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Dramatic Impact in Othello
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Discuss the dramatic impact of Act One, Scene Three and its importance to the play as a whole. Othello is a play about betrayal and jealousy. Set in the cosmopolitan state of Venice, the black General of the Venetian army, Othello, is taken to the senate by Brabantio, his new wife Desdemona's father, for marrying her in secret. Othello, with the help of Desdemona, persuades the senate that she married him of her own free will. The Duke tells Othello that he has been called to lead the Venetian army against the Turks in Cyprus. This is where the remainder of the play is then set. Meanwhile, Othello's 'friend', Iago, plots his revenge against Othello. He craves this, because Othello picked Michael Cassio as lieutenant instead of him, and he has heard rumours that both men have slept with his wife, Emilia. He manages to persuade Othello that Desdemona is having...
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