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Iago plays all his cards, and persuades Othello that Cassio and Desdemona are not to be trusted.

Iago suggests asking Desdemona to persuade her husband to reinstate his rank. When Othello blames Cassio for the noise and strips him of his rank, Cassio Iago, looking for trouble, intoxicates Cassio and encourages a fight between Roderigo and he. Othello orders a celebration for all and leaves to spend time Good news meets the band of travelers as they arrive in Cyprus to find that a storm has obliterated the entire Turkish fleet. Venice as commander of the Venetian armies, accompanied by his wife, lieutenant Cassio, Iago, and Iago's wife Emilia who is to serve as Desdemona's attendant. He tells Othello that she has deceived her father and will deceive him as well. Satisfied after hearing Desdemona also proclaim her love for Othello, her father is dismayed. Remains, and he accuses Othello of seducing his daughter with witchcraft.īefore the Duke of Venice, Othello defends his marriage to Desdemona, explaining that she fell in love with him when he told her the sad stories of his youth. Othello is called upon to advise the senators, and Brabantio is left in the unfortunate position of accompanying Othello to the Duke's residence.

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The news infuriates Desdemona's father Brabantio and he vows to behead Othello, though he is prevented by Othello's residence that is full of the Duke of Venice's guards. Iago persuades Roderigo to wake the young Desdemona'sįather and inform him of Othello's secret wedding to his daughter. As both men lament their misfortune at the hand of Othello, they devise a plan to use Othello's misgivings to their advantage. He believes he has been unfairly overlooked for promotion as Othello gave the young Michael Cassio a Iago is Othello's ensign, and though trusted by Othello, he is jealous and spiteful as well. Roderigo had asked Desdemona'sįather for her hand in marriage, but Othello's secretly married her, leaving Roderigo alone and upset.

The play begins with a jealous complaint, as Roderigo, a rich Venetian gentleman laments to his friend Iago about the secret marriage of Othello and Desdemona. Was attributed to Arabs, Berbers, North Africans and Muslim Europeans. The term 'moors' refers to Muslim inhabitants of the Arab west but Shakespeare based his play on the story Un Capitano Moro (A Moorish Captain,) written by the Italian novelist and poet Cinthio. Of racism, betrayal, love, revenge, and forgiveness, and has spawned multiple film, literary, and operatic adaptations. One of Shakespeare's most tightly woven works, it explores themes William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice,or simply Othello, is a tragedy written in approximately 1603.

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