The play Othello. Act I, scene iii, has basically started all of the drama to come

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The play Othello was written by William Shakespeare. It was written during the peak of his

career, during the time period of 1600 to 1606. Act I, scene iii, takes place before the military fleet

travels to Cyprus. It takes place in 16th century Venice, around midnight in the middle of a street, while Iago

and Roderigo are socializing amongst each other. Roderigo has found out that Desdemona and Othello have

been wed, and he feels that he is never going to have a chance to be with the lovely Desdemona. He

informed Iago that he feels his life has become worthless, and he will not be able to live because of the

strong torment by love and by his strong feelings of wanting to be with Desdemona. This passage reveals

Iago's true color and his duplicity as a human being. During Iago's narrative, he comes up with his plan of

making Desdemona look as if she has cheated on Othello, to break up their marriage. The passage has

been built upon the strong tension existing between Desdemona's father, Brabantio, and Othello. Brabantio

has found out his daughter had been stolen from him and wed, assumed whomever wed her used magic,
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spells and potions. Brabantio accuses Othello, and Othello admitts he had married Brabantio's daughter,

but not by using magic. The part of the passage that sticks out the most is Iago speaking from lines 29

until 38, this was during his soliloquy. This is when Iago is talking about how he is going to create a

terrible lie about how Desdemona has cheated on Othello. In Iago's soliloquy in Act I, scene iii, imagery,

diction, motif, dialogue, foreshadowing and theme are used throughout it.

In Act I, Scene iii, ...

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