If Shakespeare's Prospero and Othello ever found time to hang out, they surely would commiserate about the fickleness of fortune. After all, Prospero ruled as Duke of Milan before his brother exiled him to the island that is the setting of "The Tempest." And the title character in "Othello" was a slave before becoming an esteemed general in the Venetian army. Neither man found life to be smooth sailing.Read full arti…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:19PM on February 10, 2015