YOU are black Othello, a Moor. But when you fall in love with a white woman, can your love survive?
Othello might be Shakespeare's best play (though it is not as famous as Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet). It is at once more tragic than Romeo and Juliet, and more approachable than Lear or Hamlet. As a hero, Othello's fatal flaws, jealousy and naivity, are perhaps the most human. But, ultimately, we perhaps must judge our heroes by the villains they face - and in Iago, we have Shakespeare's most sinister and most ingenious villain - one who can twist reality itself with the power of words. Like Shakespeare himself, words are Iago's most powerful weapon... As a villain who wins through gleeful guile and manipulation, Iago is the prototype for many of popular culture's greatest villains, such as the Joker or Moriarty.Othello encapsulates some weighty themes - and forces us to confront society from racist and feminist perspectives. But, more than that, it teaches us the dangers of a lack of critical thinking, of believing blindly what we are told, and also the dangers of letting our emotions run wild without reason to check them. All of these issues remain highly relevant today - perhaps more so! In this iNovel, you play as both Othello and Iago, and sometimes as other characters too. As Othello, you must survive in a world hostile to one of your color and creed. As Iago, you seek to destroy black Othello (for reasons only you understand)!iNovels are designed to improve students' English reading and vocabulary skills, as well as their problem-solving and critical thinking. They are faced with moral and ethical dilemmas as well as puzzles and obstacles to overcome. Throughout the narrative, they gather objects and allies that can help them later in the story! The choices they make may change the story completely, or they may simple perish and need to begin again! Each novel is divided into three levels, so beginners can read only a little, whereas advanced readers have additional description which may yield hidden clues. This is gamified and differentiated learning at its finest, and iNovels are beloved by students of all ages and ability levels!This play adaptation sticks closely to Shakespeare's original story. In addition, this novel reveals more of Othello's untold past, and reveals some of the mysteries about the character that Shakespeare never explained. Why is a black Moor a general to Christian Venice's army? Shakespeare loosely based his work on historical events, but this iNovel attempts to more closely marry the fiction to what really happened, and has even tied the character of Othello upon a true historical figure. This iNovel allows the reader to experiment with different possibilities. Is there a way for the tragedy to be avoided? What other ways could Othello and Desdemona's love be destroyed? The ultimate conclusion to the story is in the reader's hands.Written by Matthew Townend, a veteran novelist who holds a literature degree from Exeter University and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from Oxford University. Matthew has taught in both the UK and Taiwan, where he currently resides.