Friday, November 20, 2015

If I was told to summarise only the plot of Othello in 10-20 bullet points, how should I do it ?

The play begins on a street in
Venice.


Iago and Roderigo are having a
disagreement.


Roderigo is upset because Iago had not told
him about Desdemona's recent marriage to Othello.


Roderigo
loves Desdemona and had previously asked her father for her hand in
marriage.


Desdemona has just married
Othello.


Iago and Roderigo inform her father, Brabantio, of
Desdemona's marriage.


Iago is upset at Othello for naming
Cassio as his lieutenant.


Iago is out to cause trouble for
Othello.


Brabantio threatens to arrest Othello for using
witchcraft to win his daughter, but Desdemona confirms her love for
Othello.


In Cyprus, Cassio fights and loses his position as
lieutenant.


Iago sets Cassio up by encouraging him to seek
Desdemona's help for Cassio's reinstatement of his
position.


Meanwhile, Iago plants seeds of jealousy in
Othello concerning Cassio and Desdemona.


When Desdemona
pleads for Cassio's position, Iago uses this as a trap to insinuate that Cassio and
Desdemona are having an affair.


Othello becomes enraged
with jealousy.


Iago plants Desdemona's handkerchief on
Cassio.


When Othello learns that Cassio has Desdemona's
handkerchief, he is convinced that Cassio and Desdemona are having an
affair.


Wild with rage, Othello smothers
Desdemona.


When Emilia, Iago's wife, reveals that Iago
deceitfully planted the handkerchief on Cassio, Othello regrets killing
Desdemona.


Othello is in utter hopelessness; therefore, he
kills himself.


Iago is arrested.

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