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ID: 901002179
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002179
Record Type: Character/Person

Othello (literary character, Shakespeare, Othello)

Note: In Shakespeare's Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army.

Names:
Othello (literary character, Shakespeare, Othello) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:
Literature and Performing Arts (P)
....<Literary characters> (P)
........Othello (literary character, Shakespeare, Othello) (I)
Related Iconography:
is actor for .... Othello
..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Drama (plays, etc.), Othello (play, Shakespeare, published 1622)) [901002178]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Moors (culture or style)
.....(Spanish and North African Islamic styles and periods, Islamic World dynastic styles and periods, Islamic World, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Othello (literary character, Shakespeare, Othello)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Otelo_e_Desd%C3%A9mona_-_Antonio_Mu%C3%B1oz_Degra%C3%ADn.jpg/800px-Otelo_e_Desd%C3%A9mona_-_Antonio_Mu%C3%B1oz_Degra%C3%ADn.jpg

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