In 1623, John Heminge and Henry Condell put all of his plays into something called "the First Folio". This timeless writing became one of the most well known pieces of English literature.

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After William left school in 1582, he married his wife, Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare was 18 when they met and Anne was 26 and already expecting their first-born child. In 1585 after the couple had twins, Shakespeare began to work in London, while the rest of the family lived in Stratford. The suggests that the two separated but it is not confirmed.

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Act 1: Venice
Act 2: Cyprus

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The Elizabethan Era was during the the reign of Queen Elizabeth l. This was from 1558-1603, in this time period England experienced a rebirth in national pride, from this came work of art, literature, poems and more. The queen herself even went to see Shakespeare's plays

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Devonte:
-The name 'Othello' means wealth
-The word 'honesty' or variants thereof are used 52 times over the course of the play
-The play was first performed in 1604 at Whitehall Palace
-The first film version of Othello was made in 1909 and shot in Venice

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In his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, and 154 sonnets. He knew his market and was able to achieve great success not only from his writing, but also through his great money management and excellent investments in property. His company, which was personally funded by King James I, allowed him to be one of the first full time writers. It also afforded him his own theatre to put on his plays. When the theatre's closed due to the plague Shakespeare shifted his focus to writing sonnets that could be more easily consumed by the public. This allowed his writing to live on during the death of the plague.

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William Shakespeare was born on April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, to wealthy parents, John and Mary Shakespeare. He was the first of 8 children, and one of 5 who survived till adulthood. The wealth he was born in brought a lot of opportunities; William's dad became his town's bailiff (essentially a major) when he was only five, to talk to his family's prominence. With such a high-class upbringing, Shakespeare was sent to school (only available to wealthy families during this era), where he went through a curriculum consisting of Latin classics, the humanities, where he attained his ability to write impactful plays that stole the hearts of the masses in his later years.

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During this era, which was ruled by Queen Elizabeth the first, had four places you could be in society. The Nobility, the Gentry, the Yeomanry, and the Poor is the hierarchical system being used , and Shakespeare was part of the Yeomanry, which was considered the middle class.

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William Shakespeare lived more than 400 years ago during a period of English history known as The Elizabethan Age, named after Queen Elizabeth I. Queen Elizabeth recognized how important the arts and theater were to her nation, creating a golden age of creativity.

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The setting of Romeo and Juliet is in the city, Verona. Verona is in Northeastern Italy and at the time of Shakespeare, it was like Vatican City today. It had its own government and own laws. At the time, there was another story similar to Romeo and Juliet from Verona. Verona was known at the time of Shakespeare for the story Romeo Montecchi and Giulietta Cappelletti. The story was written in Italian and then translated into English, making the story popular and then adapted by Shakespeare later on.