Iago also wants to attack Cassio and devises a plan to kill two birds with one stone. Iago also has the complete trust of Desdemona. He does that by being a close confidant of the general and getting his absolute trust then manipulating him into a position in which he destroys himself. Iago, angry about life generally, and taking pleasure in manipulating people, decides to poison that love and destroy Othello. The love between Othello and Desdemona is very clear and obvious to all, and in private, too, Othello is tender and loving towards his wife. Regarded as honest and trustworthy by Othello, Desdemona, Cassio, and the other officers, he is, in fact, hypocritical and vicious, plotting and scheming behind everyone’s back. Iago is probably Shakespeare’s most fully realised and most destructive villain. Cassio has until recently been an ancient but was chosen ahead of Iago to be Othello’s lieutenant.
The two most senior are Michael Cassio, who he has just promoted to be his second in command, and Iago, an ancient – the third-ranking officer. Othello has some trusted officers around him. The Duke agrees that she should go to Cyprus with her husband. Urged by the Duke Brabantio reluctantly accepts that but refuses to have her in his house. Doing that demonstrates enormous courage. The Duke sends for Desdemona who tells them that she’s a full-grown woman with her own mind and that she loves the Moor more than anything in the world. They decided to elope and get married without her father knowing. Othello sensed her feelings about him and was emboldened to speak out about his love for her.
Her response to Othello – the dangers he has encountered and overcome – shows her to have a tender heart and a great capacity for empathy. She is a beautiful, intelligent and educated young woman with multiple suitors, but well-guarded by her father. Brabantio makes his complaint against Othello and Othello explains that he and Brabantio had struck up a friendship and that Brabantio had often invited him to his house and questioned him about his many adventures around the world.īrabantio’s daughter, Desdemona, had listened to the stories and fallen in love with the Moor.
In the meantime Brabantio, a prominent Venetian citizen, has just heard that his daughter, Desdemona, has run off with the Moor and married him.Įnraged, Brabantio takes Othello to the Duke, who is meeting with the Council, where they have just decided that they will send a battalion of soldiers to Cyprus, under the command of their top general, Othello, to confront the Turks. The Turks are heading towards Venice and unless they can be stopped they will invade the city.
Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.
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