# Michael Cassio — Othello character guide

> Michael Cassio in Othello by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Cassio, Lieutenant Cassio, good Cassio

**First appearance:** 0000-othello

## Who they are

Othello's lieutenant, a young Florentine soldier.

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