... classic form for a Shakespearean tragedy. Act I constitutes the exposition of the play, where the audience is introduced to the time and place of the drama, to the major characters, and to the situation that will be developed in the plot. The conflict is developed through the rising action found in Acts ... in such a few days. The play is also unified in place. Although the opening chapter takes place in Venice, the real setting for the drama is Cyprus, and all the action of the play takes place on that small island within a few locations. The play is also unified by characters ... killi...

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• Grade Level: High School

Shakespeare's Othello should have been called Iago because Iago is by far the most interesting of all the main characters in the play, and the play seem to revolve around the consequences of Iago's lies and deceptions. The "honest Iago" is actually pure evil, and in the final scene of the play, he pushes everyone towards their tragic end, including the leading character Othello. Iago's opinion of himself is very high, he enjoy being evil, and seem to have his way in outwitting everyone to the very end. Iago is the kind of person who can lie without remorse and turn on the appearances of being ...

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