Act Two 1. Where are we as Act 2 begins? What is the situation at sea? What has happened to the Turkish fleet? They are now in Cyprus, the weather is very crazy and the Turkish fleet got destroyed in said weather. Because of the weather Othello didn’t need to fight against them. 2. Which ship from Venice arrives first? Which ship arrives second? Why is it surprising that it arrives before Othello’s? Cassio’s ship arrives first and Iago and Desdemona’s arrive second. This is a surprise because Desdemona’s ship left after Othello’s did. 3. What does the discussion between Desdemona and Emilia tell us about their relationship? Desdemona and Emilia are good friends. 4. Who is Emilia? She is Iago’s wife. 5. How does Cassio greet Desdemona and Emilia? Why is Iago so careful to observe the interactions between Cassio and Desdemona? Cassio greets Desdemona and Emilia by kissing and hugging them(respectfully). Iago observes them closely because he plans to try and make it seem as if they are having an affair. 6. What information does Iago use to spark Roderigo’s interest in his plan to discredit Cassio? Iago says that Desdemona and Cassio are in love with each other. 7. What “proof” does Iago use to convince Roderigo that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers? What keeps Roderigo from seeing the truth instead of Iago’s lies? Cassio kissed Desdemona and held her hand when he greeted her. The reason Roderigo believes Iago is because Iago is considered an honest man usually and Roderigo is gullible. 8. Why does Iago instigate Roderigo to provoke Cassio to a fight? He wants to get Cassio in trouble so that he loses his position. 9. What is the purpose of Iago's plan? He wants to get his position back and enact revenge against those who wronged him, mainly Othello. 10. What emotion seems to be governing Iago’s thoughts and actions? Iago seems to be running on revenge (and hate towards Othello) 11. How does Iago see Desdemona, and how does Cassio see Desdemona? Iago sees Desdemona as a sneaky woman while Cassio sees Desdemona a modest. 12. Why does Iago want Cassio to drink more wine? What is the outcome of Cassio’s drinking? Iago wants Cassio to drink more wine to make him do something stupid and offend multiple people, the outcome of Cassios drinking is that he becomes very very drunk. 13. What lie does Iago tell Montano about Cassio? Iago tells Montano that Cassio gets drunk all the time. 14. Why does Othello strip Cassio of his rank? Othello stripped Cassio of his rank because Cassio acted out of line and showed behavior inappropriate for an officer. Everyone is still tense from preparing for an attack and Cassio's fight set the alarms off and made everyone high alert for no reason 15. Why does Iago want Cassio to ask Desdemona for help in restoring Othello's faith in Cassio? What does Iago tell Cassio to do to get back in Othello’s good graces? Iago wants Cassio to ask Desdemona for help in order to get the two to be close together and tells Cassio to confess the truth to Desdemona so that she will have Othello restore his rank. Hey so I’ve been checked out for a little over the past week so sorry for not posting this as soon as I could, I’m thinking of posting the answers in different audiobooks of this for maximum reach in order to help more people on their work, we’ll see how far that goes I guess
Thank you for this, reading the No Fear Shakespeare version while listening to this helps a lot
i have no idea what they are saying
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Act Two
1. Where are we as Act 2 begins? What is the situation at sea? What has happened to the Turkish fleet?
They are now in Cyprus, the weather is very crazy and the Turkish fleet got destroyed in said weather. Because of the weather Othello didn’t need to fight against them.
2. Which ship from Venice arrives first? Which ship arrives second? Why is it surprising that it arrives before Othello’s?
Cassio’s ship arrives first and Iago and Desdemona’s arrive second. This is a surprise because Desdemona’s ship left after Othello’s did.
3. What does the discussion between Desdemona and Emilia tell us about their relationship?
Desdemona and Emilia are good friends.
4. Who is Emilia?
She is Iago’s wife.
5. How does Cassio greet Desdemona and Emilia? Why is Iago so careful to observe the interactions between Cassio and Desdemona?
Cassio greets Desdemona and Emilia by kissing and hugging them(respectfully). Iago observes them closely because he plans to try and make it seem as if they are having an affair.
6. What information does Iago use to spark Roderigo’s interest in his plan to discredit Cassio?
Iago says that Desdemona and Cassio are in love with each other.
7. What “proof” does Iago use to convince Roderigo that Cassio and Desdemona are lovers? What keeps Roderigo from seeing the truth instead of Iago’s lies?
Cassio kissed Desdemona and held her hand when he greeted her. The reason Roderigo believes Iago is because Iago is considered an honest man usually and Roderigo is gullible.
8. Why does Iago instigate Roderigo to provoke Cassio to a fight?
He wants to get Cassio in trouble so that he loses his position.
9. What is the purpose of Iago's plan?
He wants to get his position back and enact revenge against those who wronged him, mainly Othello.
10. What emotion seems to be governing Iago’s thoughts and actions?
Iago seems to be running on revenge (and hate towards Othello)
11. How does Iago see Desdemona, and how does Cassio see Desdemona?
Iago sees Desdemona as a sneaky woman while Cassio sees Desdemona a modest.
12. Why does Iago want Cassio to drink more wine? What is the outcome of Cassio’s drinking?
Iago wants Cassio to drink more wine to make him do something stupid and offend multiple people, the outcome of Cassios drinking is that he becomes very very drunk.
13. What lie does Iago tell Montano about Cassio?
Iago tells Montano that Cassio gets drunk all the time.
14. Why does Othello strip Cassio of his rank?
Othello stripped Cassio of his rank because Cassio acted out of line and showed behavior inappropriate for an officer. Everyone is still tense from preparing for an attack and Cassio's fight set the alarms off and made everyone high alert for no reason
15. Why does Iago want Cassio to ask Desdemona for help in restoring Othello's faith in Cassio? What does Iago tell Cassio to do to get back in Othello’s good graces?
Iago wants Cassio to ask Desdemona for help in order to get the two to be close together and tells Cassio to confess the truth to Desdemona so that she will have Othello restore his rank.
Hey so I’ve been checked out for a little over the past week so sorry for not posting this as soon as I could, I’m thinking of posting the answers in different audiobooks of this for maximum reach in order to help more people on their work, we’ll see how far that goes I guess
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I am so lost in English XD
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8:13 for my English class don't mind this comment
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Anyone else thinks Othello sounds like Wallace Shawn?
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