In this essay, I will consider the relationship between two literary works: Othello by Shakespeare, and Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis. I cannot emphasize enough the risks of such an arbitrary endeavor. Along with the temporal distance that separates the two works, the differences between the cultural references and the narrative genres, there seems sufficient reason to discourage the comparison. In favor of this project, let us say we do not intend anything more than to reach, by contrast, a certain reciprocal enlightenment between the two works. In this case, the distance itself helps to emphasize the contrast even more.