Synonyms:
Othello
Meaning: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife
Usage examples
Othello believes falsely that Desdemona loves Cassio.
What framework of cedar or oak will last as long as "Othello"?
If Othello loves Desdemona, there is such a complex whole as 'Othello's love for Desdemona'.
There is in fact no such object, and therefore Othello cannot have any relation to such an object.
This relation, therefore, is a relation of four terms, since Othello also is one of the terms of the relation.
There is a Macbeth livery-stable, a Falstaff bakery, and all the shops and stores keep Othello this and Hamlet that.
Thus, when Othello judges that Desdemona loves Cassio, Othello is the subject, while the objects are Desdemona and loving and Cassio.
Similarly, if Cassio judges that Desdemona loves Othello, the constituents of the judgement are still the same, but their order is different.
When we say that it is a relation of four terms, we do not mean that Othello has a certain relation to Desdemona, and has the same relation to loving and also to Cassio.
So that neither do the characters of Lear nor Othello nor Falstaff nor yet Hamlet in any way confirm the existing opinion that Shakespeare's power consists in the delineation of character.