Season of Migration to the North Lesson Plan

Who is Othello? What is his story? Why does Mustafa say he is no Othello?

Othello is a character from Shakespeare's work, Othello. Othello is an outsider, a Moor living in Venice, acting as an ambassador of the Moors. He is eloquent, widely respected, and he holds the status of general in the Venetian army. He elopes with the daughter of a venerated senator, Desdemona. After a campaign in Cyprus, Othello returns to Venice and is tricked into believing that his wife had an affair while he was away. In response, Othello murders Desdemona. After she is dead, he learns the truth: she had remained faithful and his officer, Iago, had lied to him. Othello then commits...