Othello is a major Shakespearean text, studied widely and often adapted for film and TV and is especially challenging for a multicultural society. Othello lends itself to criticism through discussion of the major characters although this study also focuses on recent criticism's analysis of the characters as "signifiers". The study of the key characters takes the discussion of the text immediately into the central issues of "otherness", gender, race and power.

Series Editor's Preface
Introduction: An Overview of Othello
1. Introducing Othello
2. Othello: A Man of Parts
3. Othello: 'Speak of me as I am'
4. Iago: Character
5. Iago: Sign: From Psychology to Psychoanalysis
6. Iago: Sign: From Psyche to Clio
7. Desdemona: Character and Sign
8. The Importance of the Minor characters
Conclusion: Through the Characters to the Key Themes and Issues
Bibliography
Index