Summary Othello Act 1 Scene 1 Synopsis

OTHELLO
A1S1 FULL SYNOPSIS




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ACT 1 SCENE 1 SUMMARY
Roderigo & Iago walk down a Venetian street at night.
1. Roderigo is upset that Cassio, an unsuitable mathematician with an obsessive prostitute
wife was voted to be Othello's 3rd in command despite him being more able.
2. The two discuss their hate for Othello and agree to mask their intentions.


The two wake Brabantio (father of Desdemona) by yelling to his window.
1. They warn him that his daughter disobeyed him and is fornicating with Othello.
2. Brabantio initially doesn’t believe them as he recalls Desdemona’s rejection of Roderigo
and assumes he’s still bitter. However, he eventually searches the house and finds that
Desdemona has left.
→Enraged, Brabantio wakes his kin.
3. Iago tells Roderigo that Othello will be at the Sagittary (an inn) before going there to meet
Othello himself.
->Roderigo leads an armed crowd to the inn.




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