Othello and literary adaptations. Roderigo, a wealthy and dissolute gentleman, complains to his friend Iago, an ensign, that Iago has not told him about the secret marriage between Desdemona, the daughter of a senator named Brabantio, and Othello, a Moorish general in the Venetian army. Roderigo is upset because he loves Desdemona and had asked her father for her hand in marriage. Iago hates Othello for promoting a younger man named Cassio above him, whom Iago considers less capable a soldier than himself, and tells Roderigo that he plans to use Othello for his own advantage. Iago convinces Roderigo to wake
Othello, New Jersey appear on many maps. Othello, New Jersey Othello is an unincorporated community located within Greenwich Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the Greenwich Historic District, which has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972. Othello is located in the part of Greenwich Township referred to locally as the Head of Greenwich, or Upper Greenwich. County routes passing through Othello include Ye Greate Street (CR 623 and CR 703) and Sheppards Mill Road (CR 650). Pine Mount Creek is a stream that flows south through Othello to the Cohansey River and empties into