Act One Scene One of William Shakespeare's Othello

Act One Scene One of William Shakespeare's Othello

The opening scene of Act One Scene One starts off with a dispute

between Iago and Roderigo at night in Venice Italy. The darkness and

conflicts in the first scene illustrates an ominous atmosphere for the

rest of the play. Much of the play will occur in the dark. These will

bee associated with Iagos sinful character.

Shakespeare uses a dramatic device to engage the attention of his

rowdy Elizabethan audience. The play begins with an argument.

Shakespeare uses this device a lot in his plays to attract the

audience attention.

In Act One Scene One, Roderigo and Iago are arguing because Iago has

icheated Roderigo. During the course of the play we will see them row

many times. Desdemona's father Brabantio, Will be startled from his

sleep to be told that his only daughter has deceived him and married

Othello. Furiously Brabantio will grab his sword and prepare to fight

with Othello. Brabantio's hatred toward Othello will intensify in the

rest of the play.

Iago has many facets to his character and this is exposed in the first

scene of the play. He is perceived as two faced in Act One Scene one

when he says ", I am not what I am" This statement shows that he has a

dual personality. This reference will prepare us for the rest of the

play, where Iago will continue to deceive people. He swears by the god

"Janus" who is a two faced god that looks back into the winter and

forward to the summer. The fact that Iago believes in a two f ...

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...trust in his daughter. In Elizabethan

times, Fathers wouldn't accept their daughters losing their virginity

before marriage.

Not only does Brabantio feel deceived, But Iago manages to clutter

lies of sexual imagery into Othello's mind to the extent that he

murders his wife. " Or to be naked with a friend a bed" is a graphic

quote that Iago uses to annoy Othello, making him imagine things the

way Brabantio did.

The opening Scene of the play was making evil emerge until the end of

the play. An unexpected amount of characters lost their lives due to

the amount of immorality in the play, which is triggered by Iago. Many

strong bonds between families and friends were wrecked by one

character. I think that women were treated unfairly with no respect. I

found this shocking and disgusted by Iago from The opening scene.