Othello and Desdemona in Venice by Thรฉodore Chassรฉriau (1819-1856)
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, often shortened to Othello,[a] is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulated by his ensign, Iago, into suspecting his wife Desdemona of infidelity. Othello is widely considered one of Shakespeare's greatest works and is usually classified among his major tragedies alongside Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet. Unpublished in the author's life, the play survives in one quarto edition from 1622 and in the First Folio.
Othello has been one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, both among playgoers and literary critics, since its first performance, spawning numerous stage, screen, and operatic adaptations. Among actors, the roles of Othello, Iago, Desdemona, and Emilia (Iago's wife) are regarded as highly demanding and desirable. Critical attention has focused on the nature of the play's tragedy, its unusual mechanics, its treatment of race, and on the motivations of Iago and his relationship to Othello. Originally performed by white actors in dark makeup, the role of Othello began to be played by black actors in the 19th century.
Shakespeare's major source for the play was a novella by Cinthio, the plot of which Shakespeare borrowed and reworked substantially. Though not among Shakespeare's longest plays, it contains two of his four longest roles in Othello and Iago.
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"We dont want history to be railroaded" is codeword for Paradox Interactive to make the base game bland and sell you "flavor packs" to actually make the regions feel different.
tbf "paradox interactive" is a code word for "we will nickel and dime you for ~$600 by the end of this game's life cycle"
Pirate/dlc unlocker is practically mandatory for those games
in an ideal world that'd mean abandoning fuckin mission trees
Launch paradox game: we want a historical simulation thats realistic and uhh systematic.
3th year of paradox game:
I have my own criticisms of EU5 (haven't started my campaign yet) but attempting historical materialism is not one of them
from what I've read on the forum this game has more in-depth mechanics AND flavor than any pdx game at launch which is a good start
not trying to cope but I'm sure modded situations, events, IOs, ABCs/BBCs, disasters, and mission trees are on their way to add even more regional variation