Othello - Act 1 (all 3 scenes)

Othello - Act 1 (all 3 scenes)

1. Scene 1 - Othello is only referred to as "the Moor" in the whole of the first scene; not by his first name.

2. Scene 1 - roderigo and Iago having an argument. Roderigo responds by saying: Ithought you hated him! Iago replies: Of course I hate him!

3. Scene 1 - Iago got three of Venices VIP to ask this mystery man if Iago can be lieutenant. However, it appears that "he" has already chosen his lieutenant, Michael Cassio

4. Scene 1 - Iago believes that Cassio will be useless in war

5. Scene 1 - Iago is peeved by the fact he still feels like an ensign, (meaning the lowly ranked guy who carries the flag of an army in war)

6. Scene 1 - the "him" is a black man who is a general in the Venetian army; "the moor"

7. Scene 1 - Iago's plan of revenge is he will plan to love "the moor" and betray him at the first chance he gets.

8. Scene 1 - Iago and Roderigo plan to make a big scene at "her fathers", (Desdemona's Father's house) and make a big fuss; they turn up under Brabantio's window and shout to him that he should watch out for thieves; and for his daughter.

9. Scene 1 - Brabantio tries to shoo off what sounds like drunken idiots; however, Iago shouts up that "an old black ram is tupping your white ewe." Brabantio does not recognise this voice so Roderigo reveals himself and tells him that his daughter has been stolen by "the moor."

10. Scene 1 - As Brabantio goes to check if his daughter is safe in her bed; Iago leaves, as he is supposed to be on the side of the moor. He tells Roderigo that he will be with "the moor" at the pub, the Sagitarry later that evening.

11. Scene 1 - Roderigo confirms that "the moor" and Desdemona are likely to be married. This makes Brabantio very angry, so angry he says that he wishes that his daughter had married Roderigo instead. They have both agreed to try and hunt her down and rescue her.

12. Scene 2 - Othello, the moor, is with Iago on another street in Venice. Iago talks about how he has murdered so many; but really he doesn't like to do it because he is an upstanding person. He also tells Othello that he had a hard time trying not to kill Brabantio, becuase of all of the bad things he was saying about him. (Even though actually it was Iago himself that told Brabantio all the bad things about Othello.)

13. Scene 2 - Iago tries to wagger in Othello's ear about Brabantio being a Senator and very persuasive; he will try and get his daughter for himself and divorced from him or make Othellos life hell.

14. Scene 2 - Othello says he is certain that his good record as a general and his service to Venice will stand up to any of Brabantio's complaints in Venice's eyes. Othello says that he simply loves Desdemona and wouldn't have given up his freedom as a Bachelor for anything less.

15. Scene 2 - their conversation was interrupted by a loud commotion; Iago tells Othello that it is a warring Brabantio come to retrieve his daughter. Iago tells Othello to hide but he resists and says he will face his father-in-law like a man.

16. Scene 2 - Instead it is Cassio, he tells Othello that a dozen messangers have been coming with growing news from a war in Cyprus.The Duke of Venice and the Senate have been looking for him as he was not in his house. Othello is urges to deal with this matter immediately.

17. Scene 2 - Othello rushs off to deal with the matter; leaving Cassio and Iago alone. This gave Iago enough time to tell Cassio that Othello was not at his home because he was too busy getting secretly married.

18. Scene 2 - Before Othello can leave with Cassio, their exit is cut off by Brabantio and Roderigo followed by soldiers. Othllo stops the men from fighting and askes Brabantio what he is doing. He replies saying that he has come to "clear up" the little matter of Othello bewitching his daughter to marry him.

19. According to Brabantion; Desdemona was so "anti-marriage" she wouldn't even marry the wealthiest of men in the kingdom.Brabantio thinkls that his daughters sudden marriage is a result of witchcraft. He would like to have Othello locked up for doing black magic.

20. Scene 3 - Brabantio goes to the Duke of Venice followed by Othello, Iago, Cassio and Roderigo. He tells the Duke that his daughter has been stolen; and Othello is the one to blame.

21. Scene 3 - The Duke asks what Othello has to say for himself. Othello simply tells him the truth of how he and Desdemona fell in love. Brabantio is quick to say that his daughter is pure and would never fall in love with a moor unless there was some evil magic involved.

22. Scene 3 - Othello send Iago to fetch Desdemona so she can confirm the story. While Iago does that; Othello explains how Brabantio used to invite him to talk about all of the adventures and fantastic tales of Othello's life. It was then that Desdemona would secretly listen to the tales. Then she'd ask to hear Othello's stroies more privately; this is when the flirting started.

23. Scene 3 - When Iago arrives wih Desdemona she cofirms that what Othello has said is true and she must, like her mother, love her husband more than her father. Brabantio agrees to give his daughter to Othello; however he is not a happy man.

24. Othello says that he is happy to go to Cyprus but he wants to make sure Desdemona is taken care of first.

25. Iago decide to hatch a plan and kill two birds with one stone; he decides to weave Cassio into the lies. He will tell Othello that Desdemona and Cassio are secretly in love.

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