An excellent "translation" of Shakespeare. It's perfect for anyone not grounded in Shakespearean literature who is wants to understand the text. I absolutely love the side-by-side textual comparison - it really helped me a lot!

The story of Othello, The Moor of Venice is so good. I absolutely enjoyed it. This was my first time reading Othello and I really liked it. It may be my favorite Shakespeare work so far. There are many complexities to the play that make it so timeless. Themes of trust, jealousy, desire, racism, sexism, and classism run through this fairly short play. I love Shakespeare's characters because they are so multidimensional and real! Take Iago for example. He is manipulative, ignorant, and lacks self-awareness - he doesn't see his failures and he doesn't see Cassio's skill, which makes him perfect for the job Iago thinks he deserves. Shakespeare makes readers take a look at themselves because what Iago is really expecting from Othello is loyalty. We all have once expected something to be ours that was given to someone else, so we aren't really "allowed" to "hate" Iago. The play is all about desire and that is what makes it so fascinating. The lengths to which the characters go to fulfill their desires is amazing. I recommend the play & I definitely recommend the Barron's version of it.