Othello Plot

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1

Answer 1

• Roderigo and lago inform Brabantio of Desdemona’s secret marriage to Othello.
• Enraged, Brabantio sets out in search of his daughter.

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 2

Answer 2

• lago warns Othello about Brabantio.
• The Duke calls for Othello.
• Brabantio accuses Othello of abduction.

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 3

Answer 3

• The court hears of the Turkish threat to Cyprus.
• Othello and Brabantio enter.
  Brabantio accuses Othello.
• Desdemona is called to assert her love.
• The Duke agrees to the marriage.
• He orders Othello to lead the fleet to Cyprus.
• Desdemona will accompany him.
• lago plots to destroy Othello.

Question 4

Act 2 Scene 1

Answer 4

• Storm destroys the Turkish fleet.
• Desdemona, lago, Emilia and Cassio arrive at Cyprus.
• They jest bawdily while waiting for Othello. - Emilia is teased and berated by her husband, lago.
• lago hints that Desdemona loves Cassio

Question 5

Act 2 Scene 2

Answer 5

•There will be free drinks for all, in celebration of the marriage and the victory.

Question 6

Act 2 Scene 3

Answer 6

• lago makes Cassio drunk, and he fights.
• Othello fires Cassio.
• Cassio is distraught.
• lago suggests that Desdemona could plead with Othello to have him reinstated.
• lago outlines his plan.

Question 7

Act 3 Scene 1

Answer 7

• Cassio brings musicians to serenade Desdemona and asks Emilia to let him see Desdemona.

Question 8

Act 3 Scene 2

Answer 8

• Othello is tending to the fortifications in Cyprus.
• This is the last time we see him working.

Question 9

Act 3 Scene 3

Answer 9

• Desdemona pleads for Cassio, and Othello listens, but lago causes Othello to doubt.
• Desdemona loses her handkerchief.
• Emilia gives it to lago.
• lago fans Othello’s suspicions further, claiming to have seen Cassio with the handkerchief.

Question 10

Act 3 Scene 4

Answer 10

• Othello is enraged when he asks Desdemona for the handkerchief, but she talks about Cassio.
• Emilia suggests that Othello is jealous; Desdemona rejects this idea.
• Cassio finds the handkerchief.

Question 11

Act 4 Scene 1

Answer 11

• lago continues to provoke
  Othello’s jealousy.
• Lodovico is horrified when he seeks Othello strike Desdemona

Question 12

Act 4 Scene 2

Answer 12

• Othello questions Emilia, but refuses to believe her.
- He confronts Desdemona.
- Desdemona turns to lago for reassurance, and Roderigo reproaches lago for unfair dealing; lago reassures both.

Question 13

Act 4 Scene 3

Answer 13

• Desdemona prepares for bed, singing an old song from her youth.

Question 14

Act 5 Scene 1

Answer 14

• Roderigo and lago wait for Cassio; Roderigo injures Cassio.
• Roderigo is killed by lago.

Question 15

Act 5 Scene 2

Answer 15

•Othello is strongly affected by the sight of a sleeping Desdemona, but kills her.
• Emilia discovers the murder and proclaims Desdemona’s innocence. She reveals what lago has done.
- lago kills Emilia, and Othello is arrested by Lodovico.
- Othello stabs himself.
- lago is arrested.