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Othello

Othello. Othello Group Assignment Group 7. Key Scenes from the Play. Act 1: Scene 3 - lines 49-290 Act 2: Scene 3 - lines 13-end Act 3: Scene 3 - lines beginning-255 Act 4: Scene 1 – lines 94-166, 211-255 Act 4: Scene 2 – lines 23-170, 172, 181-182 Act 5: Scene 2 – lines 1-84.

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Othello

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  1. Othello Othello Group Assignment Group 7

  2. Key Scenes from the Play • Act 1: Scene 3 - lines 49-290 • Act 2: Scene 3 - lines 13-end • Act 3: Scene 3 - lines beginning-255 • Act 4: Scene 1 – lines 94-166, 211-255Act 4: Scene 2 – lines 23-170, 172, 181-182 • Act 5: Scene 2 – lines 1-84

  3. Act 1: Scene 3 - lines 49-290 • Central conflicts in the play • Turks threatening to attack Cyprus • Duke decides to send Othello to defend Cyprus • Barbantio believes that Othello used witchcraft to trick Desdemona into loving him, but Othello & Desdemona explain that she fell in love listening to the stories of his Heroicness. • Othello tells Iago to bring Desdemona to Cyprus (Othello trusts Iago) This scene emphasises the security associated with Venice (esp. for Othello). The rule and culture parallels Othello’s trust of others like Desdemona & Iago. So when they move to Cyprus, an unruly and uncultured place, Othello’s trusting nature is questioned.

  4. Act 2: Scene 3 - lines 13-end • Iago invites Cassio to drink • Cassio agrees after first declining • Iago get Rodrigo to anger Cassio when he is drunk • Cassio chases Rodrigo and attacks Montano when he tries to stop the fight • Othello falls into Iago’s trap when he makes it sound like he was softening the story so that Cassio doesn’t get into trouble whilst getting Cassio dismissed from his position • Iago tells Cassio to appeal to Desdemona, because she commands Othello’s attention and goodwill, Iago argues that Desdemona’s kind-heartedness will prompt her to help Cassio if Cassio entreats her, and that she will persuade Othello to give Cassio back his lieutenantship. • When Cassio leaves, Iago jokes about the irony of the fact that his so-called villainy involves telling Cassio to do something that would actually help him. • Rodrigo reenters and Iago convinces him that he will get Desdemona. Now that Cassio will be spending time with Desdemona, Iago will find it all the easier to convince Othello that Desdemona is having an affair with Cassio, thus turning Desdemona’s virtue to “pitch” (II.iii.234).

  5. Act 3: Scene 3 - lines beginning-255

  6. Act 4: Scene 1 – lines 94-166, 211-255Act 4: Scene 2 – lines 23-170, 172, 181-182

  7. Act 5: Scene 2 – lines 1-84

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