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Analysis. On a street in Venice, Italy, Roderigo, a nobleman, and Iago are in the middle of an argument. Roderigo has paid Iago a lot of money to help him win the hand of Desdemona. Yet he has just learned that Desdemona has eloped with Othello, the Moorish (North African) general under whom Iago serves. Roderigo's primary reason for hating ...
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Jul 31, 2015 · Act 1, scene 1. Scene 1. Synopsis: In the streets of Venice, Iago tells Roderigo of his hatred for Othello, who has given Cassio the lieutenancy that Iago wanted and has made Iago a mere ensign. At Iago’s suggestion, he and Roderigo, a former suitor to Desdemona, awake Desdemona’s father to tell him that Desdemona has eloped with Othello.
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Othello begins on a street in Venice, in the midst of an argument between Roderigo and Iago. The rich Roderigo has been paying Iago to help him in his suit to Desdemona, but he has seen no progress, and he has just learned that Desdemona has married Othello, a general whom Iago serves as ensign. Iago reassures Roderigo that he hates Othello. Chief ...
The action of the first scene heightens the audiences anticipation of Othellos first appearance. We learn Iagos name in the second line of the play and Roderigos soon afterward, but Othello is not once mentioned by his name. Rather, he is ambiguously referred to as he and him. He is also called the Moor (I.i.57), the thick-lips (I.i.66), and a Barb...
Iago plays on the senators fears, making him imagine a barbarous and threatening Moor, or native of Africa, whose bestial sexual appetite has turned him into a thief and a rapist. Knowing nothing of Othello, one would expect that the audience, too, would be seduced by Iagos portrait of the general, but several factors keep us from believing him. In...
The location of Act I Scene 1 is significant. It is night-time, and the two levels of the stage used (Brabantio at the window, Iago and Roderigo concealed in the darkness of the street below) signifies disruption and confusion. Brabantio’s physical security (his house) is threatened, as well as his peace of mind.
I say again, hath made a gross revolt, Tying her duty, beauty, wit, and fortunes. In an extravagant and wheeling stranger. 135 Of here and everywhere. Straight satisfy yourself. If she be in her chamber or your house, Let loose on me the justice of the state.
Wake him up. We'll slander Othello in the streets, and ruin his happiness by getting his wife's family all riled up. And even if he's in a paradise right now, we'll fill it with flies. He may still be happy, but we'll douse him in so much irritation that his happiness will lose some of its luster. RODERIGO.
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Summary and Analysis Act I: Scene 1. Summary. On a street in Venice, there is an argument between Roderigo, a nobleman, and Iago, an ancient (captain) in the defense forces. Roderigo, in love with the noble lady Desdemona, has paid large sums of money to Iago, on the understanding that Iago would give her gifts from him and praise him to her.
