text: anybody familiar with othello? i'm stumped, please help with my literature assignment.   can you analyze two sets of characters  who oppose/contrast one another. othello by william shakespeare  http://www.elook.org/literature/shakespeare/othello/  i have found 12 summaries for you to look at, click the link below. i have included a short extract to give you a taste of what the reviews have to offer and they’re free..!!!  http://www.freebooknotes.com/book.php3?id=319  http://www.antistudy.com/search.php?title=othello  http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xothello.html#othello  http://www.clicknotes.com/  an analysis of the play by shakespeare  http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/othello001.html  the romantic iago  http://www.theatrehistory.com/british/iago001.html  antagonist   iago, othello�s ensign, is the antagonist of the play. he exploits othello�s weakness, bringing out his fatal flaw of jealousy and making him believe that desdemona and cassio are having an affair. during the course of the play, iago kills roderigo and emilia, his wife; and he stabs cassio, wounding his leg. his evil scheming leads to the deaths of desdemona and othello.   http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmothello04.asp  good luck.  kevin, liverpool, england.