ENGL100A Lecture Notes - Roderigo
13 Apr 2013
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Othello begins on a street in venice, in the midst of an argument between roderigo, a rich man, and iago. Roderigo has been paying iago to help him in his suit to desdemona. But roderigo has just learned that desdemona has married othello, a general whom iago begrudgingly serves as ensign. Iago says he hates othello, who recently passed him over for the position of lieutenant in favor of the inexperienced soldier michael cassio. Unseen, iago and roderigo cry out to brabanzio that his daughter desdemona has been stolen by and married to. Brabanzio finds that his daughter is indeed missing, and he gathers some officers to find othello. Not wanting his hatred of othello to be known, iago leaves roderigo and hurries back to othello before brabanzio sees him. At othello"s lodgings, cassio arrives with an urgent message from the duke: othello"s help is needed in the matter of the imminent turkish invasion of cyprus.
