Othello
By William Shakespeare
Cover: Desdemona Retiring to her Bed (1849), oil on canvas by Théodore Chassériau (1819-1856) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1856)
Othello, a Moorish general in the service of Venice, secretly marries Desdemona and is then drawn into a plot by his ensign Iago, who feeds him false proofs of her infidelity. Jealousy turns a trusted soldier into her murderer, and the truth comes out too late.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.