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Act III, Scene 4

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Summary        Desdemona and Emilia ask a clown where the Cassio's home is, the clown says he does not know, but and he will ask other people to find out. Desdemona tells the clown that once he had found Cassio, please ask him to find her and tells him that she had spoken for him to the general so that he should be able to get a satisfactory result.       After the clown left,   Othello came to ask Desdemona for the handkerchief when she recalled about where she missed it.Othello explains the handkerchief’s history for her that an Egyptian woman gave it to his mother and told her that it would make her desirable and keep Othello’s father loyal, but if she lost it or gave it away, Othello’s father would leave her. Othello’s mother gave him the magic handkerchief on her deathbed, instructing him to give it to the woman he desired to marry. Desdemona is unsettled by the story and says that she has the handkerchief, but not with her. As he accuses her, demanding “The handkerchief!
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Othello Act 3, scene 3

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Summary The scene starts with the conversation between Desdemona, Cassio, and Emilia. During those Desdemona promises to Cassio that she will convince Othello to grant Cassio's position in military back asap. Cassio was so grateful, and Desdemona emphasizes that she'll do everything, she even said: "Thy solicitor shall rather die/ Than give thy cause away." At this instance, Cassio sees Othello is coming, so he decides to leave. Desdemona asks him to stay, but Cassio says it is going to be weird and embrace for the meeting, So he hurries run out.  We believe that’s because he’s still feeling guilty about what he has down. But Iago also saw that. For him, that’s a great chance to rise Othello’s doubt against Desdemona, thus, Iago says it was so wired that Cassio runs away so quickly, he was like a thief running away after a stealing something in the night. And of course at the same time himself dined that to avoid the suspicion. Desdemona jumps right into sweet-
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Act 3 Scene 1 & Act 3 Scene 2

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Summary  Scene 1 Cassio hired some Musicians to please Othello, and the Crown was questioning about why the instrument they used are like a nose. After a while, they all retreat because Othello does not like their music. Subsequently, Cassio asks Clown that has Desdemona wake up yet and to ask to go to visit her. At this time Iago came over, he was very surprised that Cassio has not even slept. Iago says he's going to call her to come out to meet you at once and he promises to lure Othello away from Desdemona so Cassio can speak privately. Scene 2 after Othello managed all the kinds of stuff, he and his followers decided to go to watch the local fortification. Personal Reaction Hypocrisy is the only theme for that two chapter, Iago has promised to Cassio that he'll lead Othello away to create a place which Desdemona so Cassio can speak privately.  "And I'll devise a mean to draw the Moor Out of the way, that your converse and business May be more free. &qu
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Act 2 Scene 3

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In this Scene, Othello appointed Cassio to be the night watch. After a while, Othello came to find Cassio and to advised him to drink a few glasses of wine. Though Cassio said he could not drink more than a cup,  he still drunk too much and got drunk under the press of Iago's enthusiasm. Cassio's drunk look was seen by Montano, and he decides to talk about that with Othello because he thinks a drunk is not worth be the lieutenant. Iago hypocritical says he is not going to participate in that because Cassio is his royal friend. At this instance, they see Cassio is chasing Roderigo and saying something nonsense. Montano persuaded Cassio to top, but he was hurt by him. At this time Othello appeared, when he knows what happened, he fired Cassio and promoted Iago. Cassio is very regretting about he lost his reputation, Iago comes up and suggests him to ask help from Desdemona because Othello is crazy loving her. This advice makes Cassio very grateful. In the end, Cassio privately
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Othello act 2 scene 1

Summary           Act 2 Scene 1 While both Montano and two officers were surprised at the power of the storm, another officer appeared and brought a message ：a storm knocked out the entire Turkish fleet. Meanwhile, the ship which carries Cassio has been docked in Cyprus. Thou Cassio safely arrived and brought such a great good news,  he’s also worried about Othello's safety because Othello’s ship hasn’t arrived yet. Montano also recalled that Othello was a respected commander, so he also went to the shore and waited for Othello's ship to come. While Cassio and Montano discuss whether Othello will arrive safely, the ship which carries Iago and Desdemona appeared at sea level and landed on Cyprus. Cassio introduced Desdemona to the crowd, but she was just worried about her husband's safety. At the same time, Othello’s ship arrived. When Othello finally showed up, he and Desdemona closed up, and both of them were very exciting. After a short arrangement of stuff, everyon
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Act 1 scene 3

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Brabantio&Desdemona http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/media/sip/illustrations/Cowden-Clarke2/Oth/CCOth1-31880Ias.jpg The scene starts with senators meeting about imminent Turkish invasion of Cyprus, and suddenly a sailor comes and tells them that the Turks seems gathered a strong fleet and on the way to Cyprus. That makes them so nervous. All of the sudden the meeting is interrupted by the arrival of Brabantio, Othello, Iago and Roderigo. Brabantio announced that Othello has used drugs and magic to enchant his daughter and to marry her. The Duke asks Othello to make an explanation to all of this. Othello claims that he didn’t use any tricks to obtain the love from Desdemona but his charmness and fascinating experience, he also requests to bring Desdemona to the court thus every accusation against him will have an answer.The duke is persuaded by that and denied Brabantio’s accusation. Though Brabantio is a bit depress with that but he finally decides to accept. In the en
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Act 1 Scene 2

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Iago& Othello(http://web.uvic.ca/~mbest1/ISShakespeare/Oth/Oth.GIF) Iago meets Othello and to tell him that Brabantio is extremely unsatisfied the marriage between him and Desdemona, and he already called up his follower to search him. Othello sees a group of men approaching hem, and Iago thinks that’s Brabantio and his followers,  so he suggests Othello to leave. But Othello denied because he thinks his perfect is the best justify for himself. However,  the people who come is his lieutenant Cassio and officers from the Venetian court. They tell Othello that the state of Cyprus and council was calling him. When Othello leaves and going to court, Iago tells Cassio that Othello is already married.  At this instance, the Duke and his follower arrived. When the two groups of people are about to start the conflict, Othello asks them to stops and to let the court judge. personal reactions This scene is the first time Othello appeal, and he fully demonstrated his personality. Fr
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