Dramatic Change in Othello

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In this essay I would like to explain how William Shakespeare makes the change in Othello so dramatic for the audience in Act 3 Scene 3 of the play, but before I go in detail I would like to go over the main points in the play for you. So, basically what happens is that there is a tragic downfall of a ‘black Venetian general’ Othello who was a ‘confident’ and ‘strong’ person but because he chose Cassio as his lieutenant, Iago gets really ‘jealous’ because he thought he deserved that title more than Cassio and he really wanted that title. Iago then cleverly plans to ‘destroy’ Othello and Cassio as Iago is known as a ‘friendly’ person his plan might be easier but there is one person only who is Roderigo who knows about the real Iago but Iago doesn’t have to be worried because Roderigo is stupid and can be fooled easily. Roderigo knows because he likes Desdemona but she doesn’t know that, she loves Othello and they married in secret with only Cassio knowing about their secret marriage and Iago fools Roderigo to give money saying that Desdemona would be his. Iago and Roderigo actually see them marrying each other. This is where Iago gets his good opportunity to destroy both Cassio and Othello. After we see that Iago tells Roderigo to tell Desdemona’s father Brobantio that Othello and Desdemona are getting married and Brobantio is in rage to kill Othello but he manages to convince not only Brobantio but the Duke as well. Othello is then told to go to Cyprus to fight Turkey and Desdemona asks permission from the Duke if she can go as well and her permission is granted. This is where Iago creates misunderstanding between Othello, Cassio and Desdemona by making Othello think that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair, Desdemona forcin...

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...is was done by Iago. Othello that second decided to break up with her without even hearing what she has to say about this if I were Othello then I would have at least asked her if this all is true or not. This made the audience want to stop the whole thing and scream to them not to believe Iago and this really exited the audience as they were feeling a part of the play. I also believe that there is one sided ‘jealousy’ between Othello, Cassio and Iago because Iago is really angry that Cassio got the title which Iago thought he deserved and that Othello has received more respect from white people than Iago which is racist. The stagecraft was done cleverly to put an impact on the audience like when Othello was angry and upset thinking about Cassio and Desdemona together the stage got darker so, we as the audience knew that this wasn’t a positive atmosphere.

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