up with a brilliant plot. It is based on Othello's trusting .
personality, for "the Moor is of a free and open nature" and can .
be easily deceived. He will use Cassio as the instrument to .
destroy the perfect and loving marriage between Othello and .
Desdemona. .
Act II, Scene 1 .
The scene shifts to Cyprus, about two weeks after the last scene. .
The governor of the island is waiting for news from the sea. .
There is a rumor that the Turkish fleet has been destroyed in a .
storm. There is also a fear that Othello's ship may have been .
destroyed as well, for the general has not yet landed in Cyprus. .
Desdemona arrives with Iago and Emilia and is warmly .
welcomed. When she learns that Othello has not yet arrived, she .
is greatly concerned about her husband's safety. Being a .
Senator's daughter, however, she is well trained not to show her .
true emotions; she chats idly with Iago and Cassio. Iago is .
delighted when Cassio takes her hand, for his villainous plan is .
to make Othello think that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers. He .
knows that these small, natural courtesies will help him prove his .
accusations to Othello. .
A flourish of trumpets announces the safe arrival of Othello. He .
comes ashore and takes his wife in his arms, saying he has gone .
through hell during the storm and now finds himself in heaven .
with Desdemona, the joy of his soul. Desdemona herself offers a .
prayer, asking that their love and joy increase; Othello answers, .
"amen." He then tells "good Iago" to go and unload his things; .
ironically he fully trusts this villain. .
When the newlyweds have departed and the onlookers have .
drifted away, Iago draws near Roderigo and asks whether he .
noticed how fondly Cassio and Desdemona acted to one another. .
When Roderigo claims it was just courtesy, Iago shakes his head .
and points out that it is "Lechery. . .prologue to the history of .
lust." Roderigo is amazed, but Iago persuades his friend into .
believing that Desdemona is already tiring of the black Moor and .
By that, I couldn't help but distinguish the type of character Othello was. ... What exactly contributes to Othello's tragic heroism? ... Othello was also great, but was somewhat far from perfect. ... In summary, I consider Othello as a tragic hero because he was also very self centered and interested, along with him being gullible on top of all that. ... People have a good impression of Othello. ...
Barbantio tackles Othello with the theft of his daughter, claiming that he must have worked on her by witchcraft. ... Act IV Iago gives Othello 'proof' of Desdemona's infidelity. Observed by Othello, he draws Cassio into a conversation about a whore, Bianca, who is in love with the lieutenant: Cassio's levity as he talks of her is interpreted by Othello as contempt for his own wife's looseness. ... When an embassy arrives from Venice to relieve Othello of his duties and establish Cassio as his successor, Othello strikes his wife before the venetians. ... Othello, convi...
Othello Act III Scene I Cassio sends musicians to Othello to get back on his good side. ... Alone with Othello, Iago begins his implication of an affair between Cassio and Desdemona by reminding Othello that Cassio served as Othello and Desdemona's go-between during their courtship. ... Othello enters and flies into a rage at him. ... Othello is furious and plots for revenge. ... Othello was mad and went off. ...
Othello is a fundamentally different character to all others in the play [1]. ... This casts her in utter contrast to Othello and serves to highlight how much of an outsider Othello is. ... What does Venice mean in Othello? ... The Hidden Meaning of Othello The play Othello is a tale of jealousy, revenge, and deception. ... This summary is what the play might seem like to the unseeing eye, but to the indepth and trained reader there is more to the story then first appears. ...
First he tells of Othellos mis-doings to Brabantio, then he appears at Othellos side claiming Roderigo spoke the crude words. ... Iago is trying to provoke a rise out of Othello. ... Othello is another character we witness Iago plotting to destroy. ... Othello is never referred to by name. ... The last speech of Iago in Act 1 is a fantastic summary of his character. ...
Where Othello represents good, with his purity. ... In Act I, Scene I, which takes place in Venice where Iago pretends to be a "faithful" officer to Othello (governor), but why he really follows Othello is for his own good. He sucks up to Othello, so that Othello will may him a lieutenant, more power, after seeing that he is a so-called "trustworthy" worker. ... Brabantio, wanting to get his hands on Othello, he sets out with his armed men to look for Othello. ... Brabantio arrives with his men and forces Othello to accompany him to the duke, its like a trial, in this case Othello is the defe...
Maybe all this applies to tragedies written during the time that Sophocles wrote Oedipus, but when Shakespeare wrote Othello and Hamlet he must have chosen to leave out some of these elements that make a "tragedy". ... Without even getting into a deep plot summary, one can see the complexity of a tragedy and just how "tragic" they are. ... Some question whether Othello and Hamlet are truly tragedies, because Shakespeare does leave out a few elements of earlier tragic drama, but careful analyses of the two works reveals that they certainly are tragedies, but with a new twist. ... Othello a...
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